Lesson: Editing Text ■ 67 Editing Text There are five tools that you can use to edit text. These are: ■ Multiline Text Editor ribbon ■ In-place text editor ■ Properties palette ■ Quick Properties ■ Grips The quickest way to edit text is to double-click the text object. If you double-click a multiline text object, the Multiline Text Editor is displayed in the ribbon along with the In-Place Text Editor. If you double-click a single line text object, the In-Place Text Editor opens where you can edit the text in the same way you created it. You can use the Quick Properties or the Properties palette to edit the properties associated with text as well as the content of the text object. You can also use grips to edit the text's position and width. When you select text once, grips are displayed. You can grip edit text objects using the same methods as grip editing geometry. In addition to the Multiline Text Editor, the in-place text editor offers real-time spell checking. 68 ■ Chapter 7: Annotating the Drawing Command Access Multiline Text Edit Double-click Multiline Text Command Line: MTEDIT, DDEDIT, ED Ribbon: double-click Multiline Text Multiline Text tab > Text Editor panels Menu Bar: Modify > Object > Text > Edit Command Access Single Line Text Edit Double-click Single Line Text Command Line: DDEDIT, ED Menu Browser: Modify > Object > Text > Edit Spell Check the Entire Drawing You can check for spelling errors in the entire drawing or selected text objects. Type spell at the command line and use the options in the dialog box. Lesson: Editing Text ■ 69 Procedure: Editing Multiline Text The following steps give an overview of editing multiline text. 1. Double-click the Multiline Text. 2. Use the in-place text editor to edit text content or select text to format using the options located on the ribbon. 3. Use the Text Editor options found on the ribbon to format text selected from the in-place text editor to insert symbols, line spacing, numbering, bullets, or change paragraph justification in the selected text. 4. Double-click outside the text editor window to end the editing operation. Editing MultilineText with the Quick Properties Palette Another option for editing text objects is to use the Quick Properties palette. You can modify most of the properties associated with the text as well as the text content. In the example on the right, the text justification option is being changed to Middle center using the Quick Properties palette. 70 ■ Chapter 7: Annotating the Drawing Procedure: Editing Single Line Text The following steps give an overview of editing single line text. 1. Double-click the Single Line Text. 2. Use the in-place text editor to edit the content in each single line of text. You can right-click to check and correct misspelled words. 3. Click outside the text editor window to end the editing operation. Editing Single Line Text with the Quick Properties Palette You can use the Quick Properties palette to modify most of the properties associated with single line text as well as the text content. In the example on the right, the text rotation option has been changed to 30 degrees using the Quick Properties palette. Lesson: Editing Text ■ 71 Exercise: Edit Text In this exercise, you edit single line text and multiline text to change the properties and create a numbered list. The completed exercise Completing the Exercise To complete the exercise, follow the steps in this book or in the onscreen exercise. In the onscreen list of chapters and exercises, click Chapter 7: Annotating the Drawing. Click Exercise: Edit Text. 1. Open M_Edit-Text.dwg. 2. Zoom into the title block area of the drawing. 3. Select the Arbor Press text to display the grip. Note the location of the grip, indicating that the text is left justified. 4. If the Quick Properties palette is not open, select it from the status bar or right-click to access it from the shortcut menu: ■ Under Text, enter %%uArbor Press in the Contents field. Note: These are the ASCII characters for underlining the text. If this were Multiline Text you would be able to use the Formatting options from the ribbon. ■ In the Justify list, select Middle. ■ In the Height field, enter 10. 5. Press ESC to clear the selection. Note the new appearance of the text. 6. Zoom into the notes above the title block. 7. Double-click the notes text. The Text Formatting toolbar is displayed with the In- Place Text Editor. Click the beginning of each line and press DEL to remove the numbers. 72 ■ Chapter 7: Annotating the Drawing 8. Highlight all of the text beneath the word Notes. On the ribbon, in the Paragraph panel, click Numbering. Click Numbered. The text should now appear as shown. 9. Place the cursor at the beginning of line 3 and press TAB. The line is automatically renumbered as a subnote and the numbers are reordered. 10. Click Close Text Editor on the Close panel. 11. Zoom to the extents of the drawing. 12. Close all files without saving. Lesson: Using Text Styles ■ 73 Lesson: Using Text Styles This lesson describes how you can use text styles to control text appearance. In a typical design environment, there can be several designers creating drawings. If each designer were to choose their own text fonts for annotation, the resulting drawings would lack a uniform appearance. Using text styles can help to create a consistent appearance across drawings by providing predefined text formats. Objectives After completing this lesson, you will be able to: ■ Explain the purpose of text styles. ■ Create and use text styles. 74 ■ Chapter 7: Annotating the Drawing Text Styles Text styles provide an easy way for you to control the default appearance of text. Each text object contains properties such as font, height, width factor and oblique angle. Using text styles, you can predefine each of these properties, resulting in a uniform appearance of text objects that use the same style. Another benefit of using text styles is that you can update all text in the drawing that uses a certain style simply by changing the style. The following image illustrates the effect of changing a text style when it is being referenced by text objects. In the floor plan on the right, the text style uses a smaller font so that the text objects better fit the space. Text Styles Defined A text style is a collection of common text properties used by one or more text objects in the drawing. You generally create several text styles. For example, you could have a text style for dimensions, another for view labels, and another for title blocks or general drawing annotation. Example of Text Styles On a typical drawing, you might have one style defined for all of your general notes, text and dimensions, another style for object labels, and another style for the title block information. Text Style Key Points ■ A text style is a collection of predefined text properties such as font, height, width factor, and oblique angle. ■ You create text styles to keep a uniform appearance of text objects in the drawing. ■ You can update all text in the drawing that uses a certain style simply by changing the style. ■ You generally create several text styles for objects such as dimensions, view labels, your title block or general drawing annotation. Lesson: Using Text Styles ■ 75 Creating and Using Text Styles You use the Style command to create and manage text styles. By default, all new drawings contain two text styles, one named Standard and one named Annotative. Standard is the current text style for all new drawings, unless you base a new drawing on a template that has another style set as the current style. Creating and Using Text Styles Text styles are similar to layers in that they are used to organize objects in the drawing. You create a Text Style and make it current so that the text you enter appears in that style. You can also change the Text Style of selected text after it was placed in the drawing. To create text styles, you use the Text Style dialog box. To switch from the current text style to another, you can select a text style from the list on the Text panel the same way you can make a Layer current from the Layer Control list. Similarly, you can assign a text style to selected text from the text style list. Command Access Style Command Line: STYLE, ST Ribbon: Annotate tab > Text panel > Text Style Menu Bar: Format > Text Style 76 ■ Chapter 7: Annotating the Drawing Text Style Dialog Box You use the Text Style dialog box to create and manage text styles. Use this area to view your current text Styles. You can also edit a selected style or rename it. Select a Font Name from the list of available fonts. Apply a Font Style such as Bold or Italic if required. Specify the size of your text in this section. If you choose to make your text Size Annotative, the Height field changes to Paper Text Height. Enter the Paper Text Height you want to appear in all your layout viewports for text created with this style regardless of the viewport scale. Select any Effects to apply to the text such as Width Factor and Oblique Angle. A Width Factor of 1 is normal. Less than 1 would make the text narrow and greater than 1 would make the text wide. Applying Height to the Text Style When you set the text height, it becomes the default value for text created with that style. If this value is 0, you will be prompted to specify the text height each time you create Single Line Text. When using the Multiline Text command, the text height can be chosen or typed from the list in the Text panel. Annotative Property You can choose the Annotative Style (1) or assign the Annotative property (2) to a text style when you want the text height to display and plot the same size in the drawing layout, regardless of the viewport scale. [...]... room labels and room ID numbers that are 30 0 mm tall as shown in the illustration: s 22 1 through 22 4 - SLEEPING QUARTERS s 20 1 - READY ROOM s 20 2 & 20 4 - LOCKER ROOM s 20 3 - EXERCISE ROOM s 20 5 - DINING ROOM s 20 6 - KITCHEN s 20 7 - MEN'S TOILET ROOM s 20 8 - WOMEN'S TOILET ROOM Save and close the drawing Challenge Exercise: Architectural s 83 Imperial Units 1 2 3 4 84 s Open the drawing you saved from... Height: 0 s Width Factor: 0.9000 Add room labels and room ID numbers that are 1' tall as shown in the illustration: s 22 1 through 22 4 - SLEEPING QUARTERS s 20 1 - READY ROOM s 20 2 & 20 4 - LOCKER ROOM s 20 3 - EXERCISE ROOM s 20 5 - DINING ROOM s 20 6 - KITCHEN s 20 7 - MEN'S TOILET ROOM s 20 8 - WOMEN'S TOILET ROOM Chapter 7: Annotating the Drawing 5 Save and close the drawing Challenge Exercise: Architectural... Creating and Using Text Styles The following steps give an overview of creating and using text styles 1 2 3 Select the new style (1), assign a Font Name (2) , a Height (3) , Apply (4) and Set Current (5) Then Close the dialog box 4 78 Start the Style command Select New (1) and enter a New Text Style Name (2) .Click OK Begin the Text command s Chapter 7: Annotating the Drawing 5 To change from one text style... and the second extension line origin (2) Note that the continuous dimensions will be built off of the second extension line origin Click to position the Linear dimension (3) Start the Dimcontinuous command Select the next extension line (4) Using object snap, continue selecting points (5 and 6) or objects for as many continuous dimensions as you require 2 3 4 5 1 02 s Chapter 8: Dimensioning ... specify the second extension line origin (2) s Click to specify the dimension line location as shown (3) To create a Linear dimension by selecting the object: s Begin Linear dimension s Press ENTER to select the object s Select the object where indicated (1) s Drag and place the dimension as shown (2) s Repeat the Linear dimension command s Create dimensions (3) and (4) Note: When you dimension the angled... in the Dimensions panel The following steps give an overview of creating an aligned dimension: 1 2 3 96 Start the Dimaligned command Press ENTER to select the object or, using object snap, select the first extension line origin (1) and the second extension line origin (2) Click to position the dimension (3) s Chapter 8: Dimensioning Practice Exercise: Aligned Dimensions In this practice exercise, you... Grips to stretch the corners of the rectangle s Press ESC to deselect the object 2 3 To create an Aligned dimension by selecting the object: s Begin the Aligned dimension command s Press ENTER to select the object s Select the object where indicated (1) s Drag and place the dimension as shown (2) s Repeat to create dimension (3) To create an Aligned dimension by selecting two points on the object: s Begin... it becomes the predominant button in the Dimensions panel The following steps give an overview of creating an angular dimension: 1 2 3 4 98 s Start the Dimangular command Select the first line segment (1) Select the second line segment (2) Click to position the dimension (3) Chapter 8: Dimensioning Practice Exercise: Angular Dimensions In this practice exercise, you create the object below and apply... rectangle s Press ESC to deselect the object 2 3 Note: You can drag the arc dimension to inside or outside the arc angle Repeat to dimension the remaining angles To create an Angular dimension by selecting two lines: s Begin the Angular dimension command s Select the first line (1) s Select the second line (2) s Specify the dimension arc line location as shown (3) Lesson: Creating Dimensions s 99 Procedure:... Linear dimension command: s Begin Linear dimension s Specify the first extension line (1) s Specify the second extension line (2) s Specify the dimension location 2 To add the Baseline dimensions: s Continue with the Baseline command s Specify a second extension line at (1), (2) and (3) s Press ENTER twice to complete the command Note: If you choose to select a base dimension that was already created, be . are 30 0 mm tall as shown in the illustration: ■ 22 1 through 22 4 - SLEEPING QUARTERS ■ 20 1 - READY ROOM ■ 20 2 & 20 4 - LOCKER ROOM ■ 20 3 - EXERCISE ROOM ■ 20 5 - DINING ROOM ■ 20 6 - KITCHEN ■ 20 7. illustration: ■ 22 1 through 22 4 - SLEEPING QUARTERS ■ 20 1 - READY ROOM ■ 20 2 & 20 4 - LOCKER ROOM ■ 20 3 - EXERCISE ROOM ■ 20 5 - DINING ROOM ■ 20 6 - KITCHEN ■ 20 7 - MEN'S TOILET ROOM ■ 20 8 - WOMEN'S. Start the Style command. 2. Select New (1) and enter a New Text Style Name (2) .Click OK. 3. Select the new style (1), assign a Font Name (2) , a Height (3) , Apply (4) and Set Current