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- <li>After launching the tool, the text dialog is presented in which you
- can choose the font and enter the text you want to create.</li>
- <li>Choose the font name, text height and initial text attributes in the upper
- left area of the dialog.
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- CAD fonts that are made up of lines and arcs are listed at the top of
- the font list, TrueType fonts are listed below.
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- In the "Height" field, enter the height of the text in the unit
- of your drawing. To choose normal line spacing, enter a line spacing factor or "1".
- You can increase or decrease the line spacing by entering an alternative
- value. The value entered is a factor relative to the default (1.0).
- </li>
- <li>Enter the rotation angle for the text. Normal horizontal texts have
- an angle of 0 degrees and texts that are readable from the right 90 degrees.</li>
- <li>Choose the alignment of the text.</li>
- <li>Check the "Simple Text" check box to create a single line text without
- any advanced formatting.</li>
- <li>Enter the text you want to create in the large text box.
- <br/>
- You can use the various tools above the box to further format the text
- that you have entered or to paste texts from the clipboard. Use the button at
- the right to quickly insert symbols or to choose a Unicode character ("Others...").
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- Note that the font you have chosen might not contain the
- characters you insert. In that case the characters will not be displayed in
- the drawing.
- </li>
- <li>Click "OK" to exit the text dialog.</li>
- <li>Use the mouse to specify the location of the text or enter a coordinate
- in the command line.</li>
- <li>Often, users need to create a number of similar texts. For that reason
- the text tool does not terminate after creating the first text entity. You
- can change the text and the text angle in the options tool bar and create
- other texts with similar settings.</li>
- <li>Right click or press Escape to stop the text tool.</li>
- </ol>
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