Zone 2 -Text

Text is a crucial element for brainstorming and communicating ideas with others. You can use the text tool to create titles and subtitles, add text blocks, or quickly jot down ideas. Pixso Whiteboard provides various text features to let you freely express your ideas on the canvas, such as adding text hyperlinks to reference other Pixso Whiteboard files, guiding collaborators to other documents or linking to external websites.

Double Click to Enter Edit Mode

To change the content of a text box, you need to enter edit mode. You can enter edit mode by double-clicking on the text box. Alternatively, when creating a text box, you can directly edit the content of it.

Resize Text Box

Each text box has a blue border around it that controls the positioning and arrangement of it on the canvas. We recommend that you adjust the size of the text by adjusting the font size, but you can also use the zoom tool to adjust the size of the text. Here are the steps to do so:

• Exit edit mode by clicking the blank place, pressing the Space key and dragging your mouse, pressing Esc key or clicking the other shape on the canvas.
• Select the text box you want to edit.
• Move your mouse to the diagonal of the border, and then the cursor will become the stretch icon.
• Click and drag the box to change the font size.

Create Text Object

Clicking the text button in the toolbar or pressing T allows you to add text to the canvas. Text objects can be used to add text above other objects or directly to the canvas.

Click

After selecting the text tool or pressing the shortcut key T, clicking once on the canvas creates a text box that allows for horizontal adjustment of text size. You can adjust the width of the text box by dragging its edges.

Click and Drag

Clicking and dragging the cursor to create a text box that adjusts its size based on the area you drag. This object has a fixed width and grows vertically as you add more text.

Text Properties

Many objects in Pixso Whiteboard contain text, including text objects, shapes, sticky notes, connectors, frames, documents, mind maps, etc. In Pixso Whiteboard, you can perform advanced editing operations on text through the text properties. Common text properties include bullet points, font, font color, background color, width, font size, underline, strikethrough, and pre-formatted text. To perform advanced editing on text, you need to first select the text box or the text you want to edit. When you select text or enter edit mode, a toolbar appears with various functions to modify text properties.

Bold

Apply the bold property to any text you want to emphasize. Click the bold button in the text toolbar, or use the shortcut keys:

• macOS：⌘ Command+B
• Windows：Ctrl+B

Strikethrough

You can apply the strikethrough property to any text you want to delete. This is useful for crossing off tasks in a to-do list or recording ideas that you decide not to pursue. Click the strikethrough button in the toolbar or use the shortcut keys:

• macOS：⌘ Command-⇧ Shift-X
• Windows：Control+Shift+X

Italic

Apply italic property to any text you want to emphasize by clicking the italic button in the toolbar.

Underline

Apply underline property to any text you want to emphasize by clicking the underline button in the toolbar.

Resize Font

Click on the font size in the toolbar, and select the desired size from the dropdown menu or directly enter the value and apply it.

Apply Font

In the toolbar, click on the font and select a font from the drop-down menu to apply it. The default font is Inter.

Font Style

In the text toolbar, you can switch between text styles, including normal text, level 1 heading, level 2 heading, level 3 heading, ordered list, unordered list, and task list.

Alignment

In the text toolbar, there are six different horizontal alignment options for text: left, center, right, top aligned, center aligned, and bottom aligned.

After a text is set with a background and font color, there are several ways to inherit the current text style properties:

• Using shortcuts: Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V
• Using connection lines: Click the · of the text box to add the same shape, and a text box with the same text format can be directly pulled out.

Text Hyperlink

In the text toobar, click on hyperlink icon, then you can enter or copy a URL. After that, clicking on it will take you to the corresponding webpage.

Font Color

Change the text color to improve visibility and make it stand out, or group similar ideas together. You can select from the colorpicker in the toolbar drop-down menu.

In the text toolbar, click the color panel to select and add color to the text. You can also click + to customize any color value.

Font Background

In the text toolbar, click on the color panel to choose a color for the text box.

Bullet Point

The bullet points are great for taking notes and task lists, brainstorming, or writing step-by-step instructions while keeping the content neat and organized. Click the bullet point button in the toolbar to apply them. Pixso Whiteboard provides two types of bullet points: unordered and ordered lists.

Increase and Decrease Indentation

To increase and decrease the indentation, use the shortcut keys below:

• Increase indentation: Tab
• Decrease indentation: Shift + Tab

Preset Text Size

There are 5 preset text sizes:

• Default (14 pixels)
• Medium (18 pixels)
• Large (22 pixels)
• Extra Large (26 pixels)
• Huge (30 pixels)
• Custom size

By default, the text in all text objects is set to 14px. You can change the font size for all text or selected ones.

To choose a preset text size:

• Select the text you want to adjust.
• Click the drop-down menu of text size in the toolbar.
• Select a preset size to apply.
• To customize the text size:
• Select the text you want to adjust.
• Click and drag the diagonal area of text.
• Text objects can be resized by dragging them with an increment of 1 pixel, and the font size is displayed as the specific value in the font size part of the toolbar.