Background Mask for Multiline Text

Background Mask

    Ribbon: Annotate - Text >  Hiding the Background

    Toolbar: Modify 2 –

 Command line: BACKGROUNDMASK

You can specify a background mask for multiline text, for multiline multileader text and for multiline block attribute text. A background mask allows text to appear on an opaque background of a specified size and color.

A mask is created for the entire text area. When you resize the text area using grips, the mask (background) is also resized.

Objects can be selected before or after command execution. This allows you to apply the command to several selected heterogeneous objects at once (multiline texts, multileaders, block attributes).

To create a background mask:

1.    Select the multiline text, multiline multileader text or multiline block attribute text.

2.    on the Properties panel, click the  button to the right of the Background Mask parameter (the Text section):

Or select the Background Mask item in the context menu, while editing multiline text (or multileader multiline text, or attribute multiline text):

In the dialog that opens, configure the parameters.

Options:

To display the text area mask frame on the screen, in the Properties bar, in the Text group, for the Text frame property, select Yes from the drop-down list: