You can use the Text Pen tab of the Mimic Properties window to define the default settings for the text that you add to text boxes on Mimics. This is useful when you know that you need to add multiple text boxes to a Mimic, each containing text of the same type, color and with the same flashing effects. Rather than configure the pen settings for each text box separately, you can define the default pen settings for text boxes. After doing this, each text box that you add will already have the default settings in place. You can make further adjustments to each text box by configuring its own settings separately if required.
Depending on the method that you use to display the Mimic Properties window, the settings you define will be applied to:
- New Mimics on your client PC (if you access the Mimic Properties window via the Options window—see Defining the Default Mimic Properties for New Mimics).
- A specific Mimic (if you access the Mimic Properties window via the Properties option or command on a Mimic—see Defining the Default Mimic Properties for a Specific Mimic).
When you have displayed the Mimic Properties window using the appropriate method for your needs, define the Text Pen settings as required. The various Text Pen settings work in the same way as the similarly named settings on the Pen tab of the Text Properties window (see Editing a Text Box).