Creating Text Annotations - AMX TPI-PRO-2 Operation/Reference Manual

Using Takenote™
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Creating Text Annotations

1.
Set the text Size by clicking and dragging on the Text Size button (range = 12-96).
2.
Set the text Color and Opacity using the options in the Pen Options Menu Bar (refer to the Pen Options
Menu Bar section on page 189).
3.
Press the Keyboard button to open the TakeNote Text Keyboard (see FIG. 115 on page 187).
4.
Press the character buttons on the on-screen keyboard. The entered text is displayed in the Text Window
of the Keyboard.
5.
When finished entering the text that you want to appear on-screen, press Done to close the keyboard.
6.
The text is displayed on-screen (FIG. 116).
FIG. 116
Text annotations example
7.
Note that the newly created text annotation is selected, when it is added to the screen. This is to allow you
to position the text annotation object without having to use the Select Object tool. Click-and-drag to move
the text annotation object to the desired position, and click anywhere to place the text.
All lines, shapes and text annotations are treated as Objects in TakeNote. Once they
are on-screen, each line can be selected to move or delete, using the Select Object
tool.
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Press Caps to toggle all characters to upper-case, press again to return to lower-case.
Press Shift to shift all characters to upper-case for the next typed character only.
Press More to toggle an alternative keyboard featuring various special symbols, press again to
return to the normal character set.
Press Clear to clear all characters.
Press Delete to delete the character at the cursor position.
Press Home to place the cursor at the beginning of the text line; press End to jump to the end of the
line.
Use the UP/DOWN/LEFT/RIGHT arrow buttons to move the cursor within the text box.
Press Done to close the Keyboard, placing the entered text on-screen.
Text annotation (selected)
TPI-PRO/DVI (Total Presentation Interface)