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Joeboy1-Visitor
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December 29, 2021
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comments on a plot Mathcad 15

  • December 29, 2021
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I have been away a while and am having to remember/relearn things I use to do

 

I have a file where I put comments on a plot.  When I click on the comment I get a text box around the comment, worked well.  I just dragged and dropped a comment on a plot I created however I cannot get the text box when I click on the comment.....I am missing a step....what is it

Best answer by Joeboy

See my file. I am not using a mouse. If I simply move the white arrow over any of the text boxes and click the text box comes alive and I can edit it, click again and the changes "take".  Am I missing anything ?

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StuartBruff23-Emerald V
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December 29, 2021

M15 2D Plot, I presume?

 

Have you tried right-clicking on the plot and sending it to the back?

 

Stuart

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Joeboy1-VisitorAuthor
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December 29, 2021

I am answering my own question.  If you drag and drop a comment inside a plot without clicking on the plot you can click on the comment and get a box around the comment, you can edit the comment inside the plot, you can move the comment on the plot.   If you click on the plot after you have dragged the comment inside you can't access the comment.  Most of you probably knew this, I had forgotten it.

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LucMeekes23-Emerald IV
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December 29, 2021

You can select the plot AND the text box together, then press the Ctrl-button and click with your mouse somewhere on the plot on a spot where you're certain that the text box isn't.That way you unselect the plot, and leave the text box selected. Now you can move it away from the plot, edit it, and move it back.

You can also select the plot alone, and 'send it to the back' (there's a right-mouse pop-up menu for it). After you've done that, click on the text box to have it selected for edit.

 

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Joeboy1-VisitorAuthor
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December 30, 2021

do i have to use a mouse for this to work, I'm not at present

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