4.6-Clock Zones

Use the Zone Proprties window of a Ticker zone to edit the following:

• Rotation: Use the dropdown list to select the angle of text rotation in the Clock zone.
• Foreground text color: Click Choose to select a color for the text in the Clock zone.
• Background text color: Click Choose to select a color for the text background in the Clock zone.
• Transparency: Use the slider to set the transparency of the text-background color: 0% is fully opaque, while 100% is fully transparent.
• Font: Click Browse to select a font for text in the Clock zone. You can use any TrueType font. Click Reset to System Font to reset the font.

Advanced

Click the Advanced arrow to reveal the following options:

• Background bitmap: Click Browse to navigate to and select a file for a background image.
  • Stretch to Fit: Select Yes if you want to stretch the image to fill the zone. Otherwise, select No.
• Safe text region: Define the dimensions of the text region in the zone. If this region is not defined, the time/date text will be displayed to the edge of the zone.
  • X: The horizontal coordinate (in pixels) of the top-left corner of the safe text region.
  • Y: The vertical coordinate (in pixels) of the top-left corner of the safe text region.
  • Width: The width of the safe text region (in pixels).
  • Height: The height of the safe text region (in pixels).