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Adding text

Any text for your intervention (including headings and paragraphs) needs to be added using a textbox.

Create a textbox by clicking on the Textbox button. A newly created text box will be displayed on the top left hand side of the editing area with a short message of edit me.

Adding and Editing Text

You can add and edit your text in one of two ways:

1. Using the Rich text editor by selecting the option Edit text
2. Using the properties menu by unchecking the Use Global Style box

The only differences between these are:

• The rich text editor allows you to change individual words in the paragraph whereas changing the text in the text properties menu will change every word in the textbox.
• The rich text editor also allows you to add symbols (such as the degree symbol - °).
• The rich text editor allows you to format the paragraphing of your text. The text properties menu requires you to add each paragraph in a separate textbox.
• There are 5 different text sizes in the rich text editor (1-5) whereas the text properties menu allows you to use text sizes you are used to (e.g. 10 or 12 point etc).

These functions can also be performed in the properties menu but this will require HTML code which can be complicated and unnecessary to learn.

Using the Rich Text Editor

The rich text editor (figure 8) displays as What You See Is What You Get (WYSIWYG) and allows you to format the text as you would in Microsoft Word. Click on the Edit text option on the text box properties, this will open a new window allowing you to write and edit your text.

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Tips for using the Rich text editor

As the Rich text editor does not have an option for inserting special symbols (e.g. the degree symbol - °) you will need to copy and paste these symbols from Microsoft Word into the text editor. When formatting individual words in the rich text editor, make sure you only highlight the words that you want to change. If you highlight the space before or after the selected word this will result in the space disappearing in your text. This is an unavoidable feature of the LifeGuide rich text editor.

Using the properties menu

The properties menu (figure 8) allows you to:

• Align text to the left, centre or right
• Format text to be bold, italic or underlined
• Choose the text colour
• Change the colour of text you set as links (see above)
• Choose the font from the drop-down menu
• Select the size of text by using the arrows or typing the size in the box
• Apply a border to the textbox. Click in the middle of the border box to apply a border to all four sides or select the individual sides if you only want a border applied to those sides.
• Select a background colour for the text box

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