Operation Manual

deselect the text frame. When you have finished typing text, click outside the text frame to cancel
adding or editing text.
Text properties can also be changed during text input, with any changes taking effect from the
cursor position onwards. To change the properties for all of the text in the text frame, you have to
highlight all text in the text frame.
You can create Graphic styles that you can reuse for other text frames. Select Format > Styles
and Formatting or press F11 to open the Styles and Formatting dialog, or click on the Styles and
Formatting icon on the Sidebar. Graphic styles affect all of the text within a text frame. To only
format parts of the text, use direct formatting with the Text Formatting toolbar or the Character and
Paragraph sub-sections in Sidebar Properties.
Text frames can also have fill colors, shadows, and other attributes, just like any other Draw object.
You can rotate the frame and write the text at any angle. These options are available by right-
clicking on the text frame itself.
If you double-click on a graphic object, or press F2 or click on the Text icon when an object is
selected, you can add text to the graphic object. This text then becomes part of the graphic object.
A graphic object is not dynamic and does not behave like a text frame. To keep text within the
borders of the object, you have to use paragraphs, line breaks, or smaller text size, increase the
object size, or combine all four methods.
For more information about text, see the Draw Guide Chapter 2 Drawing Basic Shapes and
Chapter 9 Adding and Formatting Text.
Glue points and connectors
Glue points
All Draw objects have glue points, which are not normally displayed. Glue points become visible
when the Connectors icon is selected on the Drawing toolbar or the Insert Shapes
sub-section in Sidebar Properties. Most objects have four glue points (Figure 174). You can add
more glue points and customize glue points, using the Glue Points toolbar (Figure 175). Go to
View > Toolbars > Glue Points on to open the toolbar.
Glue points are not the same as the selection handles of an object. The handles are for moving or
changing the shape of an object. Glue points are used to fix or glue a connector to an object so
that when the object moves, the connector stays fixed to the object. For a more detailed
description on the use of glue points, see the Draw Guide Chapter 3 Working with Objects and
Object Points and Chapter 8 Connections, Flowcharts and Organization Charts.
Figure 174: Glue points
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