Place Note

Contains controls that are used to set the appearance of the leader and text used by the Place Note tool.

Place Note category controls

Leader Type

Sets the type of leader: Line or Curve.

Terminator

Sets the type of terminator to display: none, arrow, slash, empty ball, or filled ball. The last symbol lets you set the terminator type to the Note symbol defined in the Terminator Symbols category.

Text Frame

Sets the frame around the text to None, Line, or Box.

Inline Leader

If turned on, uses an inline leader, which is the segment of a leader that is aligned with the text.

In the field, you can enter a length, in text height units, for the inline leader.

Left Margin

Defines the distance, in working units, between the endpoint of the leader and the text.

Lower Margin

Defines the distance, in working units, between the top and bottom margins of the text, and the top and bottom edges of the text frame (if used).

Text Rotation

Sets the rotation of the text relative to the leader line: Horizontal, Vertical, or In-line.

Horizontal Attachment

Defines how the note text is attached to the leader.

• Automatic
— Attaches either the right or left side of the note text to the end of the leader line, depending on the position of the cursor relative to the start point for the note.

• Left
— Attaches the left side of the note text to the end of the leader line.

• Right
— Attaches the right side of the note text to the end of the leader line.

Edit About

Sets the position of the vertical origin to edit text about. If you edit the text note later, the text is edited about this point. To see this edit point, turn on the Text Nodes view attribute (Settings > View Attributes).

• Top
— Sets the edit point at the top of the text.

• Center
— Sets the edit point at the center of the text.

• Bottom
— Sets the edit point at the bottom of the text.

• Dynamic
— Sets the position of the edit point depending on the position of the text relative to the leader line.

Justification and Leader Attachment

For multiple lines of text, controls justification and where the leader is attached to the text. Each time that you modify these options, the graphic updates to preview the multiline justification and leader attachment.

The top row of buttons controls text justification. The buttons on the left and right sides of the preview graphic define the position where the leader line is attached to the text.

Dimension Settings, Place Note Justification settings

• Justification buttons
— Sets the justification for multiple rows of text:

• Dynamic Justified — Aligns multiple lines of text based on the relationship between the last and the next to last data points. For example, if the next to last data point is to the right of the last data point, the text is right justified.

• Left — Aligns multiple lines of text along the left side.

• Center — Aligns multiple lines of text along the left/right center.

• Right — Aligns multiple lines of text along the right side.

• Left side leader arrow attachment
— Defines where a leader is attached to the left side of multiline text. To change the attachment point, click on the preview graphic or use the arrow buttons.

• Right side leader arrow attachment
— Defines the how a leader is attached to the right side of multiline text. To change the attachment point, click on the preview graphic or use the arrow buttons.