The "Text" layer is intended for display of textual inscriptions on screen.

The Layer allows for text formatting:

• Font;
• Font style (bold, italic, underlined);
• Size;
• Autosize;
• Text wrapping within layer (Wrap);
• HTML tags;
• Text Color;
• Line space;
• Horizontal alignment;
• Vertical alignment;
• Text background color (BG).

To apply text formatting:

1. In the properties panel, open the "Layer" tab.
2. Format the text.                                                      
3. Click "Apply" or "OK" to save the changes made.

For support of non-standard fonts that are not installed in operation systems at media display points it is necessary to add a .ttf-file of the font into the per device, so that it would be rendered correctly at media display points.

To place a simple text:

1. In the properties panel, open the "Layer" tab.
2. Click the "Src" button and select "none".
3. Type your text in the "Text" field.                                                       
4. Click "Apply" or "OK" to save the changes made.

To place a caption that shows current time:

1. In the properties panel, open the "Layer" tab.
2. Click the "Src" button and select "Time".
3. Value of the "Text" field will be updated. If necessary, enter text before or after the automatically generated content.                                                                    
4. Automatically generated time template "{{HH:mm:ss}}" can be modified or supplemented, e.g. you can switch to the 12 hour format, add Time Zone, milliseconds, etc.
5. Click "Apply" or "OK" to save the changes made.

To place a caption that shows the current date:

1. In the properties panel, open the "Layer" tab.
2. Click the "Src" button and select "Date".
3. Value of the "Text" field will be updated. If necessary, enter text before or after the automatically generated content.                                                                    
4. Automatically generated date template "{{yyyy-MM-dd}}" can be modified or supplemented, e.g. you can represent the year in double-digit format, add month names, etc.
5. Click "Apply" or "OK" to save the changes made.

To place text content (alphanumeric data) obtained from a web resource:

1. In the properties panel, open the "Layer" tab.
2. Click the "Src" button and select "Plain text".
3. Value of the "Src" field will be updated. Enter the content address into the URL field.
4. In the "Reload" field, set the frequency for reload of data at the specified address:

• Project opening – upon launch of project template at media display point;
• Component every opening – each time the component is launched;
• Every day;
• Every hour;
• Every 30 minutes;
• Every 10 minutes;
• Every 5 minutes;
• Every 1 minute;
• Every 30 seconds;
• Every 5 seconds;
• Every 2 seconds.                                                      
• Click "Apply" or "OK" to save the changes made.

To place content aggregated through RSS:

1. In the properties panel, open the "Layer" tab.
2. Click the "Src" button and select RSS.
3. In the URL field, enter the RSS transmission address.                                    
4. Click the "Parse" button.                                                                
5. Select one or more elements of the structure to be used as sources for data gathering. Contents of the "Text" field in pop-up window will be updated. If necessary, enter text before or after the automatically generated content. Click "Apply" or "OK". Value of the "Text" field in the panel will be updated.                                                      
6. In the "Reload" field, set the frequency for data import from RSS.
7. Click "Apply" or "OK" to save the changes made.

To place a caption containing data obtained from XML:

1. In the properties panel, open the "Layer" tab.
2. Click the "Src" button and select XML.
3. In the URL field, enter address of the XML file.                              
4. Click the "Parse" button.                                                               
5. Select one or more elements of the structure to be used as sources for data gathering. Contents of the "Text" field in pop-up window will be updated. If necessary, enter text before or after the automatically generated content. Click "Apply" or "OK". Value of the "Text" field in the panel will be updated.                                                                
6. In the "Reload" field, set the frequency for data import from the XML file:
7. Click "Apply" or "OK" to save the changes made.

To place a caption containing data obtained from the Displayforce Manager:

1. In the properties panel, open the "Layer" tab.
2. Click the "Src" button and select CMS.
3. Content placement will be managed in the Displayforce Manager, in the campaign settings.
4. Click "Apply" or "OK" to save the changes made.

This layer enables presentation of text content as a running text.

To set up animation:

1. In the Properties panel, open the "Layer" tab and select one of the available values in the "Animate" field:

• none – no animation;
• Horizontal – horizontal animation.
• In the "Speed" field, specify animation speed in pixels per second.                  
• Animation will be set up.
• Click "Apply" or "OK" to save the changes made.