Adding, Editing, and Removing Captions

Adding a Caption

There are 3 ways to add a caption to an Easel composition:

Moving & Resizing a Caption

To move a caption, position the mouse on it, hold down the left button, and drag it around. Release the button when done. To move a caption that has an attached balloon but leave the attachment point in the same place, press and hold the Shift key just before releasing the mouse button.

To resize a caption, move the mouse over an edge or corner until the cursor changes to a resizing icon, then hold down the left button and drag the edge or corner. Release the button when done.

Editing a Caption

To edit a caption, right click it and select Edit Caption from the caption menu that pops up, then use the caption editor that appears. Click OK or Cancel when done editing.

If the composition has more than one caption, the caption menu has an Edit All Captions entry. Use this command to set one or more properties to the same value for all captions.

Removing a Caption

To remove an image, right click it and select Remove from the caption menu that pops up.

Editing and Removing Multiple Captions

To edit or remove more than 1 caption at a time, first select the caption, then execute the editing or remove command. To select all captions, click Selection/Select All Captions on the main menu. To select multiple captions at once, hold down the shift key and the left mouse button, then drag a rectangle that touches some or all of each caption to be selected. You can also select individual captions by right clicking, then clicking Select on the caption menu that appears. For more info, see Working with Selections.

Selecting a caption that is already selected deselects it.