Editing Static Text Elements

The following section explains how to set text specific properties.

Specify the text of the element. Note that if the text element is specified as “calculated by the system” (see below) you cannot enter the text and the text control is disabled.

Choose the font of the text from the combo box containing available fonts. Note that this combo box contains the default fonts supported by the PDF format and any custom fonts added explicitly (see Adding Custom Fonts).

Select Regular, Bold or Italic font style.

Select the size of the font.

Tick this box if the text is to be underlined

Tick this box if the text is to be strikethrough.

Tick this box if the text background should be transparent.

Select how the text should be aligned in the horizontal direction within its bounding rectangle. Choose between the Left, Right and Center alignments.

Select how the text should be aligned in the vertical direction within its bounding rectangle. Choose between the Top, Bottom and Middle alignments.

If the text consists of multiple lines select the Line Spacing property and specify line spacing of the text and its indentation.

If you want borders around the text click on the Borders property of the element and select the “Dsiplay Borders” radio button on the dialog. Then specify the following properties:

Select Left, Right, Top or Bottom border to specify properties of this border type. If this border type is not to be displayed tick the “Do not display this border type” checkbox. You can also click on the “Copy to All” button to copy the settings of this border type to all other border types.

Select the distance between the element and the border.

Select the width of the border, the color of the border and the style.

You can specify rotation of the text as 90 degrees (Left), -90 degrees (Right) or 180 degrees (or Upside Down);

Define this property if the text element is calculated by a scriptlet plug-in (see “AwareIM Programmer’s Reference”). In this case you may not specify the text of the element explicitly. You must also specify the scriptlet’s settings – see Setting System Calculation Properties.

<callout type=“primary” icon=“true” title=“note”> The text of the element may contain a mixture of static text and tag expressions (dynamic text). For example Account balance is «Account.Balance». Alternatively, such text may be split into the text element (“Account balance is”) and the tag expression element (Account.Balance). </callout>