MacroSystem Columbus 2 - Manual (Page 22)

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Save the results, if necessary, and then make the
system perform the calculations.
5.4 Labeling the points
This example deals with creating and formatting
text using Columbus 2.
Use a map of a continent and create a new route
or load a previously saved one from the Archive.
You will now assign a text to one of the points
on this map. A text can only be assigned to a key
point, since waypoints only serve to trace out
the path of the route.
Now select a key point that you want to label,
for instance, the first point on the route, i.e. the
starting point.
Here we want to label the point with the city
name or, if this is already shown on the map, we
shall label it instead with the time at which the
journey began.
First of all, activate the point so that it turns
green. Next, click on the icon
for the Text menu that has now become
activated.
You will see three settings options in this menu.
First, click on the Text field so that the familiar
SMART EDIT keyboard appears with which you
can then enter the text. (Alternatively, you can
also enter the text using an external keyboard.)
After you confirm what you have entered, your
text will appear positioned next to the point.
If the text overlaps the route or extends past the
visible area, you can change the position of the
text using the Position and Distance controls.
Now proceed in the same way and activate the
finishing point of the route and enter the text
that you want (e.g. the city name or arrival time).
If you want to change the type and size of the
text, you must make the changes globally for all
the texts on this map. This is performed in the
Global settings menu. To do so, open the menu
and set the upper selection button to Text attri-
butes.
You can now change the font type, size, font
color, outline and outline color there. (In Select
font style/size, you can select a font type from
your installed fonts and set the size of the text.)
Please remember that these settings not only
affect the text label of the currently active key
point but all the texts that you have already
entered!
Afterwards, check the appearances of the overall
picture by minimizing the toolbar. To do so, click
on the corresponding button in the bottom left