Text and table elements are for text on its own. Text elements are just for text. Curved text allows you to make text run along a curved path for special effects. Tables are for displaying tabular data within your images.
Click on the Text tool in the toolbar, select Simple Text, then click or drag a rectangle inside the image to insert it. Text is text only, without a background. It is really the same text editor box that is included in callouts and other shapes, just without a shape around it. See Editing Text & Tables for details on editing and formatting text. •Select Text Format in the Formatting Panel on the right to format the text. You can use this both on the entire object and in the text editor in the text object. •Double-click on the text element or select the Edit icon in the top right corner to edit the text. •Outline, Opacity & Shadow and Links are all supported for text elements. |
Most of the time you will want text to be the normal text humans have been using for thousands of years, just one straight horizontal line after another. But how about something different now and then? Curved text stands out and draws attention to what you want to say. How to use it This is really just as easy as inserting a regular text box. Click on the Text tool in the toolbar, select Curved Text, then click or drag a rectangle inside the image to insert it. As soon as you insert or select a curved text element the curves selector is shown in the Quick Format pane on the right. Select your curve, then adjust the size and dimensions of the curved text element with the mouse. You can edit and format the text in the same way as normal text elements. See Editing Text & Tables for details on editing and formatting text. |
Tables make it possible to display organized text in rows and columns within your images. SnipSVG tables are basically regular HTML tables within your image. Inserting tables Click on the Text tool in the toolbar, select Text Table. This displays the table dialog, in which you can define the number of rows and columns and the cell padding, which is the spacing inside each cell.  Formatting and editing text If you select the table and then apply formatting with the Text Format controls on the right you will have the same formatting in all cells of the table. However, each cell of the table can also be formatted separately. Double click in the cell you want to edit and then you can enter, edit and format the text in that cell. See Editing Text & Tables for more details on editing and formatting text. Table and cell borders The Outline settings in the Quick Format pane on the right apply for the entire table, giving you the same borders around all the cells and the entire table. Fill – table and cell backgrounds As with text formatting, you can apply fill to either the entire table or individual cells. If you just select the table and choose Fill on the right you set the same background for the entire table. If you apply fill when editing a cell, or when you have selected multiple cells with the mouse, then the fill is only applied to those cells. |
