Working with Text in Java

Drawer USS Code 128 in Java Working with Text

saturated the color becomes If you want to make the color darker or lighter, click the shade you want in the Luminosity bar next to the matrix, or click and move the slider to the right of the shade Note that, at this point, you still haven t changed the color of the text on the canvas

The color is applied to the selected text on the canvas If you want to use a color frequently, click the Add to Custom Colors button on the lower right after you select your custom color That way, whenever you need to use that color, you can click its square in the color picker instead of having to remember its RGB values or trying to find it in the color matrix

After you have typed or pasted your text, you can change anything about it, from its color to its position on the page The process of changing the color is identical to the process of applying color in the first place, and you ll find that editing, moving, and deleting text is just as easy

To insert text, just follow these steps:

To delete text, do the following:

1 Choose the Text tool from the Tools panel 2 Click the place in the text box where you want to delete text 3 Click and drag over the text you want to delete

The selected text is highlighted, as shown in Figure 3-6

To delete an entire selection of text, select the Pointer tool, and then click once on the text box that you want to delete After the text box is selected, press the Delete key to delete the text box and everything in it If you realize immediately that you deleted more than you intended, or deleted the wrong chunk of text, use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Z to undo the deletion

To replace text, just follow these steps:

1 Choose the Text tool from the Tools panel 2 Click the place in the text box where you want to replace text 3 Click and drag over the text you want to delete

The selected text is highlighted, as shown in Figure 3-6

To move text within a text box, do the following:

The selected text is highlighted, as shown in Figure 3-6

point To move a text box, follow these steps:

After you have moved your text box, you may find that the text is too wide, too narrow, too long, or too short to fit in its new position in your design Do you have to change your text Not necessarily Fireworks allows you to adjust the dimensions of your text box, which may be all you need to do To change the width or length of a text box, just follow these steps:

middle of the right-hand or left-hand side, which allow you to change the width of the box, and the squares in the corners, which allow you to change the width and height at the same time)

The Pointer (the black arrow) automatically changes to the Subselection tool (the white arrow)

5 Click a resize handle and drag the box to the desired width or length 6 Release the mouse button to see the change

If you widen your text box, Fireworks automatically shortens it If you make your text box narrower, on the other hand, Fireworks makes the text box longer If you drag the box longer than it needs to be to hold the text, the bottom of the box snaps to the lowest point your text reaches to at the width you dragged the box to