Characters representing fractions and tolerances can be formatted to conform to several standards.
Stacked text refers to the fraction and tolerance formats applied to characters within multiline text object and multileaders.
You use special characters to indicate how selected text should be stacked.
- Forward slash (/) stacks text vertically, separated by a horizontal line.
- Pound sign (#) stacks text diagonally, separated by a diagonal line.
- Caret (^) creates a tolerance stack, which is stacked vertically and not separated by a line.
Stack Numeric and Tolerance Characters Automatically
By default, numeric characters entered before and after a forward slash, pound sign, or caret will stack automatically. For example, if you enter 1#3 followed by a valid special character or space, the result is 1/3.
The automatic stacking feature applies only to numeric characters immediately before and after the forward slash, pound sign, and caret.
| Symbol name | Symbol |
|---|---|
| tilde | ~ |
| grave accent | ` |
| exclamation point | ! |
| at sign | @ |
| pound sign | # |
| dollar sign | $ |
| percent sign | % |
| caret | ^ |
| ampersand | & |
| asterisk | * |
| parentheses | ( ) |
| underscore | _ |
| equal sign | = |
| braces | { } |
| brackets | [ ] |
| pipe sign | | |
| backslash | \ |
| colon | : |
| semicolon | ; |
| quotation marks | " |
| apostrophe | ' |
| less-than and greater-than signs | < > |
| question mark | ? |
| comma | , |
For tolerance stacking, the plus sign (+), minus sign (-), and decimal point (.) also stack automatically.
To change Stack Properties, right-click stacked text and choose Stack Properties.