Use the Text Editor window, which is the area on the right side of the Text Component Editor dialog box, to construct a text component.
The Text Editor window has three purposes:
- It contains the property fields that you specify for the text component
- It allows you to add static text to a label
- It allows you to select text for formatting and editing
Property fields should not be edited or the label will not be created correctly. You can, however, enter text in the window and use the following context menu items to format it:
- Context Menu
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Select the text, and right-click to display a context menu for quick formatting options. The menu is context sensitive to cursor position, text selection, and stacked text.
The context menu is divided into three parts. The top part has standard editing commands: , , , , and .
The lower part of the context menu contains specific formatting options.
- Select All: Selects all text in the editor window.
- UPPERCASE: Changes all selected text to uppercase characters.
- lowercase: Changes all selected text to lowercase characters.
- Remove Formatting: Removes any formatting, such as underline, bold, italic, and word-wrapping.
- Combine Paragraphs: Removes all line returns.
- Stack: Stacks selected text. This option appears only when text that is formatted with stacking characters is selected. For more information, see To Add Stacked Characters to Label Styles.
- Unstack: Unstacks text. This option appears only when stacked text is selected.
- Properties: Displays the AutoCAD Stack Properties dialog box. This option appears only when stacked text is selected.