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Inserting Text

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The Text tool is in the Basic palette.

Use the Text tool to create both single lines and blocks of text in your drawings. Once created, text objects can be moved, duplicated, duplicated in an array, and rotated. The text bounding box can be resized to adjust a block’s height or width. Text is placed relative to the specified alignment point, not the bounding box.

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Mode
Description

Horizontal

Creates horizontal text lines and text blocks

Rotated

Creates text blocks at an angle

Tight Fill

If a fill is applied to the text object, the fill displays only behind the text on any given line; blank lines have no fill

Text Style list

Applies a stored set of attributes to text as it is created, including the font, size, spacing, font style, alignment, and color. Select one of the built-in styles, or select New to create your own.

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Setting the Default Text Attributes

Creating a Line of Text

Creating Text Blocks

Creating Rotated Text

Creating Text with a Tight Fill

Adding Tabs to Text

Pasting Text

Modifying Text

Checking Spelling

Finding and Replacing Text

Using Text Styles

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