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Editing Text

Convert to Rich Text
• I f Fillet editing is selecting, the cor-
ners become rounded and the font size Text objects cannot be edited to the
does not change. See “Behaviors Panel” same degree that Rich Text can. You
on page 125. can, however, convert a selected simple Text
object to Rich Text by clicking the
When text is resized using the edit han- Convert to Rich Text edit button. Most
dles, there is a “sticky point” at the natu-
ral size of the text box. Hold down the Ctrl key attributes of the selected simple Text
while resizing to override this behavior. object are retained; however, columns
created using the Tab key are not. See “Tab
Edit Text in Place Spacing” on page 507.

The contents and appearance of text
Using the Edit Tools
objects created with the Rich Text
tool can be edited directly in the drawing A selected Rich Text o r Text object
area using the Edit Text in Place edit tool. can be edited in a variety of ways using the
buttons on the edit toolbar. See “The Edit
To use Edit Text in Place Toolbar” on page 38.
1. Select a Rich Text object and click
Resizing Text
the Edit Text in Place edit button.
• The text appears as it did when it was Both the border of a text object and the
first created: inside a text field with the characters it contains can be resized.
Edit Bar above. See “To create Text” The border of a text object can be resized
on page 492. using its edit handles or by specifying the
2. Click inside the Text Field to type or Height and Width in its specification dialog.
select any of the existing text. The default character height of Rich Text
3. Use the tools on the Edit Bar to edit any and Text objects can be specified as
or all of the text as needed. The tools on can the character height for individual
the Edit bar are the same as those on the objects, in their specification dialogs. See
TEXT panel of the Text Specification “Text Defaults and Preferences” on page
dialog. See “Text Panel” on page 494. 488.
4. When you are finished, click outside of Character height can be measured in either of
the text field to close it and the Edit Bar.
two ways. See “Character Size” on page 490.
Scaling Text

As with the size of other objects, text size is in the Page Setup dialog. See “Drawing
subject to the current drawing scale specified Sheet Setup Dialog” on page 1324.

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