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-MText

Places formatted, paragraph text in a bounding box that limits the extent of the text; uses the command bar to enter and format the text.

Note: The text does not appear in the drawing until you end the command (by pressing Enter at the 'Mtext' prompt.

 

Accessing the Command

command bar: -mtext

: -mtext

Prompts you in the command bar:

Multiline Text: First corner for block of text: (Pick the first point for the bounding box, or else enter x,y coordinates)

Select Opposite corner for block of text or [Justification/Rotation angle/text Style/text Height/Direction/Width]: (Pick another corner for the bounding box, or enter an option)

Mtext: (Enter text)

Mtext: (Enter more text, or press Enter to exit the command)

 

Command Options

Option

Description

First corner for block of text

Specifies one corner of the rectangle that bounds the text block.

Opposite corner for block of text

Specifies the other corner.

Justification

Specifies the justification (horizontal alignment) of the text inside the bounding box; prompts you:

Specify text block justification [Top-Left/Top-Center/Top-Right/MiddLe-left/Middle-Center/Middle-Right/Bottom-Left/Bottom-Center/Bottom-Right] <Top Left> - (enter a justification mode.)

Rotation

Specifies the rotation angle of the text block; prompts you:

Rotation angle for block of text <0> - (enter an angle.)

Positive angles rotate the text block counter-clockwise.

Style

Specifies the text style to use for the mtext; prompts you:

Text style to use or [? to list] <Standard> - (enter the name of a text style.)

Enter ? for a list of styles defined in the current drawing. See Style command.

Height

Specifies the height of the text; prompts you:

Height of text <0.2000> - (enter a number.)

This option is unavailable when the style specifies the text height.

Direction

Specifies the direction in which the bounding box is expanded; prompts you:

Specify drawing direction [Left-to-right/Top-to-bottom/by-Style] <Left-to-Right> - (enter an option):

  • Left to right - text is placed at the left, and expands the bounding box to right.
  • Top to bottom - text is placed at the top, and expands the bottom of the bounding box.
  • By Style - returns to the previous prompt.

Width

Specifies the width of the bounding box; prompts you:

Width of text box - (enter a value.)

When set to 0, the box has "infinite" width.

Mtext

Specifies the text; prompts you:

Mtext - specifies the text to be placed in the drawing.

This prompt repeats until you press Enter to end the command.

 

Grips Editing

Mtext bounding boxes can be edited directly through grips:

  1. Select the mtext. Notice that it has two grips.

  2. Drag the grips to perform the following actions:

  • Drag one grip to move the mtext.
  • Drag the other grip to stretch the width of the bounding box (make it wider or narrower; the text reflows automatically to accommodate the change in width).

 

Procedures

Related Commands

Text - places single-lines of text in drawings.

-Text - places text and evaluates LISP expressions.

MText - places paragraph text.

AttDef - defines attribute text.

DdEdit - edits text.

Style - creates and modifies text styles through the Drawing Explorer.

-Style - creates and modifies text styles through the command bar.

Change - changes the position of text.

QText - toggles between text and rectangular representations.

TxtExp - explodes text into polylines.

Spell - checks the spelling of text in drawings.

Find - finds and replaces text.

Properties - modifies the properties of text.

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