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Insert Field Displays the Insert Field dialog box (page 432).
Symbol Displays a list of available symbols. You can also select a Non-breaking
space and open the Characters dialog box for additional symbols.
Import Text Displays the Select File dialog box (a
standard file selection dialog
box
(page 723)). Select any file that is in ASCII or RTF format. Imported text
retains its original character formatting and style properties, but you can edit
and format the imported text in the editor. After you select a text file to import,
you can replace either selected text or all text, or append the inserted text to
text selected within the text boundary. The file size for imported text is limited
to 32 KB. (Not available for single-line text.)
The editor automatically sets the text color to BYLAYER. When black characters
are inserted and the background color is black, the editor automatically changes
to white or the current color.
Paragraph Alignment Sets alignment for the multiline text object. You can
choose to align your text to the left, center, or right. You can justify your text,
or align the first and last characters of your text with the margins of your
mtext box, or center each line of text within the margins of your mtext box.
Spaces entered at the end of a line are included as part of the text and affect
the justification of the line. (Not available for single-line text.)
Paragraph Displays options for paragraph formatting. See the
Paragraph dialog
box
(page 684). (Not available for single-line text.)
Bullets and Lists Displays the options for numbering lists. (Not available for
single-line text.)
Displays options for creating lists. (Not available for table cells.) The list is
indented to align with the first selected paragraph.
 Off: When selected, removes letters, numbers, and bullets from selected
text that has list formatting applied. Indentation is not changed.
 Lettered: Applies list formatting that uses letters with periods for the items
in the list. If the list has more items than the alphabet has letters, the
sequence continues by using double letters.
 Numbered: Applies list formatting that uses numbers with periods for the
items in the list.
 Bulleted: Applies list formatting that uses bullets for the items in the list.
 Restart: Starts a new letter or number sequence in list formatting. If the
selected items are in the middle of a list, unselected items below them also
become part of the new list.
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