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Text Macro Management Dialog
A list of all user-defined text macros unlocked library. Right-click on a single
present in the current plan or layout object of a type able to display labels and
file can be accessed by selecting CAD> select Text Macro Management from the
Text> Text Macro Management. contextual menu. See “Using the Contextual
• If you wish to create a user defined macro Menus” on page 924.
for an object, or find out whether an • Any Owner Object macros assigned to
existing macro is valid for an object, the object’s label when it is added to the
open this dialog while the object is library are listed here. Note that objects
selected. in some manufacturer catalogs may
• To create a user-defined macro to be include macros. See “Manufacturer
inserted into a text object that describes Catalogs” on page 928.
another object, or to find out whether • Custom macros can be imported to and
such a macro is valid, select a text object exported from a library object, and addi-
with an arrow pointing to the object in tional macros can be added to the object,
question and then open this dialog. See but you cannot specify them as part of a
“Named Values and Context” on page label while it is in the library.
1348. • When the object is added to a plan, any
An object-specific version of this dialog is macros associated with it are added to the
also available for objects saved in an plan, as well.
1 An alphabetical list of all User-Defined • If a macro is Valid in the current context,
Macros present in the current file a check mark will display to the right of
displays here. its Name. See “Named Values and Con-
• Click on the Name of a macro to select it. text” on page 1348.
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