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Formatting Text
In ConceptDraw MINDMAP, you can modify such text properties as font and it's size, text and background color, style and alignment, by using the text formatting tools on the Format toolbar, the Font dialog and also the Spacing tab of the Format Topics dialog for changing the margins of the topics and objects text.
If nothing is active in the document, the changes will be applied to all the topics and objects with text which will be created later on. You can change globally (for the whole application) the Text Notes properties on the Format tab of the Preferences dialog that can be called from the Edit menu.
To apply changes to the selected stretch of text only, to the topic(s) or the object(s) with the text, choose them and make the changes. If the text editing mode of the topic, the text of the object or the Text Note is activated, the changes will be applied only to the text further added in them.
Margins
ConceptDraw MINDMAP allows to set margins to the text - the distance between the text and the edges of the Text Box. You can change the values of the text margins on the Spacing tab of the Format Topics dialog.
Changing the Font and Text Style
To change the font type and size, text color and styles for the selected topics or the selected stretch of text, you can use the Font dialog.
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The Font box allows you to choose a font from the list of the fonts available.
The Style and Effects sections lets you check accordingly the options to change such font style attributes as: Regular, Bold, Italic, Bold Italic and Strikeout, Underlined.
In the Size box, you can select a font size from the list or enter a custom value.
Click the Color box to select the font color from the palette.
The Script drop-down list allows to choose the charset.
The text with choosed settings will appear in the preview window. |
The Increase Font Size and Decrease Font Size tools are applied locally to the selected topics or stretch of text, without changing the global formatting settings.
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To change the text color, click the Text Color  button on the Format toolbar. |
The menu opens to let you select the needed color. If you need other colors than those offered in the menu, you may click the More colors... menu item to bring up the Color dialog.
Text Alignment
Each text consists of one or more paragraphs. Each paragraph begins from a new line. To start a new paragraph, press the Shift + Enter.
The properties are applied to the paragraph containing the insertion point, or to the selected paragraph. Several selected paragraphs can be aligned likewise. For this select them with the mouse or use Shift + Arrows.
If no paragraph is active, the alignment will be applied to the whole text of the selected topic(s), object(s) text.
Setting the Background Color
By default, text has no background and text boxes are transparent.
By default, text has no background and text boxes are transparent.
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To assign the background color, click the Text Background  button on the Format toolbar. |
Select one of the given colors from the drop-down menu (you can also choose Transparent), or click the item "More Colors..." (this will bring up the Color dialog with a color palette).
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Menu
Context menu
Keyboard
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drop-down list or just type a custom size.
and Decrease Font Size 
tools you can increase/decrease the font size gradually. 
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buttons.
- Left Align
- Center Align
- Right Align
