RTF text

In addition to the text elements, RTF objects offer the possibility to format text differently within a contiguous text block. Thus whole text passages from other programs (e.g. word processing) can be taken over by Copy & Paste without loss of the respective formatting.

RTF editor

The RTF editor is a simple editor that you can use to format texts. You can set the font characteristics (font, size, color, style) and alignment for individual parts of the text. To do this, select parts of the text and then select the appropriate formatting in the toolbar.

Calling the editor

Start the content editing of the RTF text by clicking twice on the inserted text field in the map or by opening the Properties via the context menu and edit the content of the text under Settings > Text.

context menu

Use the context menu within the editor text area to copy and paste text passages.

Note:

  • If the formatting capabilities of the editor are not sufficient for you, you can also edit the text in other programs that offer more options here. Then you can copy the text in the other program and paste it into the RTF editor of easymap using the context menu. Large parts of the formatting are then applied.
  • easymap can display not all RTF elements. You should limit yourself to formatted text. Images, tables and other complicated constructs within RTF texts are not displayed in easymap.
  • Note for displaying the workbook in the easymap explorer: RTF texts are in the easymap explorer Strongly not available.

Properties

Setting options in detail:

Caption and Editability
Caption

Specify a name here to be able to find the element more quickly in the Contents control window. For analyses, maps or sheets, you should use a name that contains the topic.

EasyMap assigns generic names for new elements (e.g. map 1). If you do not change these, you will later have great difficulty in finding certain content in workbookn.
Visibility
General

Here you can control the visibility of objects and elements.
Alternating visibility group

Set a group for mutual visibility here. If the element is to be made equally visible with other elements, you must use the same name for the visibility group.
Simultaneous visibility group

Set a group for simultaneous visibility here. If the element is to be made mutually visible with other elements, you must use the same name for the visibility group.
Location
Anchor point

Select the point from which the size of the element is to be calculated.
Offset Left

In conjunction with the reference point, the distance in cm from the left.
Offset from Top

In conjunction with the reference point, the distance in cm from the top.
Size
Width

Width of the object in cm.
Height

Height of the object in cm.
Text
Content

Displayed text content if necessary with text macro.
Border
Color

Specifies the color in which the frame around an object is to be drawn. You can specify the color using the color selection field or directly as HTML color value.

If no color is specified, no frame is displayed.
Width

If a frame is displayed around the object, the width of this frame can be set here.
Shadow Color

Specifies the color in which a shadow representation of the object is to be drawn. You can specify the color using the color selection field or directly as HTML color value.

If no color is specified, no shadow is displayed.
Shadow Spacing

If a shadow is displayed to the object, the distance or width of this shadow can be set here.
Background
Fill

Define the background of your element here. You can specify the color or the fill effect using the Color Selection Box or directly as HTML color value.

Commands

You can right-click on an object in the control window Contents or on a selected object in the map window to open its context menu. This offers some actions that can be performed on this object.

Select other Object

If you do not want to select the uppermost object at the mouse position, but an object below it, you can select this using the selection list. Besides locking the selection level, this is the only way to select objects that are hidden by other objects.
Mark over carry on

Transfers the current selection geographically to another object. Details...
Visible

Shows whether the object is visible and allows switching the visibility.
Order

Here you can change the selected element in the character sequence. Another option is to drag and drop the selected element within the content view.
Align

Aligns several objects flush or aligns an object within its parent object. Details...
Copy

Copy the object (if necessary with all subobjects) to the clipboard to paste it elsewhere. The object can be inserted in other applications as a graphic, or inserted in EasyMap as a copy of this object using the Insert command.
Paste

Pastes the contents of the clipboard into this object as a child object.
Delete

Deletes the selected element. (See also: delete objects)
Rename

Changes the content view to an edit mode to give the object a new name. (This can also be achieved by clicking on an object that has already been marked.)
Properties

Opens a properties dialog in which you can edit the Properties of the selected object. If several objects are selected, many properties can also be changed simultaneously for these objects.