Boxed Words

Boxed Words is a formatting property that allows symbolised content to be displayed with a simple box drawn around the text and symbol, or just around the symbol.

This concept was introduced by Dr. Antonella Costantino in Italy, and is a required feature for AAC software in that country. Traditionally, content would be displayed in monochrome with text above the symbols, but a visible bounding box is required for both colour and where text is underneath the symbols.

Turning Boxed Words Controls On/Off

To display the controls for Boxed Words formatting:

1. Click on Settings from the Launcher screen.
2. On the Documents tab, click the box labeled Controls for Boxed Words formatting in the Special Formatting Controls section. To remove the controls, remove the tick from the box.
3. Click OK to confirm the change.

If turned on, the Boxed Words controls will be found in the symbols section of the Edit toolbar.

Using Boxed Words

To apply Boxed words formatting to a frame(s), click on the frame to select it; then click on the Boxed Words icon located in the Symbols section of the Edit tab.

From here you can choose three different formatting modes:

Box Around Everything - In this mode a box is drawn around the entire text and symbol of the word.

Box Around Symbols - In this mode a box is drawn around just the symbol for each word.

No Box - In this mode no box is used in the formatting.

Boxed Words Formatting

The colour and thickness of the box used in Boxed Words formatting can be changed if you click the More Options icon on the Boxed Words dialog.

You can choose a different colour for the box from a basic or advanced colour palette. The thickness of the box can be changed using the up and down arrows in the Line Thickness box or by typing in a value manually.

You can then save your changes as the default by clicking the Save as Default button.

To restore the default settings, click the Restore to Defaults button.