Adding text to a shape or arrow object

You can add text to a shape or arrow object. You can also select and change the text style of the text.

To add text:

In the work area, double-click the shape or arrow object. A square with dashed lines appears around the object.
Type your text at the cursor.

The text is added to the object.

For responsive projects, you can conveniently scale the text within a shape or arrow. This is helpful when adjusting how the text in a shape or arrow appears within the different device views for responsive projects. For details, see Scaling text in a shape or arrow in a responsive project.
If you do not specify to use an empty ALT tag for the shape or arrow with text, the text for the shape or arrow object is used as the text in the ALT tag. For details about specifying an empty ALT tag for an object, see Using an empty ALT tag for an object.

To change the text style of the text, follow these steps. You can select multiple shape, line, or arrow objects to change when necessary.

In the Project Explorer, click the shape, line, or arrow graphic or in the work area, click the shape, line, or arrow object. To select multiple shape, line, or arrow objects, click the first object, then press and hold the CTRL key while you click the other objects.
Click the Style ribbon.

Use the controls in the Text Style group to change the text style of a shape, line, or arrow object as follows:

Text Style	Click this to select a text style to apply to the objects. Text styles automatically set text attributes such as the font face, style, size and color. Use the drop-down list to select a new text style and add and remove text styles. For details about managing text styles, see Managing text styles.
(Font)	Click this to select the text font face to apply to the objects. Use the drop-down list to select a new text font that overrides the currently selected text style. Selecting a new font overrides the font defined by the current text style.
(Font size)	Click this to select the text font size to apply to the objects. Use the drop-down list to select a new text size that overrides the currently selected text style. Selecting a new font size overrides the font size defined by the current text style.
Text Color	Click this to select the color of the text to apply to the objects. Use the drop-down list to select a new text color. Selecting a new text color overrides the text color defined by the current text style.
(Bold)	Click this to select the bolding of text to apply to the objects. Selecting the bolding overrides the bolding defined by the current text style.
(Italics)	Click this to select the italicizing of text to apply to the objects. Selecting the italicizing overrides the italicizing defined by the current text style.
(Underline)	Click this to select the underline of text to apply to the objects. Selecting the underlining overrides the underlining defined by the current text style.
	Click this to align the text to the left.
	Click this to align the text to the center.
	Click this to align the text to the right.
	Click this to increase the size of the font.
	Click this to decrease the size of the font.

The style is changed.