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Example - Changing Text, Arrows, and Lines

Add another text annotation and make changes to the annotations for the Lotka-Volterra model you created and annotated in Example - Adding Annotations.

After making these changes, the annotations will look like those in the figure below.


   1.
Start plot edit mode.
   2.
Add another text annotation by copying and editing the annotation you already made in Example - Adding Annotations.
  1. Right-click on the text annotation you already made.
  2. Select Copy from the pop-up menu.
  3. Move the cursor to the approximate location where you want the second text annotation to appear.
  4. Right-click and select Paste.
  5. Change the text: double-click the annotation you just pasted, select the word Many, and over it, type Few. Then select the word Decline, and over it, type Increase.
  6. Click outside of the annotation area to see the changes.
   3.
Make the text annotations appear in bold.
  1. Shift-click on the two text annotations so that both are selected.
  2. Right-click on any selected annotation text, select Font Style from the pop-up menu, and select bold.
The text appears in bold.
   4.
Change the color of the arrow annotation to red.
  1. Right-click on the arrow annotation.
  2. Select Color from the pop-up menu.
  3. In the Color dialog box, select a red color and click OK.
The arrow is red.
   5.
Copy the red arrow to point to the second annotation.
  1. Right-click on the arrow annotation.
  2. Select Copy from the pop-up menu.
  3. Move the cursor to the approximate location where you want the second arrow annotation to appear.
  4. Right-click and select Paste.
   6.
If you need to, drag the annotations to adjust their positions, or drag the arrow's handle to change the annotation's size.


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