Text Tools

The text tools can be used to compose and edit text and create menu boards.

Select to begin typing in a pre-drawn text box frame and use the SmartBar to edit.

  • Font detective: Detects current font and enables selection editing, including font installation.
  • Select font.
  • Ligature replaces more than one character with a glyph
  • Apply default settings
  • Set text direction.
  • Set line layout direction.
  • Justify text left, center, or right.
  • Select character color.
  • Set font height.
  • Set line spacing.
  • Set word spacing.
  • Enter kerning percent.
  • Set custom word spacing.
    Note: If the "space" character is not working, ensure width is not set to 0 (zero) or disable Custom Word Spacing.
  • Set kerning to automatic.
  • Insert special character.
  • Insert bullet list.
  • On-screen kerning: Select to enable on-screen kerning.
  • Uppercase/Lowercase: Modify selection to upper or lower, name case, or drop caps.
  • Spellcheck
  • Superscript/Subscript: Modify selection to super or subscript. Highlight more than one character, click the drop-down button, click superscript, subscript, or unscript. The effect is applied after the first highlighted character. (For example, if "apple" is highlighted and the superscript effect is applied, the result is "apple".)
  • Frame, Menu, Line, Character: Opens Text Toolbox dialog.
  • Braille settings: Click to modify or use the drop-down to open the Braille Settings dialog (select the font, font height, dot size, translation, and ADA settings).
  • Undo
  • Redo