Texts, such as for instance a title or some other textual information, can be added to a layout in the layout editor.
A layout is a virtual sheet of paper on which you can add one or more map views (each containing one or more maps and optional grid lines, graticules and/or annotation text layers), and additional annotation.
In the layout editor, each text has to be typed into an Insert/Edit Text dialog box.
- The text may actually consist of multiple text lines; use the Enter key or the Shift+Enter key.
- Furthermore, you may rotate a text, specify a font, a color, etc.
- Each text can be dragged to a certain position.
Tip:
When you want to obtain label-like texts for all points, segment or polygons of a map, or when you want to store multiple texts at multiple positions, it is advised to create an Annotation Text object.
- In a map window, open the File menu and choose Create Annotation Text. The Create Annotation Text dialog box will appear, in which you can choose to use a map on which the texts/labels should be based.
- Then, in the Annotation Text editor, you can easily reposition selected texts, and you can specify fonts, font sizes, appearance (bold, italics, underline), colors, rotations, etc. Texts in an Annotation Text object can only consist of one line.
See also:
Layout editor : functionality
Annotation Text editor editor : functionality
