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Registering and Creating Materials
Chapter 3 Basic Operations
4
Specify the following properties, then click [OK].
The “Text Properties” window closes.
5
Select the desired font and character size with the
“Font” and “Font Size” drop-down list boxes in the
“Edit Text” window.
6
Type the desired text.
You can also copy text from another application
program such as a word processor, and paste it in the
“Edit Text” window by pressing the Ctrl+V keys.
To import a text file, click [Read Text File] and specify
the file.
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Click [OK].
The newly created piece of text material appears in the
“Content Management” window.
The VSPA-D7 software enables you to change the text
color and/or style, such as bold, italic, or underline.
See “When the “Text” tab is selected” on page 36 for
details.
Registering a bitmap file as text material
Instead of typing text, the following procedure registers a
bitmap file in the VSPA-D7 software as a piece of text
material. This feature is useful when you would like to use
a caption with special effects.
There are some limitations that are different from those for
bitmap files used as graphics material, for bitmaps files
used as text material.
For details on specifications and limitations on files to be
used as text material, refer to the Specifications document.
Select [Help] > [Specifications] on the menu bar of the
VSPA-D7 main window.
1
In the “Content Management” window, select the
“Text” tab.
2
Click the button on the toolbar.
The “Add Text Content” window appears.
3
Select the files to be registered.
You can register more than one file simultaneously.
To select more than one file, hold down the Ctrl key
and click the desired files in turn.
To select all the files in a range, hold down the Shift
key and click the first and last files in the range.
4
Click [Open].
The “Add Text Content” window closes, and the new
material is added in the “Content Management”
window.
The names of the files are shown as the titles.
Item Description
Type Type of the piece of text material (up
to 20 characters).
Title Title of the piece of text material (up
to 40 characters). When no title is
specified, the first 40 characters of
the text will be the title.
You can identify pieces of material by
the type and title.
Effect Select the text display effect from the
following:
Constant: Displays stable text.
Blink: Displays blinking text.
Scroll: Makes text flow across the
display from right to left.
Scroll speed Select the speed of text flow, when
you select “Scroll” for “Effect.”
Background
color
The square shows the current
background color. To change it, click
[Change Background Color] and
select the desired color in the “Edit
Colors” window.
The background color cannot be
changed partially.
Base character
color
The square shows the current text
color. To change it, click [Change
Character Color] and select the
desired color in the “Edit Colors”
window.
To change the color of text that has
already been typed in the “Edit Text”
window, right-click the text and select
[Change Character Color].
Note
Note
