OpenOffice.org 2, Firefox, and Thunderbird for Windows All in One [Electronic resources] نسخه متنی

1.

Select Text Tool

Click the

Text button on the

Drawing toolbar. (If you plan to add more text, double-click the

Text button to keep it active.)

2.

Drag to Create a Text Box

Click where you want the starting point of your text's text box to appear. Drag your mouse down and to the right, releasing the mouse after the text box is in place. A text cursor will appear inside the text box, waiting for you to type the text.

3.

Type and Format the Text

Rarely will you draw the text box to the exact dimensions you need. That is fine. Go ahead and type your text anyway. If you need to resize the text box, click to display its resizing handles and then drag to resize the text box. You can drag any edge of the resizing outline to move the text box if you need to adjust its position.

TIP

Once you've created a text box, press

F2 , click the text box with the

Text tool, or double-click the text box to return to the text-editing mode so you can make changes to the text just like you might in Writer.

Before or after you type the text, you can set the text formatting options you want the

Text Formatting toolbar that appears as soon as you click the

Text tool. To change the format of only some of the text, select that text and then select

Format, Character to display the

Character dialog box, where you can adjust the font, size, and color of the selected text.

4.

Make Text Fit to a Frame

You can easily adjust the size of the text to fit the size of the frame that encloses it. Click the text box to select it. Choose

Format, Text , and the

Text dialog box appears. On the

Text tab, disable the

Fit width to text and

Fit height to text options. Then enable the

Fit to frame option. Click

OK. When you do, you'll notice that the text formats itself to fit perfectly inside the frame. If you resize the frame, the text inside the frame resizes.

NOTE

Even though the text resizes with the frame, you can still apply character-formatting commands, such as italics and a different font, to the text.

5.

Type a Callout

Click the

Drawing toolbar's

Callouts button to display the

Callouts toolbar. Select the callout style you want. Now drag a callout frame to the area where you want the callout.

Press

F2 or double-click the callout bubble; a text cursor appears within the callout bubble. Type the text for your callout.

After you've resized and positioned your callout properly, you might want to drag the callout line or point to a place that differs slightly from its current location. Drag the callout's edit point on its callout tail to where you want the callout's line to begin.