User description - mechanisms of the AutoCAD program

You can use format codes available in AutoCAD in order to define a user description. To apply the formatting, use paragraph format codes:

Format code  Purpose 

\0...\o   Turns overline on and off  

\L...\l   Turns underline on and off  

\~   Inserts a nonbreaking space  

\\   Inserts a backslash 

\{...\}   Inserts an opening and closing brace 

\Cvalue;   Changes to the specified color 

\File name;  Changes to the specified font file 

\Hvalue;   Changes to the text height specified in drawing units

\Hvaluex;   Changes the text height to a multiple of the current text height

\S...^...;   Stacks the subsequent text at the \, # or ^ symbol

\Tvalue;  Adjusts the space between characters, from .75 to 4 times

\Qangle;  Changes obliquing angle

\Wvalue;  Changes width factor to produce wide text  

\A   Sets a valid alignment value: 0, 1, 2 (bottom, center, top)

\P   Ends paragraph.

Multi-line text objects use word wrap to break long lines into paragraphs. For AutoCAD to break lines automatically and not create a new paragraph, the line should end with either a backslash (\) or a space character.