Change Fonts & Sizes

Font-Size-Style       Margin       Text Alignment       Change Case

 

From an open Cmap:

To change text font and size, select any number of concepts and/or linking phrases. (The help sections Change Colors and Nested & Merged Nodes explain different methods of selecting Cmap items.)


Right-click the selection, then left-click Format Style. A sub-menu appears where you can left-click the Font... menu item.


The "Styles" window will open to the Font dialog. You can change the Font Name and/or Font Point Size using the boxes found under the Font & Size heading.

  


You can emphasize your text using the Bold and/or Italic buttons located under the Style & Color heading.

  


Now when viewing the Cmap, the changes made to font, size, and emphasis can be seen in the text items you selected.





 From an open Cmap:

To change the size of a concept's border without changing the position of the text, begin by selecting the concepts you wish to change.


From the "Styles" window, Font dialog:

You can insert a new positive integer in the text box under the Margin heading.


Now when viewing the Cmap, the distance has changed between the text and the border of the concept.





 From an open Cmap:

It is possible for text to be positioned at any location inside the concept using a combination of CmapTools. For our example, we will begin by selecting a concept that has a background image (described in the help section Change Backgrounds).


From the "Styles" window, Font dialog:

When using a concept with a background picture, the Margin should be set to 0 if you would like the text to be positioned adjacent to the edge of the concept's border. To move text a specific distance from the concept's border, you may incrementally increase the number in the margin box until the desired text position is achieved. Under the Text Alignment heading, you can choose from Left, Center, or Right justifications to horizontally align text inside of a concept.

You can choose from the Top, Middle, or Bottom buttons to vertically align text inside of a concept.

Now when viewing the Cmap, the text inside the concept you selected has changed positions. Notice that different combinations of horizontal and vertical alignments may be used to produce specific results.





 From an open Cmap:

You can modify the case of selected text in a Cmap. The Change Case sub-menu, located under Format from the Cmap's menu bar, has four case-modifying menu items to choose from.


The illustration below shows the effect that lowercase has on selected text.


UPPERCASE converts all letters in the selection to uppercase.


Sentence case can be used effectively by selecting concepts or linking phrases that are labeled using more than one word.


Title Case makes the first letter of each word in the selection capitalized.