Text
Use Drag&Drop to insert free text on the sheet - e.g. as the map heading.
Text elements can be edited directly without calling the properties of the text element.
Properties
Setting options in detail - select a range:
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.
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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. |
Alignment |
Here you can set how the text is aligned (for multiline texts). |
Font | |
Font |
Sets the font type of the content. |
Font Color |
Sets the font color. You can specify the color using the color selection field or directly as HTML color value. |
Effect | |
Type |
No Effect: The text is displayed normally. Shadow: The text is displayed with a drop shadow. Outline: A wider border ("contour") is drawn around the edges of the letters. |
Width |
Sets the width of the shadow or outline. |
Color |
Sets the color of the shadow or contour. |
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. |
Transfer Selection to |
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 |
Only in control window Contents 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. |