Venus Control Suite Web Editor: Format Text and Numbers to Improve Readability and Visual Impact

Before applying formatting features, ensure your presentation is set up in the Web Editor.

1. Log in to Venus Control Suite Venus Accounts: How do I log in to Venus Control Suite?
2. Navigate to the Web Editor app.

3. Select or create a presentation you want to format.
   • To create a presentation, watch this video: Venus Control Suite: Web Editor for a quick walkthrough on creating, editing, and navigating in the Web Editor.
   • To add a data feed (Professional & up), see Venus Web Editor: How do I add my data feed to a web presentation in Venus Control Suite? 
   • For help configuring data sources (Professional & up), check: Data Studio: How do I configure web data sources? 
   • For foundational formatting tasks such as applying locale settings, editing data fields for Easy Drop Weather, using Auto Size to Text, and enabling Fixed Width Digits, refer to Venus Control Suite Web Editor: How to Apply Enhanced Formatting Features? 
4. Open the presentation in the Web Editor.

Use locale settings to format date, time, and language based on regional preferences.

1. Select a dynamic element (e.g., Date/Time or Data).
2. Open the Properties tab → Content section. 
3. Enter a Culture value.

4. The locale setting will update:
   • Day and month names
   • Date/time format
   • Currency symbols (if applicable)

Example: "Wednesday" becomes "miércoles" when using Spanish locale.

Note: Locale settings are especially useful for international customers or multilingual content.

Change or duplicate the data field used by a data element.

1. Select a data element on the canvas.
2. Open the Properties tab → Content section. 
3. Click Edit Field to:
   • Change the data source or field.
   • Duplicate the field for alternate formatting.
   • Correct a misassigned field.

Examples by Package Tier:

• Basic & Select: Use Easy Drop Weather to display local weather conditions.
  • Use  Easy Drop Weather to add local weather conditions to your displays. To see how to create a presentation with this feature, watch Venus Control Suite: Easy Drop Weather for a quick walkthrough.
    1. On the canvas, select the Easy Drop Weather data element you want to change or duplicate.
    2. Open the Properties tab → Content section. 
    3. Click Edit Field to update the data element as needed.

• Professional & up: Similarly useful when working with scoreboard data, calendar feeds, or custom data sets. 

Customize how your data appears by selecting the appropriate formatting type and applying currency symbols based on locale.

1. Select a data element.
2. Open the Properties tab → Content section.
3. Click Set Formatting.

4. Choose a formatting category based on the type of data:
   1. Date & Time: Customize how dates and times appear by choosing options like day of the week, month name, year, hour, and minute.
   2. Number: Adjust decimal visibility and set the number of decimal places (truncates, does not round).
   3. Apply Currency Formatting: Automatically formats the data using the currency symbol and style defined by the element’s applied culture or locale.

5. Click Set to apply.

⚠️ Note: Formatting fails if category does not match data type. 

Automatically resize text boxes to fit content.

1. Select a text element.
2. In the Properties tab, in the Position section, enable Auto Fit.

3. Choose to fit:
   • To the entire element
   • To the text width only

Note: Auto Fit helps maintain clean layouts when content changes dynamically. 

Quickly adjust the size of your elements to match their content or align with other elements in your presentation.

1. Select a text, image, or data element in your presentation.
2. Open the Properties tab → Position section.
3.  Select Auto Fit to automatically resizes the bounding box to fit the content inside the element.
4. Use Size Matching to align the size of one element with another selected element for consistent layout.

⚠️ Note: These tools help maintain a clean and professional appearance, especially when working with multiple elements across a slide. 

Adjust how your text looks by changing capitalization, shrinking to fit element, or allowing it to wrap for easier reading.

1. Select a text or data element.
2. Open the Properties tab → Position section.
3. Choose from the following formatting options:
   • Text Capitalization:
     • Normal: Displays the text as it appears in the data source.
     • UPPERCASE: Converts all text to uppercase.
     • lowercase: Converts all text to lowercase.

• • Word Wrapping: Allows text to wrap within the element when it exceeds the width.
  • Shrink Text to Fit Element: Automatically scales the text to fit within the bounding box.

⚠️ Note: Word Wrapping and Shrink to Text cannot be used simultaneously.