Edit Special Field dialog

This dialog appears when you hover the cursor on a special field and then click the button in the appearing dotted rectangle. It helps you to edit the properties of the special field such as font, size, color, border, the way of aligning text, and so on. See the dialog.

Field Type

The current special field is selected by default. If it is not User Name, a date or time format drop-down list will be displayed on the right for you to choose one.

Font Face

Specifies the font of the text from the drop-down list.

Font Size

Specifies the font size of the text from the drop-down list.

Font Color

Specifies the color of the text.

To change the color, click the color indicator to select a color, or click More Colors in the color indicator to access the Color Picker dialog in which you can select a color within a wider range.

Background Color

Specifies the background color of the special field.

To change the color, click the color indicator to select a color, or click More Colors in the color indicator to access the Color Picker dialog in which you can select a color within a wider range.

Specifies whether to make the text bold.

Specifies whether to make the text italic.

Specifies whether to underline the text.

Align Left

Specifies to align the text to the left.

Align Center

Specifies to align the text in the center.

Align Right

Specifies to align the text to the right.

Preview box

Displays a preview of the special field with the specified properties.

Width

Specifies the width of the special field.

Height

Specifies the height of the special field.

Border

Specifies the border properties of the special field.

• Border Width
  Specifies the width of the border.
• Border Line
  Specifies the line style of the border from the drop-down list.
• Border Color
  Specifies the color of the border.

  To change the color, click the color indicator to select a color, or click More Colors in the color indicator to access the Color Picker dialog in which you can select a color within a wider range.

Padding

Specifies the space between the text and the borders of the special field.

OK

Closes this dialog and applies the properties to the special field.

Cancel

Cancels the edition and closes this dialog.

Apply

Applies the properties but does not close the dialog.

Displays the help document about this feature.

Ignores the setting and closes this dialog.

Related topics:

• Inserting a special field