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Text Specification Dialog

• Check Rotate with Plan to rotate the matically adjust the text object’s height to
match its contents.
selected text when Rotate Plan View
is used. If unchecked, the selected text is • Specify the Width to of the selected text
unaffected when Rotate Plan View is object(s) or check Auto Width to auto-
used. See “Rotate Plan View” on page matically adjust the text objects width to
155. match its contents. When Auto Width is
used, text extends in a single line rather
Rotate with Plan also affects text in than wrap.
views sent to layout if the layout box is • CAD Style Font Sizing measures text
rotated. See “CAD and Text in Layout” size based on the total height of the capi-
on page 1291. tal letter A, as most CAD programs do.
• Specify the Layout Page that the Uncheck this to instead size text accord-
selected object(s) is located on. Only ing to information stored with the font, as
available in layout files, but not in the most word processing programs do. See
Rich Text Defaults dialog in layout. See “Character Size” on page 490.
“Layout” on page 1287. Select which Drawing Group the
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2 Specify the Origin/Angle of the selected object(s) are placed in. See
selected text object. “Drawing Groups” on page 200.
• Specify the X Position and Y Position of 5 Specify the desired Bumping behaviors
the selected object relative to the origin. for the selected object(s). See
See “3D Drafting” on page 32. “Bumping/Pushing” on page 249.
• Specify the Angle of the selected text • C h e c k CAD Stops Move to bump the
object. The default value is 0°. selected object into other CAD or CAD-
based objects as it is moved.
3 Specify the Size of the selected text
object. • C h e c k Wall Stops Move to stop the
selected object when it bumps into a wall.
• Specify the Height of the selected text
object(s) or check Auto Height to auto-

Text Specification Dialog

The Text Specification dialog opens You can also open this dialog by selecting
if you select the Text tool and then one or more Text objects, then clicking
click once in the drawing area. It will also the Open Object edit button.
open when you use the Leader Line t o o l The Text Specification dialog is similar to
if Create Rich Text is unchecked in the the Room Label Specification and Text
Preferences dialog. See “Text Panel” on Defaults dialogs but affects the selected text
page 110. object rather than all subsequently created

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