Re: draw text with arrows

[haihui_dia dslextreme com]

Ha, that's an ingenious solution! Thanks a lot! I wonder why nobody
mentioned it in earlier replies. :) My only quibble is that the text is
always horizontal -- it can't be rotated with the lines

- haihui


Alan G Isaac
> On Wed, 21 Jul 2004, haihui_dia dslextreme com apparently wrote:
> > I'm trying to draw a flowchart using Dia. In Visio, when I
> > draw an arrow I can put text on top of the arrow. Can I
> > also do the same with Dia? Thanks!
>
> Draw your arrow.
> It will have a connection point at the center.
> Create a text object.
> It will have a connection point at the left.
> Set the text object connection point on top of the arrow
> connection point.
>
> If you want the text centered, double click the text object
> and change the properties.
>
> Unfortunately the text object does not yet include margin
> and padding properties, at least in my version.
> I hope these will soon be available.
>
> hth,
> Alan Isaac
>
>
>
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