The text box properties window is used to change the text shown in a text box, the style in which it is drawn, the style of the enclosing box and whether the movie will pause at that box during playback.
There are 4 tabs on this window:
Properties. Enter the text to appear in the text box in the Text entry field. The font used and style of the box can be set using the controls on this tab. See Text box styles below for more information on styles.
The length of time that the box will appear during the movie is entered in the Text Duration entry field.
If you want movie playback to pause when this text box appears, check the Pause movie at this text box… checkbox.
Background. The controls on this tab determine the colour of the text box background and border. You can set the box to have a gradient fill - a transition between two colours - from top to bottom or left to right.
Position. This tab contains controls for the exact positioning of the text box. The pixel position of the top left corner, and the width and height of the box can be entered.
Shadow. Select 'draw shadow' to have the text box cast a shadow over the movie below. Set the colour, size and opacity of the shadow using the controls on this tab.
Text box styles
When you have a combination of text box properties - the colour, text size, font etc. - that you like and want to use again, you can save these properties as a style. Then you can apply this style to any other text box in any of your movies, to get the same appearance.
How to save a style:
Get the text box properties as you want them.
On the Properties tab of the Text box properties window, type a style name in the Select text box style field.
Click the Save current properties as style button.
BB TestAssistant creates a style with the name you entered. The style name will now appear in the Select text box style drop down list whenever you edit a text box, in any of your movies.
To apply this style to a text box, just select the style name from the Select text box style drop down list.
Textbox size and position are not saved in the style.