If you use an alternate
text editor, you apply formatting by entering format codes.
You can underline text, add a line over text,
and create stacked text. You can also change color, font, and text
height. You can change the spaces between text characters or increase
the width of the characters themselves. To apply formatting, use
the format codes shown in the following table.
Format codes for paragraphs
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Format code
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Purpose
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Enter this …
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To produce this …
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\0...\o
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Turns overline on and off
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Autodesk \OAutoCAD\o
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\L...\l
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Turns underline on and off
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Autodesk \LAutoCAD\l
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\~
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Inserts a nonbreaking space
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Autodesk AutoCAD\~LT
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\\
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Inserts a backslash
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Autodesk \\AutoCAD
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\{...\}
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Inserts an opening and closing brace
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Autodesk \{AutoCAD\}
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\Cvalue;
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Changes to the specified color
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Autodesk \C2;AutoCAD
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\File name;
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Changes to the specified font file
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Autodesk \Ftimes; AutoCAD
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\Hvalue;
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Changes to the text height specified in drawing units
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Autodesk \H2;AutoCAD
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\Hvaluex;
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Changes the text height to a multiple of the current text height
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Autodesk \H3x;AutoCAD
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\S...^...;
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Stacks the subsequent text at the /, #, or ^
symbol
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1.000\S+0.010^-0.000;
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\Tvalue;
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Adjusts the space between characters. Valid
values range from a minimum of .75 to 4 times the original spacing
between characters.
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\T2;Autodesk
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\Qangle;
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Changes obliquing angle
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\Q20;Autodesk
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\Wvalue;
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Changes width factor to produce wide text
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\W2;Autodesk
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\A
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Sets the alignment value; valid values: 0, 1,
2
(bottom, center, top)
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\A1;1\S1/2
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\P
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Ends paragraph
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Autodesk\PAutoCAD
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Braces can be nested up to eight levels deep.
You can also use control codes to add special
characters, such as tolerance or dimensioning symbols. See MTEXT.
Example: Formatting Text
in an Alternate Text Editor
This example describes how the text in the following
illustration was created.
Each line below was entered in an alternate
text editor:
{{\H1.5x; Big text} \A2; over text\A1;/\A0; under text}\P {\A0;Baseline: 1 \S1/2;}\P {\A1;Center: 1 \S1/2;}\P {\A2;Topline: 1 \S1/2;}\P {Tolerances: \A1;1.000\H.75x;\S+0.010^-0.000;}\P {Architectural: 9-{\H.666x;\A2;11\A1;/\A0;16}\A2;"}\P
To specify an alternate
text editor
- At the Command prompt, enter mtexted.
- At the prompt do one of the following:
- Enter the path and name of the executable
file for the ASCII text editor that you want to use to create or
edit multiline text.
- Enter internal to
restore the text editor.
To create multiline text
in an alternate text editor
- To specify a text editor, at the Command
prompt, enter mtexted. Then enter the path of
the editor you want to use.
- Specify the first corner of the multiline
text boundary rectangle.
- Specify the opposite corner of the multiline
text boundary rectangle.
- In the text editor, enter the text. Enter \P to
end a paragraph and start a new paragraph on the next line. (Be
sure to capitalize the P.)
- When your text entry is complete, save
the changes and exit the text editor.
CommandsMTEXT
Creates a multiline
text object.
OPTIONS
Customizes the program
settings.
System VariablesMTEXTED
Sets the application
for editing multiline text objects.
