Rich Text and Tables

MyDraw has very feature-rich text processing support. The build-in rich text editor allows for the smooth and easy creation of beautifully styled diagrams with exceptional text rendering quality and features.
Following is a list of the features supported by the rich text boxes and tables in MyDraw:

Character Formatting

NOV Diagram for .NET provides extensive character formatting for text within shapes and tables. Text supports solid, linear gradient, radial gradient, hatch, and image fills with adjustable transparency. Character outlines can be styled independently of their fill. The following formatting options are available:

Font style: bold, italic, underline, and strikethrough
Font name: choose from fonts available on the target system
Font size
Superscript and subscript
Text fill: solid color, gradient, hatch, or image, with transparency support
Independent character outline formatting
Highlight and background fills
Formatting marks: show or hide nonprinting characters, such as line and page breaks

Paragraph Formatting

Shape text can contain multiple paragraphs, each with its own formatting. Paragraph settings control text alignment, indentation, line height, and reading direction:

Indentation: first-line and hanging indents
Alignment: left, right, center, and justified
Adjustable line height and spacing
Right-to-left text support for languages such as Arabic and Hebrew

Table Support

NOV Diagram for .NET supports tables for presenting structured information within diagrams. Users can insert and remove rows and columns, merge and split cells, nest tables, and customize their appearance. Tables can be embedded in rich text, and shapes containing tables can be connected to other diagram elements. Supported features include:

Cells spanning multiple rows or columns, with cell merging and splitting
Individual cell text orientation: horizontal or vertical
Independent fills and borders for each cell
Collapsed and expanded cell margins
Interactive row and column resizing using the mouse
Fixed, percentage-based, and automatic column widths
Border collapsing for shared cell edges
Automatic table sizing
Selection of multiple ranges of cells, rows, and columns
Nested tables within table cells

Group Blocks

Group blocks combine paragraphs, tables, and other group blocks into a single formatting container. Shared margins, padding, borders, and background fills can be applied to the entire group, making it easy to organize and style related text content.

Bullets and Numbering

NOV Diagram for .NET supports bulleted, numbered, and mixed multilevel lists within shape text and table cells. Flexible numbering and formatting options help organize instructions, descriptions, and hierarchical information:

Numbering styles: Arabic numerals, Roman numerals, letters, symbols, cardinal numbers, and ordinal numbers
Multilevel lists: nested levels with hierarchical numbering, such as 2.1 and 2.1.1
Tab alignment: consistent spacing and indentation between list markers and paragraph text
Counters: custom or automatically assigned counters for controlling numbering sequences
List templates: reusable settings that define how list markers are generated and formatted

Supported Image Formats

Images can be inserted directly into shape text and table cells, allowing diagrams to combine formatted text with illustrations, icons, and other visual content. Supported formats include:

Raster images: JPEG, PNG, BMP, GIF, and animated GIF
Metafile images: EMF and WMF, preserving vector scalability when printed or exported to formats such as PDF

Spellchecking

NOV Diagram for .NET includes built-in spellchecking compatible with OpenOffice dictionaries. Spelling errors are identified as users type, helping them maintain accurate labels, annotations, and table content. Right-clicking a flagged word opens a context menu with suggested replacements.

MyDraw Rich Text and Tables