Adding Text Notes

Click Manage tabText panel (Text).
The cursor changes to the text tool .
On the Format panel, select a Leader line option:
- No Leader (default)
- One Segment
- Two Segments
- Curved - to change the curve shape, drag the elbow control.
Tip: When you place a text note with a leader, the last leader point snaps to all possible leader attachment points from nearby text notes. When you place a text note without a leader, it snaps to the text origins from nearby text notes or labels. Origin is a point that depends on the text alignment (left, right, or center).
Select a left attachment point and a right attachment point.
Note: The default attachment points are top left and bottom right, but you can change the defaults.
Select a horizontal alignment (Left, Center, or Right).
Do one of the following:
- For non-wrapping text. Click once to place the note. Vasari inserts a text box in which to type.
- For wrapping text. Click and drag to form a text box.
- For a text note with a one-segment or a curved leader. Click once to place the leader end, draw the leader, and then click the cursor (for non-wrapping text) or drag it (for wrapping text).
- For a text note with a two-segment leader. Click once to place the leader end, click where you want to place the leader elbow, and then finish the leader by clicking the cursor (for non-wrapping text) or dragging it (for wrapping text).
(Optional) On the Format panel, select attributes for the text: Bold, Italic, and Underline (or press Ctrl+B, Ctrl+I, or Ctrl+U).
(Optional) To create a list in the note, click (Paragraph Format), and select a list style.
Enter text, and then click anywhere in the view to finish it.
The text note controls remain active so that you can change the note’s position and width.
Press Esc twice to end the command.