: Is there a program that handles text background well? Paint is the best I've found until now. I need the ability to add a background to text and also control padding. Paint would be perfect

@Si6392903

I would use InDesign.

Create a new document the size of your images and import each scan in a page.
Make a text frame with the colors you want. Go in Object Styles and right-click on basic text frame to redefine its style. All your text frames will be the same now.

Some other advantages:


You can control the size of the text frame right off the bat (paint seems to give a certain width at first instead of letting you drag to the desired size.
You can go back and edit anytime, it is non-destructive.
You can change the color of all the items at once by editing the basic text frame style
When you're done, export a PDF to have your whole document in one file
If you do your changes on a layer, you can easily turn them off to review the original document.


Hope this helps!

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