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