Using Free Text to Label Your KB
You can create a type of text item called free text to label various items in your KB. Using free text lets you label your KB informatively and attractively.
The two types of free text are:
Free text is an item, which means you can perform the normal set of operations on it, such as changing the color, cloning, transferring, and changing the minimum size. You can also change the background color of the text. For free text with a border, you can also control the color of the border.
You control the font size of the free text through the Fonts system table.
Creating Free Text
To create free text:
- Select one of the following commands:
G2 opens the text editor.
- Enter the text and select the
End button.
You do not need to enter quotes. G2 capitalizes the text the way you enter it.
- Position the text outline, and click to place it on the workspace.
Changing the Color of Free Text
You can change the following color regions for the two types of free text:
To change the color of a region of free text:
- Click on the border of the free text, and select the
color menu choice.
- Choose the region whose color you want to change.
- Choose a color from the color palette.
For example, changing the background color of each type of text yields the following:
Changing the Font of Free Text
By default, free text uses a large font size. You can use any of these font sizes:
To change the font size of free text:
- Display the Fonts system table by selecting:
- Edit the
Font-for-free-text attribute in the system table by specifying one of the font sizes above.
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