Chapter 24. Vector Text Object

In this chapter

  • Creating a Text Object

  • Drawing and Erasing a Text Object

  • Finding a Text Object

  • Selecting and Deselecting a Text Object

  • Moving a Text Object

  • Scaling a Text Object

  • Copying a Text Object

  • Saving and Restoring a Text Object

  • Next Steps

By choosing the Text creation icon shown in Figure 24.1, the user begins the creation process for the Text object.

The Text creation icon begins the Text object creation process.

Figure 24.1. The Text creation icon begins the Text object creation process.

The creation process for the Text object begins with prompting the user for a text string from which to create the Text object.

With the string successfully entered by the user, a value reflecting ...

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