Task
Procedure
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Click the
tool on the Toolbox toolbar. -
Put your cursor in the diagram where you want text, click the mouse button, and start typing. When done, click outside the text or press the Esc key.
If you want a text area of a certain size, click the 
tool, move your cursor to the diagram, click and drag the Text tool I-beam cursor on the diagram from the top-left to lower-right corner of the desired area, and then type the text. Click outside the text or press the Esc key to finish.
Select the text and, on the Format menu, choose Text Alignment.
Attaching a text area to a shape keeps it at a specific distance away, and if the shape or line is moved, the attached object moves with it. To attach a text area to a shape:
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Create a text area.
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Click and hold the left mouse button on the red box (callout or attachment point) inside the selected text area.
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Drag the callout line to the shape you wish to call out (attach) it to.
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Release the mouse button.
Graphics that are imported or pasted from other applications can also be anchored to shapes using the above procedure.
To make the callout line visible, from the Format menu, choose Callout Line, and choose a color other than ‘None’.
If you want to see or hide all callout lines and other borders that are currently hidden, on the View menu, choose Hidden Lines command to hide or display the called out text.
Right-click the text block and choose Detach Text from Shape or Detach Text from Line.
On the View menu, choose Hidden Lines.
Click the text area and, on the Format menu, choose Line and Border.
Click the text area and, on the Format menu, choose Fill.