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Quickly add detailed notes to your drawings with multiline text.
Type:
Tutorial
Length:
5 min.
Transcript
00:03
Multiline, or paragraph text, consists of one or more lines of text or paragraphs that fit within a boundary that you specify
00:12
—essentially, a text box.
00:14
All the lines of text within the boundary are treated as a single object,
00:19
regardless of the number of individual paragraphs or lines of text it contains.
00:24
From the ribbon, Home tab, Annotation panel, select Multiline Text.
00:29
This tool can also be found on the Annotate ribbon, Text panel.
00:34
First, you create the boundary of the text by specifying the opposite corners of a rectangle.
00:41
Click to select the first point.
00:44
You are then prompted to select the opposite corner.
00:47
But before you do, you can choose other options.
00:50
For example, you can set the height, justification, line spacing, rotation style, or width of the text,
00:57
or you can even create multiple columns of text.
01:01
In most cases, though, it is easier to click the opposite corner to finish creating the text boundary and then set the text options after.
01:09
As soon as your text box is created, you are ready to start typing.
01:14
The ribbon changes to the Text Editor contextual tab,
01:17
which contains numerous options for adjusting the style, formatting, and paragraph settings.
01:23
There are also tools for controlling text columns, inserting symbols and fields,
01:27
checking spelling, and more.
01:30
The controls in the Text Editor should look familiar to anyone who has used a word processor.
01:35
For example, from the Style panel, you can select the style and set the text height.
01:40
From the Formatting panel, you can make the text bold or italic,
01:44
create underlined text, and change the text color.
01:47
From the Paragraph panel, you can change the text justification, create numbered or bulleted lists,
01:54
adjust line spacing, and more.
01:55
In the Drawing area, you see the MTEXT editor.
01:59
A ruler extends across the top of the editor.
02:02
On the Text Editor contextual tab, in the Style panel, Text Height field, type 1 and then press ENTER.
02:10
This changes the text height to a value of one unit.
02:15
Type the following: "This is an AutoCAD multiline text entry."
02:19
Word wrap is automatically applied as you type;
02:22
therefore, don’t press ENTER unless you want to start a new paragraph.
02:27
If you don't like where the lines break, drag the right end of the ruler to change the right margin.
02:32
You can automatically change the text into multiple columns.
02:37
Click and drag the right edge of the first column.
02:40
You can then adjust the height of each column individually.
02:44
You can also make changes to individual letters or words, similar to a word processor.
02:51
Double-click to select the word "multiline".
02:55
In the Formatting panel, click Italic.
02:58
Select "AutoCAD" and click Bold.
03:01
With "AutoCAD" still selected, use the Color drop-down to change the color to red.
03:07
Also with multiline text, you can automatically create numbered or bulleted lists.
03:13
Move the cursor the end of the sentence and press ENTER.
03:16
Type the number 1, add a period then a space, and type “Red”.
03:22
An icon appears, indicating that you just started a numbered list.
03:26
Click the icon to see options for controlling the numbering.
03:30
With the cursor at the end of “Red,” press ENTER to start a new numbered line.
03:36
On the second line, type “53in”.
03:39
Select the 3, and in the Formatting panel, click Superscript to turn the entry into five cubic inches.
03:46
When you are finished entering your multiline text, you can close the Multiline Text editor.
03:52
On the ribbon, click Close Text Editor to end the MTEXT command and close the Text Editor ribbon contextual tab.
04:00
You can also press ESC to exit the multiline text entry,
04:04
but you will need to confirm that you want to save any changes.
04:09
When you hover the cursor over a closed multiline text entry,
04:14
the text highlights, and you can see that it is a single MTEXT object.
04:19
Click to select it.
04:21
You can see a blue square grip indicating the insertion point.
04:25
Click and drag it to move the multiline text box.
04:29
There are also blue arrow grips denoting the right and bottom bounding areas of the text.
04:35
Use these to adjust the size of the text box horizontally or vertically.
04:40
You can also use these grips to make your text flow into additional columns, if needed.
Video transcript
00:03
Multiline, or paragraph text, consists of one or more lines of text or paragraphs that fit within a boundary that you specify
00:12
—essentially, a text box.
00:14
All the lines of text within the boundary are treated as a single object,
00:19
regardless of the number of individual paragraphs or lines of text it contains.
00:24
From the ribbon, Home tab, Annotation panel, select Multiline Text.
00:29
This tool can also be found on the Annotate ribbon, Text panel.
00:34
First, you create the boundary of the text by specifying the opposite corners of a rectangle.
00:41
Click to select the first point.
00:44
You are then prompted to select the opposite corner.
00:47
But before you do, you can choose other options.
00:50
For example, you can set the height, justification, line spacing, rotation style, or width of the text,
00:57
or you can even create multiple columns of text.
01:01
In most cases, though, it is easier to click the opposite corner to finish creating the text boundary and then set the text options after.
01:09
As soon as your text box is created, you are ready to start typing.
01:14
The ribbon changes to the Text Editor contextual tab,
01:17
which contains numerous options for adjusting the style, formatting, and paragraph settings.
01:23
There are also tools for controlling text columns, inserting symbols and fields,
01:27
checking spelling, and more.
01:30
The controls in the Text Editor should look familiar to anyone who has used a word processor.
01:35
For example, from the Style panel, you can select the style and set the text height.
01:40
From the Formatting panel, you can make the text bold or italic,
01:44
create underlined text, and change the text color.
01:47
From the Paragraph panel, you can change the text justification, create numbered or bulleted lists,
01:54
adjust line spacing, and more.
01:55
In the Drawing area, you see the MTEXT editor.
01:59
A ruler extends across the top of the editor.
02:02
On the Text Editor contextual tab, in the Style panel, Text Height field, type 1 and then press ENTER.
02:10
This changes the text height to a value of one unit.
02:15
Type the following: "This is an AutoCAD multiline text entry."
02:19
Word wrap is automatically applied as you type;
02:22
therefore, don’t press ENTER unless you want to start a new paragraph.
02:27
If you don't like where the lines break, drag the right end of the ruler to change the right margin.
02:32
You can automatically change the text into multiple columns.
02:37
Click and drag the right edge of the first column.
02:40
You can then adjust the height of each column individually.
02:44
You can also make changes to individual letters or words, similar to a word processor.
02:51
Double-click to select the word "multiline".
02:55
In the Formatting panel, click Italic.
02:58
Select "AutoCAD" and click Bold.
03:01
With "AutoCAD" still selected, use the Color drop-down to change the color to red.
03:07
Also with multiline text, you can automatically create numbered or bulleted lists.
03:13
Move the cursor the end of the sentence and press ENTER.
03:16
Type the number 1, add a period then a space, and type “Red”.
03:22
An icon appears, indicating that you just started a numbered list.
03:26
Click the icon to see options for controlling the numbering.
03:30
With the cursor at the end of “Red,” press ENTER to start a new numbered line.
03:36
On the second line, type “53in”.
03:39
Select the 3, and in the Formatting panel, click Superscript to turn the entry into five cubic inches.
03:46
When you are finished entering your multiline text, you can close the Multiline Text editor.
03:52
On the ribbon, click Close Text Editor to end the MTEXT command and close the Text Editor ribbon contextual tab.
04:00
You can also press ESC to exit the multiline text entry,
04:04
but you will need to confirm that you want to save any changes.
04:09
When you hover the cursor over a closed multiline text entry,
04:14
the text highlights, and you can see that it is a single MTEXT object.
04:19
Click to select it.
04:21
You can see a blue square grip indicating the insertion point.
04:25
Click and drag it to move the multiline text box.
04:29
There are also blue arrow grips denoting the right and bottom bounding areas of the text.
04:35
Use these to adjust the size of the text box horizontally or vertically.
04:40
You can also use these grips to make your text flow into additional columns, if needed.
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