Setting Note Editing Options

Use the NoteOptions command to set preferences for text editing with the Note and SimpleNote commands.

You can:

determine whether you want in-place editing or dialog box based editing
set options for text display when you type
specify a sample string to preview TextStyle and formatting when you start text editing

To set text editing options for Notes:

In-place: Specifies that you type Notes in-place in the graphics area and use the Note Formatting pop-up toolbar to format text. This is the default mode.
Dialog box: Specifies that you type Notes in a dialog box with the formatting options at the top. Dialog box based editing is applied especially if you need to place or modify rotated text that is difficult to view when typing in-place.

To set text editing options for SimpleNotes:

Prompt: Specifies that you type SimpleNotes in the Command window and click the text start point in the graphics area.
In-place: Specifies that you type SimpleNotes in-place in the graphics area and use the SimpleNote Formatting pop-up toolbar to format text.
Advanced: Specifies that you create SimpleNotes in-place, additionally providing the advanced option to click elsewhere in the graphics area to specify a new start point for subsequent text within the running command. This is the default mode.

To set display options for text editing:

As defined: When editing text in-place, it is displayed as defined even though it is too small to read or rotated about an angle that makes it difficult to read.
Easy readable: Temporalily enlarges very small text and rotates it if necessary for easy viewing during in-place text editing.

To set a sample string for editing preview:

Type NoteOptions at the command prompt.
Specify the Sample Text option.
Type a sample text string such as "abc".
Enter a period (".") to display no sample text.
The sample string will display in the current TextStyle, text size, and formatting at the cursor location when you start the Note command.

Access

Command: NoteOptions