Format Selection

The Format Selector can be used to switch between Title, Rich Text, Code and Object numbering.

• Rich Text: is used to create complex multi-formatted text. When a Rich Text bounding box is resized, the text will be adjust to wrap the text at the bounding box edges without resizing the text. Text Objects are exported as HTML or SVG text strings.
• Titles: are displayed in a single format and rendered with shading and anti-aliasing to produce high quality text. Unlike Rich Text, a title can be scaled to any size by dragging its bounding box larger or smaller. As the bounding box changes size a Title will be scaled to find the best fit.
• Code: is a raw text format. Code will be passed through to the Browser or SVG player without modification. A Code text Object is consequently suitable for Scripts or specialized HTML and SVG code that must not be pre-processed. Code Text can be targeted to HTML, SVG or combined output.

Font Size:

For Titles, the font size selector can choose between Point Size and Pixel Size fonts. Points size fonts are the traditional means for setting font sizes. Pixel size fonts will be displayed in a constant size for precise control of the text in the design environment.

Filters and Options:

The Options and Filters dialog can be used to set the editor environment and conversion operations in the Text to HTML processor. Some of the Filters include:

• Converting line breaks to <p> tags.
• Converting the extended character set.
• Converting special characters such as <>&".

Spell Checker:

The text editor includes a spell checker. Right click on a misspelled word to find a list of alternative spellings. Spell preferences and dictionary dialogs are also included.

Link Editor:

The link editor automatically converts URL's to links when typed. Left click on a link to open the link editor. The link editor can be used to change the URL, link title and other link options. The link editor can also be used to edit, import and export link lists.

Expanded Link View:

The expanded link view can be used to display links in their HTML anchor format. In the expanded format the anchor can be edited directly. In their normal compressed format links will be displayed as seen in the Browser.

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The Text Editor

The Virtual Mechanics WebDwarf V2 Text Editor uses a standard Word Processor interface to format HTML and SVG text. In addition to most standard text editor functions such as font selection, style, and color, the Text Editor includes the following advanced features.