# Using "Text"

You can use text annotations to write on a page, workspace or notepad.
You can use the Unicode characters for text annotations.
Note
Documents with Unicode characters become Ver.7 documents.

## Entering text

Procedure
1.
Select "Text" from the [Tool] menu or Annotation Toolbar in Viewer. For example, select [Text/Times New Roman/Black/12pt] from [1 Basic].
The cursor changes to the shape.
2.
Select "Text" from the [Tool] menu or Annotation Toolbar in Viewer.

- If the tool is configured so that word wrapping is done
  Drag your mouse to determine the input area, specify the text size, and then enter text.
  After you have entered text, you can change the size of the text annotation.
- If the tool is configured so that word wrapping is not done
  Click at the place where you want to enter text. The annotation is defined by the font size of text you enter.
  After you have entered text, you cannot change the size of the text annotation.

3.
When you finish entering text, click anywhere outside the text.
Text input state becomes deselected.
Note

- If you choose not to enter text at the time of pasting, you can paste a predefined text by clicking on the place where you want to paste it.
- You can also paste text that has been copied or cut from a page as an annotation.

## Modifying text

You must perform this procedure using pointing mode or Flexi mode. Perform one of the following steps to display the cursor in the text. This allows you to add, modify, or delete text.

- Double-click on a text annotation.
- Select a text annotation and press the <F2> key.

To finish editing, click anywhere outside the text.

## Changing Properties

You can change the properties of the text you pasted such as its font, size, color, frame border, rotation angle, line space, automatic adjustment of height, character space, and margins using the [Text Properties] dialog box or the property toolbar.
Note
You can specify the text size in steps of 1 point in property and in steps of 0.1 point in property toolbar.

## Rotating the 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 guiding frame appears and rotates in the direction you drag the cursor with the center of the text annotation as the axis.
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.