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Text Defaults and Preferences

Text Defaults can be accessed by • In either case, the name of the Saved
selecting Edit> Default Settings in Default being edited will display in the
any view in which text can be created. Click title bar at the top of the dialog box.
the "+" next to Text, Callouts and Markers Changes made to default settings do not alter
to display the sub-headings. See “Default existing text objects, so it is a good idea to go
Settings vs Preferences” on page 86.
over these settings before placing text.
The default settings for Rich Text, Text,
Callouts, Markers, and Arrows determine Text Style Defaults
what these objects look like when they are
first created. Text Style Defaults determine Select “Text Style” from the list in the
the appearance of text associated with things Default Settings dialog and click the Edit
like dimensions and object labels. button to open the Saved Text Style
Defaults dialog. The Text Style Defaults
Rich Text , Text , Callouts , button can be added to your toolbars. See “To
Markers , and Arrows can support add a button to a toolbar” on page 143.
multiple Saved Defaults. In order to open the The Text Style Defaults dialog allows you to
defaults dialog for of these tools, you must specify the attributes of the various Text
first open its Saved Defaults dialog and Styles in use in the current file. See “Text
choose an available saved defaults setup. See Styles” on page 519.
“Multiple Saved Defaults” on page 89.

• When you access a defaults dialog for Rich Text Defaults
any of the Text Tools via the Default
Settings dialog, the Saved Defaults dia- Double-click the Rich Text o r Leader
log will open first, allowing you to select Line tool to open the Saved Rich Text
which Saved Default you wish to edit. Defaults dialog and edit the currently active
Multiple Defaults can be selected if you Saved Default.
wish. See “Shift and Ctrl Select” on page
216. The Rich Text Defaults dialog is similar to
the Rich Text Specification dialog, but the
• When you access this dialog by double-
name of the current Saved Default displays
clicking a Text Tool button, the in the title bar. See “Rich Text Specification
defaults dialog for the currently active Dialog” on page 493.
Saved Default is opened directly. If you
would like the Saved Defaults dialog to Leader Lines and Text Lines with
open first in this situation, you can enable Arrows use the same default layer as
this option in the Preferences dialog. Rich Text, so by default they have the same
See “General Panel” on page 111.
color, line weight and line style. See
“Layers” on page 184.

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