.TOOL. VI Basic Operations3 Measuring Two-point Distance or Entering Information—TOOL Menu- 68 -3.3.3 Entering Textual CommentsThe text function allows you to enter a textual comment in the image.NOTE: Although text can be entered from a keyboard, you need a mouse toperform other operations.1) Press Text . The tool bar shown below will be displayed.2) Press the red, blue, green, black, white, or yellow color icon to select the text color.3) Click the input window with the mouse to display a keyboard on the screen. (You will seethe words “Input Mode” displayed on the upper left part of the menu.)Click the character on the keyboard that you want to enter. When you have finished, pressEnt to confirm your entry. If you missed entering a character, use CL to erase allcharacters or BS to erase one character.To enter characters from your keyboard, move the cursor to the text input window andpress the Enter key. Use the SHIFT+Backspace keys on the keyboard to erase allcharacters or the Backspace key to erase one character. Type your comment on thekeyboard and hit the Enter key to confirm the content of your comment. (The “InputMode” message disappears.)4) Determine the position in which you want the text to be embedded. Use Position todisplay an embedding area.Place the mouse pointer within the area and drag the embedding area to the desiredposition.5) Once you have determined the position, press Paste to fix the position in which to insertthe comment.6) Press to return to the previous menu.NOTE: The display information is interlocked with the menu size. Small charactersare displayed when you are showing a small menu, and large characters aredisplayed when you are showing a large menu.
