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Choosing fonts, Choosing colors and blink styles – Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View Site Edition Users Guide User Manual

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Choosing fonts

The header and body fonts in an HMI tag alarm summary can be different. For example,
you might choose a larger font for the header and a smaller font for the body.

To change a font, from the Format menu, select BodyFont to show all fonts available on
the computer.

To accommodate a larger font in the header area, increase the size of the area by dragging
the split bar down.

Choosing colors and blink styles

To specify the color or blink style of an item in the HMI tag alarm summary, on the
Format menu, select Colors. In the Colors dialog box, you can specify colors for:

Severity 1 through 8 messages.

Out of Alarm and Fault State messages.

Header, body, and button areas.

You can also set up the blink style for:

Severity 1 through 8 messages.

In local applications, the Insert menu does not contain an Area Name heading.

When you click an item on the Insert menu, two boxes appear in the
alarm summary. Drag the boxes to position them. Drag the handles
on the boxes change the width of the column.