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Subprocess of text input |
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While creating various objects – dimensional captions, designations, tables, etc. It is required to enter text. For that, the special subprocess Add Text is used, which is started in creation or editing an object.
On transition to the text input subprocess, KOMPAS switches to the mode of working with text – on the Parameters toolbar, elements of text setup appear, and the set of commands of the main menu changes.
The set of elements on the Parameters toolbar is varied depending on which object is used to enter text. The elements of text setup unavailable to the current object are displayed in gray color or are hidden. A detailed description of elements of the Parameters toolbar used for text setup is given below.
To complete the text input subprocess, use the buttons Create object 
(changes are saved) and Finish 
(changes are not saved). While working with some objects, for example, a dimensional text or a caption in designation, you can end text input with changes saved by clicking in any free field of the drawing.
View caption elements
When Editing a view caption as a text object In the Main section of the Parameter Panel there may be the following buttons: Reference, Designation, Unfolded, Scale, Rotated, Angle, Sheet, Zone. Using these buttons, you can configure the contents of a view caption. The description of these buttons is given in table Elements of view caption setup.
While editing a view caption in the context of changing its parameters, the structure of the caption is configured not in the text input subprocess, but in the process of editing the view properties.
Text style and font parameters
The controls are located in the Main section of the Parameters toolbar, and while editing a view caption as a text object – in the Format sector.
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Style |
A field with the name of the current text style, i.e. a style applied to the paragraph in which the cursor is placed, or to several selected paragraphs. To assign a different style to the text, open the list of the field and select the required style. For more details on choosing the text style... |
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Symbol |
A group of elements allowing to set font Font Parameters the entire paragraph or its fragments. |
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Typeface |
The dropdown list allows to select a font for displaying the text. The list contains all the fonts embedded to Windows. |
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The button controlling display of formatting characters. |
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Typeface |
A group of buttons for selection of the typeface option for text symbols. The following options are available: |
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•Italic •Bold •Underlined |
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Color |
The field displays the current color of text symbols. To select the color, a dropdown list of the field is used. |
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Height, mm |
The field allows to enter or select from a pre-defined list the value of text symbol height (in millimeters). The manually entered value is added to the list and is saved for the current session of KOMPAS-3D running. |
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Width,% |
The field allows to enter or select from the pre-defined list the value of text symbol width (in percentages). The manually entered value is added to the list and is saved for the current session of KOMPAS-3D running. |
Paragraph properties, list parameters, and spelling check
The controls are present on the Parameters toolbar while inputting text and title blocks, as well as while editing tables. They are located in the Main section of the Parameters toolbar, and while editing a view caption as a text object – in the Format sector.
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Paragraph |
The group of elements is intended for change of the formatting parameters of selected or re-typed text paragraphs. More details on paragraph properties... |
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Alignment |
A group of buttons for selection of the alignment method. The following options are available: |
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•By left edge •Centered •By right edge •By Width |
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Line Spacing |
A field for input of the value of line spacing – a vertical distance among the strings of text in a paragraph. The value of spacing depends on the size of selected font. |
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1st line indent |
A field for input of the value of a first line indent of the paragraph. |
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Tabulation... |
After clicking the link Set is called Tab settings dialog. |
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Indentation, left/right |
Fields to input the distance between the left/right border of the entry field and the respective text boundary. |
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Spacing, before/after paragraph |
Distance between two neighboring paragraphs. It is a sum of two values — a spacing after the first paragraph and a spacing before the second paragraph. |
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List |
A group of buttons to select the method for generation of lists. Is present on the Parameters toolbar while editing a text caption. The following options for generation of lists are available: |
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•Numbering •Increase Numbering Level •Decrease Numbering Level •Start numbering from beginning |
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The button to List settings. It is displayed on the Parameters toolbar if the button for list numeration is pressed. |
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Checking spelling |
The group of elements allows to perform spellcheck of text objects in KOMPAS-Documents. |
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Language |
The dropdown list for selection of language dictionary which will be used in spell check. |
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Spelling... |
The button to Running the check Spelling. |
Insertion of various objects to text
Controls are located in the Insertion sector of the Parameters toolbar.
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Texts and Characters |
A group of buttons to insert text and characters. The following options are available: |
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Fraction |
A group of buttons to insert fractions. The following options are available: |
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•Small-Size Fraction •Medium-Size Fraction •Regular-Size Fraction |
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Sub/Superscript |
A group of buttons to insert indexes. The following options are available: |
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•Small-size sub-/superscript •Medium-size sub-/superscript •Regular-size sub-/superscript |
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Super/Substring |
A group of buttons to insert Super/Substring. The following options are available: |
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•With base of normal height •With base of enlarged height |
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From file |
A group of buttons to insert various objects from external files. |
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Fragment... |
A button to insert a KOMPAS-3D drawing or fragment. Present at the Parameters panel while editing tables (except the title block table in the mode of filling it). |
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Figure... |
A button to insert image from a bitmap file. Present at the Parameters panel while editing tables (except the title block table in the mode of filling it). |
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Text... |
A button to insert a text block from a file. |
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Vertical Text |
A button to insert text whose strings are positioned vertically. Present at the Parameters panel while editing tables (except the title block table in the mode of filling it). |
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Reference |
The button to insert References. Available during work with text only in a graphic document. |
The controls are located in the Table sector of the Parameters toolbar. They are present on the Parameters toolbar while editing tables.
Some elements of the Table section (the button groups Cells, Column, and String) are also present on the Parameters Panel while inputting text for tolerance designation.
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Identifier Check |
The button allows to check the cells of the table of title block for existence of identifiers and for their coincidence. Details... The button is present at the Parameters toolbar while editing the table of the title block. |
Cell |
The group of elements allows to set the format for table cells and the parameters of text input into cells. |
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Cell Format... |
The button fetches a dialog of cell format setup. See section on Formatting cells... |
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Advanced Cell Format... |
The button fetches a dialog for setting up advanced cell format for the title block. More information about advanced format settings... The button is present at the Parameters toolbar while editing the table of the title block. |
Indentation |
Fields defining text position in a cell. The values of indentations are counted from the cell borders. It is not recommended to set zero indentations since at this value text symbols will "touch" the lines limiting a cell. It is not possible to enter indentations if the cell sizes have been fixed when Locking table dimensions The sizes of the cells were fixed. |
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Protect cell from editing |
The option allowing to lock editing contents of specified cell(s). Such a prohibition is necessary, for example, during creation of standard tables whose text is not be changed. |
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Single-Line Text |
An option which, when enabled, prohibits input more than one row of text into a cell. This option is used during creation of standard tables. |
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Borders: |
A field with the cell borders scheme. Allows to select a border to configure its display. You can choose a line style for the border from the list in the Style. |
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Group of buttons for selection of borders in the field Borders:. •Select external boundaries •Select internal boundaries •Deselect all borders |
Style |
A field with a list of line styles that can be used for table cell borders. |
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Management |
The group of elements allows to control the table structure. |
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Show Grid |
The option enables conditional display of disabled table borders – for convenience of editing. Disabled borders are shown as thin gray lines. These lines are displayed in the graphic region only in the mode of editing a table and are not printed. |
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Cells |
A group of buttons to control cells. The following operations are available: |
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Column |
A group of buttons to control columns. |
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•Select •Insert column to the left •Insert column to the right •Delete Column |
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String |
A group of buttons to control strings. |
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•Select •Insert row above •Insert row below •Delete Row |
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Save Table to File |
A button for saving the current table to a file. Details... |
Fix Table Size |
The group of elements is intended for prohibition of changes to the table structure and cell sizes. More details on blocking... |
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Numbering group |
A dropdown list to select a group of numbering. Is present on the Parameters toolbar while working with a table only in a graphic document. More details on: numbering of objectsand adding an object into a numeration group. |
