Editing Multiline Text

        Ribbon: Annotate - Text >  Edit Texts

       Properties bar: Text –

 Command line: MTEDIT, MTEXTEDIT

In addition to the above methods for editing a multiline text, you can call the Edit MText command:

·         from the ribbon Annotate – Text >  Edit texts;

·         from the command line MTEXTEDIT, MTEDIT;

·         in the Properties bar in the Text group, click the  button to the right of the Content parameter.

The Edit MTEDIT command edits the following object types:

·          texts,

·          mtexts,

·          multileader texts,

·          texts in DWG tables,

·          dimension texts, including subdimension text,

·          attribute values.

At that, the listed text objects can also be edited in block references and external references without having to open them for editing in the corresponding editors, regardless of the nesting level of the blocks or references.

After you run the command and select a text object for editing, the same dialog box of the text editor when creating multi-line text opens (for more information, see the «Multiline text» section).

At the end of the work, the multiline text editing command is automatically launched again. The final completion of the work is carried out by pressing the ESC key. You can switch from multiple to single call of the command by selecting the Single value for the Mode option.

The Mode option sets the value for the TEXTEDITMODE system variable, which controls the automatic repetition of the MTEXTEDIT command:

·         0 – Multiple. Enables automatic repetition of the MTEXTEDIT command.

·         1 – Single. Specifies the MTEXTEDIT command to edit a single text object.

 

To edit the text content and options:

       

1.      Select the text fragment in the text box and replace it with new text or type additional text. When text is selected, the following options are available in the context menu: Select All, Cut, Copy, Paste, Undo, Redo, Insert symbol.

2.      Change the options for the selected text by using the tools of the Text format dialog box.

3.      To end multiline text editing, press CTRL+ENTER or click OK in the Text format dialog box. You can also click out of the text input area on the drawing to complete text the typing.

 

	Note
	Press ESC to cancel the text input and finish the command.

To edit several multi-line text objects sequentially:

       

1.      Select in the drawing’s graphic area several multi-line text objects that require editing.

2.      Run the Edit Multiline Text command.

3.      Make changes to the first text object and click the OK button on the Text Format toolbar (or click the mouse on the drawing field outside the text input area).

4.      This opens editing of the next multiline text object. Edit all selected objects sequentially.