Sony Bznp-D1 User Manual

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Material Preparations
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The Text Properties dialog box closes.
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Select the desired font and character size with the Font 
and Font Size dialog boxes in the Edit Text dialog box.
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Type the desired text.
You can also copy text from another application 
program such as a word processor, and paste it in the 
Edit Text dialog box by pressing the Ctrl+V keys.
To import a text file, click [Read Text File] and specify 
the file.
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Click [OK].
The newly created piece of text material appears in the 
Content Management window.
To change the color of the text
Whereas the base color of the text is selected by clicking 
[Change Character Color] in the Text Properties dialog 
box, the following procedure changes the color of a part or 
of the entire piece of text that has already been typed.
1
Select the text for which you want to change the color 
by dragging the mouse in the Edit Text dialog box, 
then right-click the selection.
2
Select [Change Character Color] on the popup menu.
The Text Color Settings dialog box appears.
3
Select the desired color in the Text Color Settings 
dialog box, then click [OK].
You can replace a color displayed in the Text Color 
Settings dialog box with a new one by clicking [Change 
Color], then selecting the color in the Edit Colors dialog 
box.
To select a style for the text
1
The BZNP-D1 software enables you to assign bold, 
italic, and underlined styles to a part or to the entire 
piece of text.
2
Select the text to which you want to assign styles by 
dragging the mouse in the Edit Text dialog box, then 
right-click the selection.
3
Click [Font Style] on the popup menu, then click the 
command corresponding to the desired style on the 
cascading menu.
To remove the specified style from the text, click the 
command corresponding to the style to be removed (it 
has a check mark) in the same way, or click [Regular].
The BZNP-D1 software allows only one font (font face 
and size) within a single piece of text material.
To modify text material
Right-click the line of the piece of text material to be 
modified in the Content Management window, then click 
[Edit] on the popup menu. This opens the Edit Text dialog 
box containing the content of the selected piece of text 
material. Modify the text and/or properties, then click 
[OK].
Item
Description
Type
Type of the piece of text 
material (up to 20 characters).
Title
Title of the piece of text 
material (up to 40 characters). 
When no title is specified, the 
first 40 characters of the text 
will be the title.
You can identify pieces of 
materials by the type and title.
Effect
Select the text display effect 
from the following:
Constant: Displays stable text.
Blink: Displays blinking text.
Scroll: Makes text flow across 
the display from right to left.
Scroll speed
Select the speed of text flow, 
when you select “Scroll” for 
“Effect.”
Note that the scroll speed 
settings of BZNP-D1 version 
1.0 and version 2.0 are 
different.
Transparency
(Not selectable in this 
version)
Select whether the background 
color should be transparent or 
not.
Base character color
The square shows the current 
text color. To change it, click 
[Change Character Color] and 
select the desired color in the 
Edit Colors dialog box.
To change the color of the text 
that has already been typed in 
the Edit Text dialog box, right-
click the text and select 
[Change Character Color].
Background color
The square shows the current 
background color. To change it, 
click [Change Background 
Color] and select the desired 
color in the Edit Colors dialog 
box.
The background color cannot 
be changed partially.
Hint
Note