Change the background colour of Text

All text items can be displayed against an opaque background of any colour.

• Select the text item.
• Right-click to open the display the Properties dialog.
• In the All tab, set the text item’s Opaque property to True.
• Set the colour for the text background by setting the Brush property in the Style tab of the Properties of Text dialog:
  

Example:

Opaque set to False
Opaque set to True

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