User Manual

Laserworld Showeditor 2015
Version 2015/1.0 2015 Page 91
Right click on the A symbol to open the Text Editor.
The text can then be entered into the text box in the left column:
When having entered the text, Showeditor automatically shapes the text correctly
when “Create” is clicked. The continuous text is automatically wrapped in a way
that not too many characters must be displayed at one – this avoids flickering of the
text projection, as it doesn’t stress the scanner motors too much. When clicking
“Create”, a dialog box opens asking, if the characters should morph. This effect
makes the transition from one text line to the next one much smoother, as the
characters seem to re-shape from the old character to the new one. So if this is a
desired effect, click yes.
The Drawing Area shows the first frame of the text animation sequence. To see all
frames of the figure, drag the horizontal scroll bar in the left column of the Figure
Editor, just under the “Frames per Second” button. This allows for checking each
frame of the figure individually.
IMPORTANT: If a text is created within the Text Editor, a New Figure is generated
automatically when “Create” is clicked. This means that any changes to the previous
figure, that haven’t been saved, will be erased!
Long texts, animated  Scrolling Text
Scrolling, animated text can be created in two different ways:
A: Using the text box in the Text Editor window (Right click on the A symbol to opens
the Text Editor), just enter the text and change the radio button from “Morphing Text”
to “Scrolling Text”.
An additional setting is important to be made for Scrolling Text: The coordinates of
the area in which the text shall scroll must be specified. The X and Y values can be
directly entered in the area above the “Create” button. As it’s not easy to guess the
X and Y values for the desired position, there is another option for proper positioning –
see B.
IMPORTANT: If a text is created within the Text Editor, a New Figure is generated
automatically when “Create” is clicked. This means that any changes to the previous
figure, that haven’t been saved, will be erased!
Fig. 82: Text Editor: Write longer texts here