Formatting Individual Words or Characters

To format characters in multiline text

1. From the Draw menu, choose Paragraph Text.
2. Specify the text boundary location and other properties as needed.
3. In the Multiline Text Editor dialog box, create text. 
4. Choose the Character tab.
5. Select text as follows:
   
   • To select one or more letters, click and drag the pointing device over the characters.
   • To select a word, double-click the word.
   • To select a paragraph, triple-click the paragraph.
6. Using the Character tab, change formatting as follows:
   
   • To change the font of the selected text, select a font from the list. Then choose OK.
   • To change the height of the selected text, enter a new value in the Height box.
   • To format text in a TrueType font with boldface or italics, or to create underlined text for any font, click the corresponding tool on the toolbar. SHX fonts do not support boldface or italics.
   • To apply color to selected text, choose a color from the Color list, or choose Other to display the Color dialog box. Select a color and then choose OK. The most recently used colors are displayed in the color list.

   Note: If you are working with a white background color, your Windows system palette is set to greater than 256 colors, and you have selected Smooth Edges of Screen Fonts from the Plus! tab in Windows Control Panel, characters with angular lines (such as X) that are entered in the Multiline Text Editor dialog box may appear grayed out. To correct this problem, set your Windows system palette to 256 colors or clear Smooth Edges of Screen Fonts.
   

   • To insert special characters, choose Symbol. Then choose an option from the Symbol menu.
   • To insert Unicode characters for TrueType fonts, from the Symbol menu, choose Other. To access the Unicode Character Map dialog box, you must have charmap.exe installed on your system. See Windows Help for adding programs to your system.
   
   
7. Choose OK.

Draw toolbar:
Command line equivalent: MTEXT