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Put in text to shapes, connectors, and pages to increase the importance of diagrams.
Add text to a shape or connector
- Pick a shape or a connector.
- Enter in the text.
- Choose a blank area on the drawing page.
Edit text on a shape or connector
- Click a shape or connector.
- Press Home > Text.
- Append your changes.
- Choose a blank area on the drawing page.
Rotate text in a shape or connector
- Choose a shape or connector.
- Press Home > Text Block.
- Drag the rotation handle to the left or to the right.
- Click Home > Pointer Tool.
Add text to a drawing page
- Choose Insert > Text Box.
- Click either Draw Horizontal Text Box or Vertical Text Box.
- Pick the desired area on the drawing page for where you prefer to place the text.
- Write in the text.
- Press a blank area of the drawing page.
Move text in a shape or on a connector
- Click the shape or connector that contains the text.
- Pick Home > Text Block.
- Drag the text to an alternate location.
Change the look of text in a shape, connector, or text box
- Click the shape, connector, or text box.
- Choose Home > Font or Home > Paragraph, and pick options:
- Font Size increases or decreases the text size.
- Bold makes the text thicker.
- Font Colour alters the colour of the text.
- Align Centre centres the text on the object.
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