Editing Text Objects

       Ribbon: Annotate - Text >  Edit Texts

       Menu: Modify – Object > Text >  Edit

       Toolbar: Modify Object –

       Toolbar: Text –

 Command line: DDEDIT, ED

The command for editing singleline and multiline text objects.

The command can also be called by double-clicking the left mouse button on a text object if the corresponding parameters are set to No in the nanoCAD Design Settings dialog box (PARAMS):

Main options tab, Edit – By double-click section Regular texts and/or Multi-texts parameter.

Editing Single Line Text

You can also start the Edit command from the context menu previously selected the text line in the document.

The command allows you to edit the content of a single-line text directly on the drawing. The content of the selected single-line text is selected and highlighted automatically to completely edit the text. If necessary, you can insert or delete single characters or fragments within the line. For more convenient editing, use the context menu:

Context menu options:

Pressing CTRL+ENTER or clicking on the drawing outside the text line field confirms the changes made and ends editing.

To complete editing without saving changes, press ESC.

note                Pressing ENTER splits the text string into two lines, each of which is converted into a separate text object upon the command completion.

You can also edit the single-line text in the drawing by double-clicking (if No is chosen for the Regular texts option of the Settings nanoCAD Int dialog box on the Main options tab of the By double-click section (the Tools menu – Design Settings)).

Press CTRL +ENTER or click on the drawing out of the single-line text to confirm changes and finish the editing.

To finish the editing without saving changes, press ESC.

note: Press ENTER to split the single-line text into two lines, each of which is transformed into a separate text object after the command end.

Editing Multiline Text

       Ribbon: Annotate - Text >  Edit Texts

       Menu: Modify – Object > Text >  Edit

       Toolbar: Modify Object –

       Toolbar: Text –

 Command line: DDEDIT, ED, MTEXTEDIT

When you run the command and select a multiline text 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 parameters:

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.