- Open a job in the Manage Estimates screen.
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From the Takeoff tab, click
on the speedbar.
- Click the sheet where you want the text object to be placed.
- Enter the text you want to display in the text box at the top of the Text Properties popup window. For a legend, this is the title text.
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Select the Text Type option you want:
- Normal
- Sticky Note
- Pointer
- Legend
- If you selected Legend, select the Include quantity totals checkbox to show the quantity of each item in the legend. Deselect the checkbox to exclude quantities from the legend.
- Click Font to change the characteristics of the text.
- Click Color to change the color of the text displayed. Color is not available for Sticky Notes.
- If you want to use these settings each time this text object is placed, click Set as Default.
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Click OK. The text object is now placed on the sheet where you clicked in step 3.
After adding a text object, you can move and resize the object just like any other annotation. See Manage Annotations for more information on this process.
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From the Takeoff tab, click
on the speedbar.