Editing text

You can edit and modify a text entity as you would any other drawing entity. That is, you can delete, move, rotate, and scale text.

You can edit text properties in the Properties panel.

The TEXTED system variable controls the text edit behavior Text entities:

  • 0 = in-place editor
  • 1 = pop up dialog
  • 2 = in-place editor with repeated input

The MTEXTED system variable allows to use an external text editor for editing Mtext entities.

The MTEXTFIXED system variable controls whether the view is zoomed, rotated and/or panned to fit the edited Mtext.

To edit a Text entity

  1. Double click the text entity.
  2. Depending on the value of the TEXTED system variable:

    The Edit Text dialog box appears



    or the text is edited 'in place'.



  3. Edit the text, then press Enter.
  4. Do one of the following:
    • Click another text entity to edit.
    • Press Enter to stop editing text entities.

To edit an Mtext entity

  1. Double click the Mtext entity.
  2. The Text formatting toolbar displays.
  3. Edit the text, then click the OK button or click outside the text block.
  4. Do one of the following:
    • Click another Mtext entity to edit
    • Press Enter to stop editing Mtext entities.

To edit a selection of Mtext entities

  1. Select the Mtext entities.
  2. In the Properties panel select Contents.
  3. Press the Browse button () on the right hand side of the Contents field.
  4. The Text formatting toolbar opens for the first Mtext entity in the selection.
  5. Edit the Mtext.
  6. Press the OK button or click outside the text block.

    The next Mtext entity in the selection can be edited now.

  7. Repeat steps 5 and 6 until the last Mtext is edited.

To select an external text editor for Mtext entities

  1. Launch the SETTINGS command to open the Settings dialog box.
  2. Under Drawing > Drafting > Entity Creation > Texts > Multiline Text, select the MTEXTED system variable.
  3. Type the file name and full path of the external text editor in the Command line, then press Enter.

    e.g. C:\Program Files\Windows NT\Accessories\Wordpad.EXE

Note: To restore the built-in text editor, delete the content of the MTEXTED system variable.