To Work With Multiline Text Changes

Change Multiline Text Properties

1. Select a multiline text object.
2. Right-click the selected object. Click Properties.
3. In the Properties Inspector, enter any new text and change formatting and other settings as needed.

Change Multiline Text Location

You can use many of the common modifying commands and grips to move multiline text objects. A multiline text object has grips at the four corners of the text boundary and, in some cases, at the justification point.

Commands such as DIMLINEAR or LEADER create multiline text automatically without requiring that a bounding box be specified; these objects have only a single grip at the justification point.

When you need to align or move multiline text objects, you can use the Node and Insertion object snaps for precision. If the OSNAPNODELEGACY system variable is set to 0, the Node object snap ignores multiline text.

Change the Width of Multiline Text

1. Double-click the multiline text object.
2. In the In-Place Text Editor, use one of the following methods:
   • Move the cursor over the right end of the ruler until the cursor changes to a double arrow. As you drag to the right to stretch the ruler, a tooltip displays the width. Release to set a new width.
   • Right-click the bottom of the ruler. Click Set Mtext Width. In the dialog box, enter the width in drawing units.
3. To save your changes and exit the editor, use one of the following methods:
   • On the MTEXT in the Close panel, click Close in In-Place Text Editor.
   • Click in the drawing outside the editor.
   • Press CTRL+ENTER.