Like nodes and arcs, text can be moved simply by clicking and dragging. Text can be erased by selecting it and using the Selected command of the Edit / Erase menu (the Delete key).

Changing a Single Piece of Text

Figure 6.6
To change text, double-click on it and type a new value. To change other aspects of selected text, and use the Object Properties... command (in menu Edit / Properties). Besides the text at the top of the dialog, these fields can be modified:
  • "Text Size" can be absolute (given in "points") or relative (given in units).
  • "X/Y offset" is relative to the center of the attached object.
  • "Rotation" is in 90-degree increments only.
  • "Anchor" is the point in the text that remains unchanged (see Section 6-8-2).
  • "Font" can be the default font or any font installed on your system.
  • "Color" can be any color.
  • "Bold", "Italic", and "Underline" can be set in any combination.

These additional factors can be controlled:

Changing Multiple Pieces of Text

The above dialog changes information on a single piece of text. There are two ways to change information on multiple pieces of text: (1) select all of the text and use Object Properties... or (2) use the Change Text Size... command (in menu Edit / Text).

Figure 4-14
The Change Text Size... command allows you to change the size, font, and style of any text object. Instead of selecting the text, you have a choice of 6 classes of text that can be changed, and you can choose whether to make the changes only on selected objects, in the current cell, in all cells of a particular view, or everywhere.