Balloon Annotations
Balloon annotations can be used in a manner similar to Text annotations,
but with directed emphasis due to the balloon annotationÕs tail. Balloon
annotations accept dragged color and can be resized, reshaped and moved using
the mouse. The text in a Balloon annotation can be edited by double-clicking
the mouse on it. Other Balloon annotation attributes are controlled using the
Balloon Annotation Inspector.
Balloon Annotation Inspector
¥ Fill Color - The color well
sets the fill color for the Balloon, and the switch turns the fill color off
and on.
¥ Shadow Color - The color well
sets the shadow color for the Balloon, and the switch turns the shadow color
off and on.
¥ Border - The slider and color
well set the line width and color of the box border. The switch turns the
balloon border on or off.
¥ Style - The style matrix
is used to choose from which side of the Balloon the tail extends.
¥ Text Color - The color well
sets the color of the text in the Balloon. You can also set the text color by
dragging a color to it; multiple colors can be set in the text by dragging
colors to the text while editing it.
¥ Dimensions - For more precise
and repeatable sizing, the Height and Width text fields specify the size of the
main body of a Balloon.
Resizing and Reshaping
Balloons can be resized like other annotations, by grabbing their
selection handles. The eight handles around the main body resize the main body
of the Balloon, independent of the tail. Text inside the Balloon rewraps as you
resize the Balloon. The other two handles, on the tail of the balloon, change
the size and position of the tail. The one at the end of the tail changes the
position of the end; the one in the middle of the tail slides the whole tail
along the side of the main body from which it extends.