ABSTRACT

Some of these icons have been used previously but were not covered in full detail. Each will now be covered in this and subsequent chapters.

Making the lines in the layout is rapidly done. If you want to have the coordinates on the sketch also, this is called drawing static text. This is alphanumeric text that does not move or change during the animation. The icon for this is as shown below:

When you click on this, you will see the following menu:

The text to be put on the screen needs to be typed on the line in the dialog box labelled Text. However, you should first take the cursor where you want the text to be placed on the screen. Click and then type your text. In this case, you would type (20, 20). Hit enter and you will see the text placed on the screen where the cursor was. If you do not like the location of the text, you can click on the option bottom left (see the dialog for the various options of where you want to click) and drag the text to where you want it. You can change the colour of the text by clicking on the RED colour and changing it. You can change the font using the many options in the dialog box. You can also change the height of the text as well as the angle, if you want the text to be slanted. All of these options are easy to do.