With ToyProjector, you can use plain text in your presentation.
This section explains how to set attributes to plain text; font, baseline, background color, and so on. The points you must pay attention to are also described.
In order to display Inspector Panel, click button (C) of Fig. 1. Inspector panel is used to specify attributes for each sheet. Only one Inspector panel is opened.In order to display Setting Panel, click button (D) of Fig. 1. Setting Panel (see Fig. 2) is used to specify attributes for the whole scenario. Each scenario window has its own setting panel.Fig. 1 : Buttons on a scenario window
If you changed setting, then click button "Set". In order to revert to the previous setting, click button "Revert", only if before clicking button "Set".
Fig. 2 : Setting Panel
You can specify the size of font and baseline space using sliders in frame "Plain Text" of setting panel. Layout of text, that is, the number of characters in a line and the number of lines displayed is changed depending on them.Font name currently used is also displayed in the frame. In order to change font, display Font Panel by clicking button "Set...", and then choose font you want to use.
Note: Though the size of characters displayed depends on the size of screen, the layout of sheet is not changed. The image of screen is only enlarged or shrunken.
After changing attributes, click button "Set" to confirm them.
You can specify the size of font and baseline space for each sheet using Inspector Panel. If no specification is done with Inspector Panel, the attributes specified with Setting Panel.In order to specify baseline spacing, mark check button "Set Baseline", and then use the slider in frame "Plane Text". In the same way, to specify the size of font, mark button "Set Font Size" and use the slider.
Note that specification on Inspector Panel is effective only for the sheet currently selected.
Fig. 3 : Inspector Panel
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".
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.
Background color of text is effective especially used with background image. Some examples are shown below.
(a) Background of text is semitransparent white.
(b) Background of text is opaque white.
(c) Background of text is semitransparent red, and the color of characters is white.(a)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.(b)
(c)
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