Yet another text question

[KyDan]

Greetings!

I have watched Lin Evans wonderful "basictexttutorial.avi".

Basic Text Tutorial

Thank you Lin!

Still have a question.....

I find that my text is sometimes lost in the clutter of the picture.

Is there a way to make the text box opaque so the text can

have a mono colored background?

Thanks!

Dan D.

Louisville, Kentucky USA

[xahu34]

Dan,

Add (in the O&A window) a Rectangle to your slide, fill mode "Solid", and choose an appropriate color. Use asymmetric zooms (independent zooms for x and y) in order to shape the rectangle. Place your text object on top of the rectangle (don't choose the text as a child of the rectangle, because of the zooms). If you want to animate text and background, choose both objects as common children of a transparent frame, and apply animation operations on the frame.

Regards,

Xaver

[davegee]

You can put a RECTANGLE under the text.

Change its size using the grab handles.

Change its colour, fill mode etc in O&A Properties.

Change its opacity in O&A Animation

DG

[KyDan]

You can put a RECTANGLE under the text.

Change its size using the grab handles.

Change its colour, fill mode etc in O&A Properties.

Change its opacity in O&A Animation

DG

DG and Xaver,

Awesome!

Thanks so much!

DD

[fh1805]

Dan,

Further to the replies from Xaver and DaveG, as an alterantive you can also try customising the drop shadow of the text object to help it stand out more. See O&A Common tab for the button to take you there.

regards,

Peter

[KyDan]

. Place your text object on top of the rectangle (don't choose the text as a child of the rectangle, because of the zooms).

I guess I am stuck again.

I am able to create a rectangle and a text box but when I drag the text box to the rectangle it

disappears behind the rectangle.

I am puzzled how to "place the text object on top" of the rectangle.

Help!

dd

[Esc]

I guess I am stuck again.

I am able to create a rectangle and a text box but when I drag the text box to the rectangle it

disappears behind the rectangle.

I am puzzled how to "place the text object on top" of the rectangle.

Help!

dd

Hi Dan!

Rightclick the textobject

click Order/Bring to front

/Lennart

[trailertrash]

I followed the advice given here to Dan. I have a question from it. Can I put a border round the rectangle to make it stand out.

I created the rectangle and put the text as a child of it. Reduced the opacity of the rectangle [before adding the text]

but would like to have a border round the rectangle. Can this be done?

Andrew.

[Dan - Sorry for hijacking your question]

[fh1805]

Andrew,

Yes, you can. You need to add two rectangles, one of them the child of the other and then zoom the child rectangle to a slighter lower zoom value so that its parent appears all around the edge.

regards,

Peter

[trailertrash]

Thanks Peter. Trying that now .

Andrew

[KyDan]

Hi Dan!

Rightclick the textobject

click Order/Bring to front

/Lennart

Perfect!!

My first try it would not work but I deleted the slide and then re-added it

and now my text box comes to the front when I tell it to.

Thanks to you all.

dd