ToyProjector Version 0.3

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Usage of RTF Text

Overview

With ToyProjector, you can use RTF text in your presentation.
ToyProjector enlarges image of RTF text not to spoil the original layout. Because the layout of RTF text is decided when it is saved, you should pay attention to the size of window of Edit.app.

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How RTF Text Is Displayed

ToyProjector detects the size of RTF window at the point it was saved. And ToyProjector try to display the text in the same layout as shown in the window of Edit.app.

Some examples are shown below.
Now, the same RTF text is saved with 3 different sized windows. Text itself and size of characters are not changes at all. They are displayed with ToyProjector as shown below.

RTF Windows ToyProjector's Display
As you see, the layout in RTF window is displayed almost exactly. Note that the size of characters really displayed on the screen is changed according to the size of area displayed.

Size of Font and Baseline space

You can not specify the size of font or baseline space for RTF text.

Note: If you feel that the baseline space is narrow, select the part or the whole of text and use "Superscript" or "Subscript" of submenu "Font" a few times.

Foreground Color And Background Color

You can specify background color of sheets with color will "Background" on Setting Panel. In the same way, you can specify foreground color, that is, the color of characters with color will "Text".
In order to set color, display color panel by clicking the edge of a color will, and then pick color you like. After picking color, click button "Set".

In RTF text, you can specify color of characters partially. With ToyProjector, however, the color specified in Setting Panel is used as the color of the whole text. If you want to use the color specified in the original RTF text, mark the button titled "Use Colors of RTF Text Itself" on Inspector Panel.

Background Color of Text

If button "Background Color" on Setting Panel is not marked, background of text is transparent. Therefore, the color in color will "Background" is used as background color of text.

If button "Background Color" is marked, slider and color will in the frame become available. You can specify another background color used behind text with them. The color will is for the color used, and the slider is for the alpha value.

There is a check button titled "Transparent Background for Text & EPS" on Inspector Panel. If this button is marked, background of the sheet becomes transparent even if other specification is set with Setting Panel. This function is mainly used with overlapping of sheets.

Examples of background color are shown in "Background Color of Text" of Section "Usage of plain text".