Rockwell Automation 2711-ND3 PanelBuilder v2.60 Software User Manual - Manual (Page 299)

17–29 Formatting Objects and Text
Publication 2711-6.0
Setting Foreground/Background Colors
On color and grayscale terminals, you can set the foreground and
background colors of text from the Format menu or the color palette.
You cannot adjust the background color for text in list objects.
Selected
Foreground Color
Selected
Background Color
View Box updates as Foreground
and Background colors are selected
To set the foreground and background colors of text:
1. Select the object.
2. Click the Inner Text tool on the tool bar.
Or choose Inner Text from the Format menu.
3. If the object is a multistate object, select a state.
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From the tool bar, select a state from the State box.
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Or choose Next State or Previous State from the Format menu.
4. To change the foreground color:
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Click a color on the top row of the color palette.
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Or choose a color from the Format " Foreground Color menu.
The foreground color changes to the selected color.
5. To change the background color:
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Click a color on the bottom row of the color palette.
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Or choose a color from the Format " Background Color menu.
The background color changes to the selected color.
6. Click the Inner Text tool to exit Inner Text mode.
If you want the text background to blend in with the object
background, set the background colors for the object and text to the
same color.
OFF ON
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OFF ON
Background Color for Text
and Object are different. Background Colors for Text
and Object are the same.
For multistate objects, you set the text foreground and background
colors for each state from the State tab of the object’s dialog or from
the color palette when the state is visible.
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