Ha, that's an ingenious solution! Thanks a lot! I wonder why nobody mentioned it in earlier replies. :) My only quibble is that the text is always horizontal -- it can't be rotated with the lines
- haihui Alan G Isaac > On Wed, 21 Jul 2004, [EMAIL PROTECTED] apparently wrote: >> I'm trying to draw a flowchart using Dia. In Visio, when I >> draw an arrow I can put text on top of the arrow. Can I >> also do the same with Dia? Thanks! > > Draw your arrow. > It will have a connection point at the center. > Create a text object. > It will have a connection point at the left. > Set the text object connection point on top of the arrow > connection point. > > If you want the text centered, double click the text object > and change the properties. > > Unfortunately the text object does not yet include margin > and padding properties, at least in my version. > I hope these will soon be available. > > hth, > Alan Isaac > > > > _______________________________________________ > Dia-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list > FAQ at http://www.gnome.org/projects/dia/faq.html > Main page at http://www.gnome.org/projects/dia > > _______________________________________________ Dia-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://www.gnome.org/projects/dia/faq.html Main page at http://www.gnome.org/projects/dia
