Changing Multiline Text

Multiline text objects can be moved, rotated, erased, and copied. You also can mirror, or make a reverse copy of, text objects. If you do not want the text to be reversed when you mirror it, you can set the MIRRTEXT system variable to 0.

After you create multiline text, you can change

You can also override font, orientation, and other effects set by the text style assigned to the existing text object.

Changing Text Style

When you change the text style of a multiline text object, the text style is applied to the entire object, and some formatting of individual characters might not be retained. The following table describes the effects of text style change on character formatting.

Formatting

Retained?

Bold

No

Color

Yes

Font

No

Height

No

Italic

No

Stacking

Yes

Underlining

Yes

Changing Text Location

To move multiline text, you can use the Modify MText dialog box, where you can also edit content and change properties, or you can use grips. A multiline text object has grips at the four corners of the text boundary and, in some cases, at the justification point. Several commands create multiline text automatically without requiring that a bounding box be specified; these objects have only a single grip at the justification point.

Finding and Replacing Text

To quickly search for and replace text word by word, use the find and replace feature in the Multiline Text Editor dialog box. Replacement is based on text content only; character formatting and text properties are not changed.