Creates or modifies single or multiline text objects.
You can import or paste text from other files to use in multiline text, set tabs, adjust paragraph and line spacing and alignment, and create and modify columns.
The In-Place Text Editor includes
When a table cell is selected for editing, the In-Place Text Editor displays column letters and row numbers.
The following options are displayed.
Selects all the text in the text editor.
Copies the selected text and removes it from the text editor to the clipboard.
Copies the selected text from the text editor to the clipboard.
Pastes the text in the clipboard to the cursor position in the text editor.
Pastes the text in the clipboard to the cursor position in the text editor while removing character, paragraph, or any formatting from the text in the clipboard. (Not available for single-line text.)
Displays the Field dialog box.
Displays a list of available symbols. You can also select a Non-breaking space and open the Character Map dialog box for additional symbols.
Displays the Select File dialog box (a standard file selection dialog box). Select any file that is in ASCII or RTF format. Imported text retains its original character formatting and style properties, but you can edit and format the imported text in the editor. After you select a text file to import, you can replace either selected text or all text, or append the inserted text to text selected within the text boundary. The file size for imported text is limited to 32 KB. (Not available for single-line text.)
The editor automatically sets the text color to BYLAYER. When black characters are inserted and the background color is black, the editor automatically changes to white or the current color.
Sets alignment for the multiline text object. You can choose to align your text to the left, center, or right. You can justify your text, or align the first and last characters of your text with the margins of your text box, or center each line of text within the margins of your text box. Spaces entered at the end of a line are included as part of the text and affect the justification of the line. (Not available for single-line text.)
Displays options for paragraph formatting. See the Paragraph dialog box. (Not available for single-line text.)
Displays the options for numbering lists. (Not available for single-line text.)
Displays options for creating lists. (Not available for table cells.) The list is indented to align with the first selected paragraph.
When you clear the check mark, any list formatting in the multiline text object is removed and the items are converted to plain text. Allow Auto-list is turned off, and all the Bullets and Lists options are unavailable except Allow Bullets and Lists.
Displays options for columns. See the Columns menu. (Not available for single-line text.)
Displays the Find and Replace dialog box.
Changes the case of selected text. Options are Uppercase, Lowercase, Superscript, and Subscript.
Converts all new and imported text to uppercase. AutoCAPS does not affect existing text. To change the case of existing text, select the text and right-click. Click Change Case.
Displays a menu of code pages. Select a code page to apply it to the selected text. (Not available for single-line text.)
Combines selected paragraphs into a single paragraph and replaces each paragraph return with a space. (Not available for single-line text.)
Removes character formatting for selected characters, paragraph formatting for a selected paragraph, or all formatting from a selected paragraph. (Not available for single-line text.)
Displays the Background Mask dialog box. (Not available for table cells and single-line text.)
Creates stacked text, for example, fractions, if the selected text contains stack characters. Also, unstacks text if stacked text is selected. When the stack characters, carat (^), forward slash (/), and pound sign (#), are used, the text to the left of the stack character is stacked on top of the text to the right.
By default, text that contains a carat converts to left-justified tolerance values. Text that contains the forward slash converts to center-justified fractional numbers; the slash is converted to a horizontal bar the length of the longer text string. Text that contains the pound sign converts to a fraction separated by a diagonal bar the height of the two text strings. The characters above the diagonal fraction bar are bottom-right aligned; the characters beneath the diagonal bar are top-left aligned.
Displays a list of options for the text editor. See Editor Settings for more information.
Provides options for changing the behavior of the text editor and provides additional editing options. Options are specific to the Editor Settings menu and are not available elsewhere in the text editor.
Controls display of the In-Place Text Editor and the text within it. When unchecked, text that would otherwise be difficult to read (if it is very small, very large, or is rotated) is displayed at a legible size and is oriented horizontally so that you can easily read and edit it.
When this option is checked, the MTEXTFIXED system variable will be set to 0. Otherwise, MTEXTFIXED will be set to 2.
Controls display of the Text Formatting toolbar. To restore display of the toolbar, right-click in the text area of the editor, and click Editor SettingsShow Toolbar. This option is controlled by the MTEXTTOOLBAR system variable
Expands the Text Formatting toolbar to show more options.
Controls the display of the ruler.
When selected, displays the background of the editor. (Not available for table cells.)
Determines whether As-You-Type spell checking is on or off.
Displays the Check Spelling Settings dialog box, where you can specify text options that will be checked for spelling errors within your drawing.
Displays the Dictionaries dialog box, where you can change the dictionary that is checked against any found misspelled words.
Specifies the highlight color when text is selected.