Adding Text

These directions were written for use with HyperStudio 3.1.

• To add text, click on Objects in the menu bar and drag down to Add a Text Object. You will now see a box made out of "dotted lines" on your card. HyperStudio refers to these as "marching ants".
  • If you click in the center of this box and drag the box, you can move it to a new location.
  • If you want to resize the box, move the cursor to the outside edge of the box and when it changes to arrows, you can click and drag to resize it.
  • When you click outside the box you will get this screen:

  

   

• Since we are making a box for our title, click inside the two boxes Draw scroll bar and Scrollable to get rid of those options.
• Click on Style and you will get another screen full of choices and styles.

• After making all of your choices of size, font, styles, colors and alignment, click OK at this screen and the next and you will be back to your card and ready to type in the title for your project.
• Make sure the browse tool is selected to type in your text.
• If you want to edit the size or font or color, select the "text object editing tool" and double click on the text box on your card.

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