Text Content Editor dialog box

Select font and colour

Selects font and colour of text components. Select the components in the text editor field you want to edit and assign them a font and a colour.

Select formatting of the text

Defines the style of the text (bold, italic, underline), formatting (align left, centre, align right) and fractional notation. Each property can have a different font, colour, style. Position of text is determined for the entire text box. At the end there are also the undo and redo buttons.

Note: To write the number in a fraction format, use / as a separator. For Example, type 3/4, mark it and select button.

Text editor field

Shows a list of properties that will be displayed in the Label Style. It is possible to add prefix and suffix to the components or insert text. Components can be rearranged by using Cut (Ctrl + X) and Paste (Ctl + V) or deleted by selecting them and pressing Delete button on your keyboard.

The properties of attributes can be edited on the right side of Text Content Editor dialog box, or by editing abbreviations in the brackets. The changes made in attribute settings are automatically updated in the text editor and vice versa. More information can be found the article Understanding Civil point Symbols and Labels.

Add property

Allows you to add new property to be displayed in the Label Style. In the Add Property dialog box you can select Civil Point properties as well as use properties from another object (Surface, Horizontal Alignment and Vertical Alignment).

Preview

Shows a preview of the components and any additional text (including prefixes and suffixes) that will be displayed in the label, all with an assigned style.

Text component properties

By clicking on the individual property in the text editor field, you can specify additional settings for that property on the right side of the dialog box.