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Chapter 17 Working With Text
To edit text using the Text Editor
1 Select a text entity, then click the Edit Text button on the edit bar.
If inplace edit mode is your default, you can switch from inplace editing
to text editor mode, by clicking the Text Editor Dialog button on the edit
bar or use CTRL+E.
2 Edit the text and click OK.
For inplace editing, move the pointer away from the text box and click
CTRL+ENTER.
To import a text file
1 On the Text Editor’s File menu, click Open. The Open Text File dialog box
appears.
2 Click the folder that contains the file, click the name of the file you want
to open, then click Open.
To merge a text file with the text in the editor
1 Select a text entity, then click the Edit Text button on the edit bar. The Text
Editor window appears.
2 Position the insertion point at the location you want to merge the new
text.
3 On the Text Editor’s File menu, (or the standard toolbar for inplace edit-
ing) click Merge. The Open Text File dialog box appears.
4 Click the folder that contains the file, click the name of the file you want
to merge and click Open. The text appears in the Text Editor dialog box.
5 Click OK.
For inplace editing, move the pointer away from the text box and right-
click or click CTRL+ENTER.
To paste text from the Clipboard
1 Place text on the Clipboard from the source application using the
Clipboard commands for that application.
2 In AutoSketch, click the Text Point button on the All-In-One toolbar, then
click the Edit Text button on the edit bar.
3 Position the insertion point at the location you want to place the new
text.
4 On the Text Editor’s Edit menu, click Paste, or click the Paste button on
the Text Editor toolbar. The text appears at the insertion point.