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.
- Slash (/) stacks text vertically, separated
by a horizontal line.
- Pound sign (#) stacks text diagonally,
separated by a diagonal line.
- Carat (^) creates a tolerance stack,
which is stacked vertically and not separated by a line.
To stack characters manually
within the In-Place Text Editor, select the text to be formatted,
including the special stacking character, and click the Stack button
on the Text Formatting toolbar.
Stack Numeric and Tolerance
Characters Automatically
You can specify that numeric characters entered
before and after a slash, pound sign, or carat will stack automatically.
For example, if you enter 1#3 followed
by a nonnumeric character or space, the AutoStack Properties dialog box
is displayed by default, and you can change the settings in the
AutoStack dialog box to specify your formatting preferences.
The
automatic stacking feature applies only to numeric characters immediately
before and after the slash, pound sign, and carat. For tolerance
stacking, the +, -, and decimal character also stack automatically.
To create stacked text
-
- Specify opposite corners of a bounding
box to define the width of the multiline text object.
- In either the MTEXT ribbon contextual
tab or In-Place Text Editor, set text style and other multiline
text properties as needed.
- Enter the text you want to stack separated
by one of the following characters:
- Slash (/) stacks text vertically, separated
by a horizontal line.
- Pound sign (#) stacks text diagonally,
separated by a diagonal line.
- Carat (^) creates a tolerance stack,
which is not separated by a line.
If you enter numbers separated by stack characters
and then enter a nonnumeric character or press SPACEBAR, the AutoStack
Properties dialog box is displayed.
- In the AutoStack Properties dialog box,
you can choose to automatically stack numbers (not nonnumeric text)
and to remove leading blanks. You can also specify whether the slash
character creates a diagonal fraction or creates a vertical fraction.
If you do not want to use AutoStack, click Cancel to exit the dialog
box.
- Select the text that you want to stack,
and click the Stack button on the toolbar.
- To save your changes and exit the editor,
use one of the following methods:
- Click OK on the toolbar.
- Click in the drawing outside the editor.
- Press CTRL+ENTER.
To change stack properties
- Double-click the multiline text object
you want to edit.
- In either the MTEXT ribbon contextual
tab (Formatting tab drop-down) or In-Place Text Editor, select the
stacked text.
- Right-click in the editor. Click Properties.
- In the Stack Properties dialog box, change
settings as needed.
- To set properties for automatic stacking,
click Autostack.
- To save your changes and exit the editor,
use one of the following methods:
- Click OK on the toolbar.
- Click in the drawing outside the editor.
- Press CTRL+ENTER.
To unstack text
- Double-click the multiline text object
you want to edit.
- In either the MTEXT ribbon contextual
tab (Formatting tab drop-down) or In-Place Text Editor, select the
stacked text.
- Click Stack on the Text Formatting toolbar.
- To save your changes and exit the editor,
use one of the following methods:
- Click OK on the toolbar.
- Click in the drawing outside the editor.
- Press CTRL+ENTER.
CommandsMTEXT
Creates a multiline
text object.
System VariablesTSTACKALIGN
Controls the vertical
alignment of stacked text.
TSTACKSIZE
Controls the percentage
of stacked text fraction height relative to selected text's current
height.
