Text Edit tool

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What it does:

Opens the Text Edit Toolbox.

Where it is:

In the object Edit toolbox - double click any text.

Right click:

No right click functionality.

What it can be used for:

Edits text:

• Changes font. Hint - Arial is always a safe bet for a font that can be easily ready on an IWB. For young children Comic Sans is also good. try to stick to one font throughout your flipchart pages.
• Changes text size. Hint - don't use anything less than 24.
• Changes colour. Hint - ensure a good contrast with the background and don't use colours that can be confused by colour-blind people (e.g. red on green).
• Changes justifcation and alignment. Hint - don't justify text as this is hard to read on an IWB.

Watch out for:

See hints above.

Techniques:

This tool is used in the following techniques:

 Parts of speech - editing text that has been pasted onto a flipchart.