User Manual

Laserworld Showeditor 2015
Version 2015/1.0 2015 Page 92
B: To create a running text without the need to enter X and Y coordinates for the
scroll-area definition, first settings in the Text tool options should be checked for being
set to “Scrolling Text” (Right click on the A symbol to opens the Text Editor). Then do
not click on “Create”, but just close the window. Again select the text tool (“A”) with
a left click and then draw the scrolling area by click and drag in the drawing are.
The text-entry dialog opens and the scrolling text can be entered.
This method is the most convenient one, and used in most cases.
IMPORTANT: As this method does not use the Text-Editor for the creation of a multi-
frame figure, but uses the direct text feature of the Figure Editor, existing frames are
not erased and no new figure is created on using the tool. Due to this it is possible to
display several running texts in one figure - even different scroll speeds per scrolling
text line are possible!
Special Characters handling
Special characters may not be displayable with the desired font. As there are many
different characters possible, the Text-Editor comes with an additional drawing area
for special characters. The Character can be entered (or copy-pasted) into the
input box and then the visible points as well as blank points for this very character
can be drawn – and saved. If they have been saved, it is possible to use this special
character within the text as if it was possible to display it with the very font – the Text
Editor will substitute the special character (which didn’t display properly before) with
the hand drawn one.
Fig. 83: Text Editor: Special Characters can be copy-pasted to the input
box and then be redrawn manually in the drawing grid