Format Proposal Text

After inserting a text box into a proposal, you can use the Edit Text dialog box to format the proposal text.

To format proposal text:

  1. Double-click in the proposal text box to open the Edit Text dialog box.
  2. Enter the text for the proposal and use the toolbar options to format as needed. Because many of the toolbar options follow the conventional patterns, descriptions for them are not provided in this help topic. Refer to the list below for those formatting options that are specific to the Vantagepoint application.
    Option Description
    Font To modify the font for existing text, highlight the text, click the Font down arrow, and select the font to apply.

    You can also place your cursor in a blank spot in the Text Editor dialog box, click the Font down arrow, and select a font. The font that you select is applied to the text that you type after the cursor.

    Google Font

    While formatting proposal text, you can add any number of Google fonts to the Vantagepoint font library for use on your proposal. Selected fonts are added to the Fonts list and are available directly from the Google Font toolbar button.

    Click Google Font and select Edit Font List. This opens the Google Fonts dialog box where you can search for a font, as well as add and remove fonts for the Vantagepoint application. Fonts used in a proposal are stored with the proposal, so you will see the correct font in an existing proposal even if you have not added a specific font that is used in it.

    Link Click [ICON] Link to insert a link to a file to the proposal. This may include links to URLs, FTP sites, email addresses, files, and graphics. When you add a file or graphic link, Vantagepoint stores the link and not the actual file.
    Image Click Image to open the browse dialog box and select an image to insert into the proposal. You can upload an image (for example, a logo or a contact photograph) to Vantagepoint so that you can assign it to a proposal, or select an image from the library of images supplied with Vantagepoint. You can also remove an existing image. Supported image file types are .GIF, .JPG, .JPEG, .PNG, and .BMP.
    Insert Fields When you insert text into a Vantagepoint record, the Insert Fields option displays. Click this option to open the Insert Fields dialog box to select one or more fields from the hub records to add to the proposal. Vantagepoint populates the proposals form with the record information.
  3. Click Save.
  4. To set the text box properties, click once in the text box to open the Edit Text Properties pane. You can select background color, transparency, and border for the text box. There is also a custom color palette where you can select any color. See the Edit Properties Pane help topic for additional information.
Parent Topic: Text