Text blocks

In order to add a new text block to the diagram press the Text Block button in the Add group of the Design tab. The new text block will be put over the currently selected component with the initial text 'Text'.

You can start editing this text in the same way as for annotations. The difference between a text block and an annotation is that the text block is not linked to any of the process steps and it is initially transparent. Unlike the annotation the text block does not have its corresponding pane where you could edit its text.

You can use a text block to create a grouping rectangle around some process steps that have something in common. Create a text block, remove the default text and specify the block outline. You will get a transparent square. Then, you can resize and move it in order to embed steps in the group that you want to distinguish.

You can copy an existing text block with all its formatting properties and paste it in the same or another diagram.