19.5 Changing Fonts
The font, size, and style of any text that appears in a tree can be easily changed. Fonts can either be changed for selected objects or globally, via a tree’s preferences.
You can change the appearance of text within the model. You can modify the node font for the following attributes: node label, probability, expected value and variables. Each attribute can use a different font. For notes, the only attribute available is the node text.
To change the font of the selected node:
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Right-click on a single node.
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Choose Font > [Attribute] from the context menu. Each [Attribute] option refers to different text that can be associated with a node.
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Select the font preferences from the Font dialog and click OK.
Once a selected node’s font has been modified, it is independent of the tree’s global font preferences, described in the next section. Changes made to the tree’s font preferences will not affect the selected node.
Fonts can be changed for multiple selected nodes and/or subtrees in the same manner as above, using the right-click menu on one of the selected nodes. Fonts can also be changed in notes by right-clicking and choosing Font from the context menu.
Changing font preferences
The Fonts Tree Preferences category (see Tree Preferences Fontsmakes it possible to specify for the entire tree, the font used for node names, probabilities, expected value boxes, and (if displayed) definitions of variables. Each button calls up the standard font, size, and style dialog, but changes made in those dialogs apply only in the limited context that their names reflect.
The Node Font button will change the branch text font for nodes subsequently created in the tree. It is also applied to existing nodes in the active tree, with the exception of selected nodes and subtrees at which you have individually changed the font.
The Prob Font button will change the probabilities font for the active tree. Like the Node Font, this is used for new nodes and existing nodes in the active tree, with the exception of nodes and subtrees at which you have individually changed the probability field font.
The EV Font button allows you to change the font for roll back boxes displayed upon roll back of the active tree.
The Variables Font button allows you to change the font for variables displayed beneath nodes in the active tree, if you elect to display full variable definitions in the tree.
