Tutorial 4: Attaching Text to Images

This tutorial takes you through the basic functions required to add text to Pics Print documents. See Adding Text for more information.

 

Tutorial
  1. As in Tutorial 1, steps 1 - 4, open Pics Print and create a document with 1 image in it.

  2. Change into Manual Layout by choosing it from the Page menu

  3. Add a text box.  To do this, select the image, then go to the Items menu and select Attach Text. A large white text box will appear,  The document should now look like this:
    (Note:  Text box has been resized here for clarity)
  4. Double click in the text box.  This will open the text editor.  Enter some text and press OK.
  5. Your document should now look like this:

  1. Resize the attached text box by selecting it, and then dragging the resizing handles downward. 
  2. Select the image (or the attached text box, it doesn't matter) and select Edit Text from the Items menu.  The text editor will open.  Close the text editor and double click on the attached text.  The text editor will reopen.  Change the text and close the editor.
  3. Rearrange the document by selecting the image and dragging it down to the bottom of the page.  The page will rearrange but the text box will still be attached to the image.
  4. Select the image and remove it.  The attached text box will also be removed.