Adding A Text Holder

A text holder can have various aspects of its appearance set during the design.  These aspects include the character font, character size and character foreground and background colors.  The fonts available will depend upon the fonts installed in Windows^™.

The steps to add a text holder are:

1.  Click on the  left side toolbar button

2.  Left button click and drag anywhere on the badge to create a white rectangle

3.  Left click on the rectangle and drag it to the desired position

4.  The rectangle you just created should still be selected.  If not, Left click on it. Click on the  left side toolbar button.  (Alternatively, you can right click the rectangle and select Edit Rectangle Parameters to perform the same function as the toolbar button.)

5.  In the pop-up dialog make sure Text is selected in the pull-down in the Content Format section

6.  Click on Center Justify in the Text Options section

7.  Click on the Font button, a font selection dialog will appear.  Choose any font, font style, size, effect or color you desire.  (For best results select True Type fonts.)

8.  Click on the OK button

9.  Click on the Background button in the Color section, select a color of your choice and click on OK

10. Click on the OK button

The numbers in the text holder may not appear if it is too small for the font size you have selected.  To practice sizing and positioning a holder using the mouse, move the mouse over the box until the cursor changes to an arrow pointing in the direction of the desired size change.  (There are 4 kinds of arrow cursors: 4 arrows for dragging, left/right arrows for horizontal sizing, up/down arrows for vertical sizing and diagonal arrows for simultaneous horizontal and vertical sizing.)

Practice adjusting the size and position of the text holder until the numbers appear and the rectangle is in the desired position and of the desired size.  The numbers indicate approximately how many characters will fit inside the box.

Notice what happens if you make the text box taller than it is wide.  The text turns 90° sideways, and is now upright when viewed from the right end of the badge.  If you want the text viewable from the left end, click on the box with the Right button and check the “Inverted” box.

The “Inverted” box can also be used to turn text up-side-down when the box is wider than it is high.