I am not sure what is happening, but I will explain the basics and perhaps that will help.
There are two ways to create text, regular and outlined. Outlined requires you to enter the text using the Properties dialog (right- click to activate), and you can change angle, and set the fill and stroke colors (background and outline). The regular text has no outline, only color and font, size, etc. and it is edited on screen, using the editor tool (spacebar to activate). Some shapes have a text entry built into them and this regular text in its capabilities and edit method. You can have a graph only by building it from primitive functions (line, ellipse, etc.) or it can be an imported image. Obviously, if it is a built graph you can write text as always. With an imported image you can create text by the usual means - outlined or regular and have it reside "above the graph." There is no transparency function at this time. If you create text over an image and it is not visible then somehow the image has go above the text, or the text color is the same as the field below it. I have placed this reply back on the Dia list so others can try to help ans so the answer is archived. I am not a developer, so I try to help by answering simple questions. We have reached the limits of my ability to be helpful, and someone else will need to assist you going forward. Mike On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 10:14 AM, H.J. Holm <hjjah...@arcor.de> wrote: > This must be a misunderstanding: > In a happy moment I managed to write a text, then clicked on "outlined" > and it became outlined, as in happy old Atari times. > However, I never got this again. Why on earth does the program have such > phantastic abilities and one is unable to use them, that means apply them > in a graph? > > Greetings > > lingo. > > > > Am 2012-04-03 20:01, schrieb Michael Ross: > > You cannot draw "on" the graph, but you can certainly have text that lies > atop the image, just as all the other elements an be in front of or behind > each other. > > If you really want the text to become part of the image i would suggest > Inkscape as a good program. If you don't know Inkscape yet, it is a very > nice open source vector drawing program. Handles transparent layers too. > > On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 11:15 AM, H.J. Holm <hjjah...@arcor.de> wrote: > >> DIA may be great for drawing on the prescribed "canvas". >> But it refused to draw a simple letter on an imported bmp-graph;-(( >> lingo >> >> _______________________________________________ >> dia-list mailing list >> dia-list@gnome.org >> http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list >> FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq >> Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia >> >> >> > > > -- > Put this question to yourself: should I use everyone else to attain > happiness, or should I help others gain happiness? > *Dalai Lama * > > To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. > Thomas A. > Edison<http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/t/thomasaed125362.html> > > A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought. > *Warren Buffet* > > Michael E. Ross > (919) 550-2430 Land > (919) 576-0824 <https://www.google.com/voice/b/0?pli=1#phones> Google > Phone > (919) 631-1451 Cell > (919) 513-0418 Desk > > michael.e.r...@gmail.com > > > > > -- Put this question to yourself: should I use everyone else to attain happiness, or should I help others gain happiness? *Dalai Lama * To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. Thomas A. Edison<http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/t/thomasaed125362.html> A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought. *Warren Buffet* Michael E. Ross (919) 550-2430 Land (919) 576-0824 <https://www.google.com/voice/b/0?pli=1#phones> Google Phone (919) 631-1451 Cell (919) 513-0418 Desk michael.e.r...@gmail.com <michael.e.r...@gmail.com>
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