- 7.5.7 Creating Text Objects
- 7.5.7.1 Adding Text Objects to an EER Diagram
- 7.5.7.2 The Text Object Editor
You can invoke the text object editor by double clicking a text object on the EER Diagram canvas. Doing this opens the editor docked at the bottom of the application. Double clicking the text object table undocks the editor. Double click the title bar to redock it. Any number of text objects may be open at the same time. Each additional text objects appears as a tab at the top of the text editor.
Using the editor you can change the name of a text object or its contents.
When you select a text object on the EER Diagram canvas, its
properties are displayed in the Properties
palette. Most of the properties accessible from the
Properties palette apply to the appearance of
a view on the EER Diagram canvas.
For a list of the properties accessible through the
Properties palette see
Section 7.3.9, “The Properties Palette”.
There is no property in the Properties
palette for changing the font used by a text object. To change
the font used by a text object choose the
Appearance tab of the Workbench Preferences
dialog. For more information, see
Section 5.4.7, “The Appearance Tab”.
