# Changing Text Properties

This topic describes how to change the text properties of the text annotation pasted to a page or a notepad.
These operations are available in edit mode.
This topic describes the following:

- Changing the properties
- Rotating text

## Changing the properties

Using the [Text Properties] dialog box or the property toolbar, you can change the following properties of text after pasting it.

- Font
- Size
- Text color and background color, transparent background
- Frame border
- Rotation angle
- Line space
- Word wrap
- Automatic adjustment of height
- Character gap
- Margins
- Text alignment

The properties that can be changed on the property toolbar are font, size, text color and background color, transparent background, rotation angle.

## Rotating text

You can rotate text annotation using the [Text Properties] dialog box or the mouse. This section describes how to rotate text with the mouse.
Procedure
1.
Select a text annotation and click [Rotate Text Annotation] of the property toolbar.
DocuWorks becomes in text rotation mode.
2.
Place the cursor at one of the four corners of the text annotation selected.
The shape of the cursor changes.
3.
Press and drag the left mouse button where the cursor shape changed.
A dotted line frame (auxiliary line) appears and rotates toward dragging direction around the center of the text annotation.
4.
Release the mouse button when the dotted line frame comes to the target position.
The text annotation rotates.
Note

- If you specify such angle that the whole text annotation would protrude from the page or the notepad, it cannot be rotated.
- Fixed annotations cannot be rotated.
- You cannot modify text properties if annotation editing is prohibited.