Text editing in separate window in AutoCAD

Autodesk Support

Nov 18, 2024

Products and versions covered

Issue:

After a double clicking on a text object in AutoCAD a separate text edit window appears.
You want to know how to use the text editing without the window and edit the text directly in the DWG.

Causes:

Text editing directly in the modle is the default setting.
The system variable TEXTED changes the beahvior.

Solution:

Check the following system variables:

Type TEXTED in the command line and set it to "2".
Type MTEXTTOOLBAR and set it to "2".

Products:

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