Autodesk 057A1-05A111-1001 - AutoCAD LT 2009, Getting Started Manual

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Chapter 9 Add Text to a Drawing
Create and Modify Text
AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT provide a text editor to add text to drawings. The text editor consists of
a tab on the ribbon with a set of panels, and a text bounding box with a ruler at the top. These two
components display automatically when you use the Multiline Text command.
With the Multiline Text command, you can choose formatting that affects the entire text object or
only selected text. You can also control indents and specify one or more columns.
Before creating the text, you define the width of the text by specifying the two opposite corners of
a text boundary. Only the width of the box has an effect. The text you enter is inserted in the dialog
box within the width limit and words that don’t fit wrap to the next line.
When using the text editor, you can easily change the width by dragging the right side of the ruler.
NOTE The fastest way to make changes to an existing text object is to double-click it. This opens the
text editor and displays the text in the bounding box.
display options
keep changes and close
set width of
multiline text
objects
paragraph
indent
first-line indent
tab stops