Creating Forms with SmartDraw

How to Add Text

You can add text to any of the blocks you add, or to the background. To add text to a cell, simply double-click inside of it and start typing.

To add text to the background, click Add Text in SmartPanel, then click in the Work Area where you would like to add text and start typing. When you add text to the background, it creates a Background Text Object which you can treat just like any other object.

You may find that some cells do not respond to your clicking. Instead, they turn blue. This is because the cell has been locked to text editing, which is handy when you are sending the form to clients electronically. To unlock a cell, click on it (so that it is blue), then uncheck Text Editing on the Table tab. Click on the cell again and you should be able to edit the text. To relock the cell, simply highlight it and check Text Editing again.