Displaying text on images in View mode

You can use the Header/Footer tool to display text with your images in View mode. The text is displayed while you are viewing the image, but does not modify the original image. You can also hide the headers and footers without changing the settings.

To add text directly to your photos and save it as part of the image, see Adding text to an image.

To edit image headers and footers:

  1. In View mode, click View | Edit Header/Footer.
  2. Do one or both of the following:
    • Select the Header check box to add text at the top of the image.
    • Select the Footer check box to add text at the bottom of the image.
  3. Select or change the text options as described below.
  4. Click OK.

Text options

Alignment

Specifies the justification of the captions.

Background

Adds a background color to the text. Click Color to specify a color.

Description

Displays the text you want to see on your images. Type the text you want to appear, or click inside the field to set an insertion point for inserting metadata.

Insert Metadata

Inserts file-specific information into the text for each image.

Font

Sets the font, size, and color of the caption text.

To insert metadata in image text:

  1. Position the cursor in the Description text box where you want to display the file information and click Insert Metadata.
  2. In the Choose Properties dialog box, select the file information you want to include.
  3. Click OK.

  4. The information you added is inserted as a placeholder that will be replaced by the specific text for each image.

Hiding image text

You can hide either the header or footer, or disable both at once without changing or deleting the information in the header and footer fields.

To hide the image text:

  1. In View mode, click View | Edit Header/Footer.
  2. Do one or both of the following:
    • Clear the Header check box to remove text from the top of the image.
    • Clear the Footer check box to remove text from the bottom of the image.
  3. Click OK.

ACDSee Photo Manager Note Displaying text on images in View mode

To show or hide both headers and footers simultaneously, click View | Show Header/Footer.

See also:

Displaying text on images in View mode