Centering text on a face - Revision history

Jfinney: /* To center text both horizontally and vertically */

2017-08-04T13:45:58Z

‎To center text both horizontally and vertically

Jfinney: /* To center text horizontally */

2017-08-04T13:44:45Z

‎To center text horizontally

Stownsend at 15:35, 26 September 2016

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Stownsend at 13:21, 26 October 2015

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Stownsend at 13:20, 26 October 2015

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Stownsend at 13:18, 26 October 2015

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Stownsend at 13:17, 26 October 2015

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Stownsend at 12:32, 26 October 2015

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Stownsend at 12:31, 26 October 2015

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Stownsend at 12:30, 26 October 2015

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 #Click the center snap point of the text box.
 #In the Properties panel, change the '''distance''' to 0 and press <Enter>. (Note that this causes '''x difference''' and '''y difference''' to automatically change to 0 as well.)
-#:[[File:center_text_tutorial_a1.jpg|500px]]
+#:[[File:center_text_tutorial_a1_NEW.png|500px]]
 #:The text is now centered both vertically and horizontally:
-#:[[File:center_text_tutorial_a2.jpg|500px]]
+#:[[File:center_text_tutorial_a2_NEW.png|500px]]

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 ===To center text horizontally===
-#In the Face Editor, click the '''Text''' tool [[File:tool-text.png|40px]] and type the text that you want to center on the face. It does not matter if the text is too small to read.
+#In the Face Editor, click the '''Text''' tool [[File:tool-text_NEW.png|40px]] and type the text that you want to center on the face. It does not matter if the text is too small to read.
-#:[[File:center_text_tutorial_1.jpg|500px]]
+#:[[File:center_text_tutorial_1_NEW.png|500px]]
-#Click the '''Measure''' tool [[File:tool-measure.png|40px]].<br>
+#Click the '''Measure''' tool [[File:tool-measure_NEW.png|40px]].<br>
 #:The pointer turns to a red circle, which turns green when it is moved over a snap point. Center snap points are in the center of each edge of the face, the center of the face, and in the center of any object that is already centered, such as the stud on the front panel of a rackmount enclosure.<br>
 #:When you are centering the text horizontally, snap to the center point of the top or bottom edge of the face, or to the center point of an object that is already centered horizontally on the face.<br>
 #:In this example, the pointer is near the center of the bottom edge of the face, but it has not yet snapped to the center point, so it is still red:
-#:[[File:center_text_tutorial_2.jpg|500px]]
+#:[[File:center_text_tutorial_2_NEW.png|500px]]
 #:Now the pointer has snapped to the center point of the bottom edge of the face, so it has turned green:
-#:[[File:center_text_tutorial_3.jpg|500px]]
+#:[[File:center_text_tutorial_3_NEW.png|500px]]
 #When you have moved the pointer so that it snaps to your chosen center point, click the mouse to anchor it there.
 #Move the Measure pointer to the text, and click it when it snaps to the center point of the text box.
-#:[[File:center_text_tutorial_4.jpg|500px]]
+#:[[File:center_text_tutorial_4_NEW.png|500px]]
 #Change the '''x difference''' to "0" and press <Enter>.
-#:[[File:center_text_tutorial_5.jpg|500px]]
+#:[[File:center_text_tutorial_5_NEW.png|500px]]
 The text is now centered horizontally on the face.

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-This tutorial shows how to center text on a face vertically, horizontally, or both.<br><br>
+This tutorial shows how to use snap points to center text on a face vertically, horizontally, or both.<br><br>
 :'''Tip''': This procedure requires that you identify the center of both the text box that you are centering and another object that you use as a reference point. To correctly identify a center, you might have to enlarge the view. For example, at this View size, the Measure pointer does not snap to the exact center of the object, even when it turns green...<br>
 :[[File:Center_text_tutorial_b1a.png|500px]]<br>

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 :...but it does when you zoom in.<br>
 :[[File:center_text_tutorial_b2.jpg|500px]]<br><br>
-In the following examples, text and objects are shown at their normal size in order to show the entire drawing area.
+:In the following examples, text and objects are shown at their normal size in order to show the entire face.
 ===To center text horizontally===

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 This tutorial shows how to center text on a face vertically, horizontally, or both.<br><br>
-:'''Tip''': This procedure requires that you correctly identify the center of a reference point such as a text box or an object. To do so, you might have to enlarge the view to correctly identify its center. For example, at this View size, the Measure pointer does not snap to the exact center of the object, even when it turns green...<br>
+:'''Tip''': This procedure requires that you identify the center of both the text box that you are centering and another object that you use as a reference point. To correctly identify a center, you might have to enlarge the view. For example, at this View size, the Measure pointer does not snap to the exact center of the object, even when it turns green...<br>
 :[[File:Center_text_tutorial_b1a.png|500px]]<br>
 :...but it does when you zoom in.<br>