Working with Captions

Captions let you introduce a new scene or provide narration like "Meanwhile..." or "Suddenly!" or "It was a dark and stormy night..." A Caption can also describe a scene or a characters thoughts.

Add a Caption

To add a Caption, drag a Caption from the element palette to wherever you want it on the page.
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Edit a Caption

To edit a Caption, double click it. Also you can select it and hit the "Enter" key. The Caption text becomes editable and is selected. Type in whatever words you would like. You can change the text formatting by using the Format->Font and Format->Text menu items. Caption text can have any justification or font setting you need.
To finish editing simply hit the "Enter" key or click outside of the edit area. Your changes are committed to the Caption. If the Caption cannot contain your new text then its height is adjusted to fit the new text.

Repositioning a Caption

To move a Caption simply select it and drag it to the appropriate location. You can use the Arrange->Align menu to quickly position the Caption relative to the enclosing panel or page.
 

Resizing a Caption

Select the Caption and drag any of the resize handles to change the size.
Note: If the Caption box is not large enough to display the contained text the extra text will not be displayed. So if you're missing some text try resizing the Caption to see if it is simply too small.

Rotating a Caption

You can rotate a Caption by clicking on then dragging the rotate handle.

Caption Details

The Details view shows you the adjustable margins between the text and the Caption outline if needed. You can also choose the style for the Caption or override the Style Attributes if necessary.

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Text Margin

If the text is too close to the edges of the Caption (or not close enough) you can adjust the margins by assigning new values to the Horizontal (H) and Vertical (V) margins.

Lock

Prevents the Caption from being moved or resized.

Clip

Normally, Captions overlap edges of panels. By checking 'CLIP', you can make a Caption clip to stay inside the panel by default, which is the more 'traditional' approach.

Style Attributes

Use the Style popup menu to pick a different style, or simply experiment until you create a style you like.

If you have made a variation to the selected style, then a Pencil appears next to the style name. Your element is now unique!

If you don't like your changes, press the Revert button to go back to the original style.

If you want to share this new style, then create a New style.
New styles can be created under Style Attributes with the 'Save as... +' button. A dialog appears that lets you name the new style. When you click "OK" the new style is created and the element is set to use the new style. Now you can set other elements to have the same style.

You can also Update the current style — be careful! — this will also change the attributes of every other object (in this style).

See Caption Styles for more information on each setting.