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TEXTSTYLE
Sets the name of the current text style.
Create Multiline Text
A multiline text (mtext) object includes one or more paragraphs of text that
can be manipulated as a single object.
Overview of Multiline Text
You can create a multiline text (mtext) object by entering or importing text.
You can create one or more paragraphs of multiline text (mtext) in the MTEXT
ribbon contextual tab (if the ribbon is active), or the In-Place Text Editor (or
an alternative text editor, if the ribbon is not active) You can also use
Command prompts. You can insert text from a file saved in ASCII or RTF
format.
Before entering or importing text, you specify opposite corners of a text
bounding box that defines the width of the paragraphs in the multiline text
object. The length of the multiline text object depends on the amount of text,
not the length of the bounding box. You can use grips to move or rotate a
multiline text object.
NOTE Multiline text objects and imported text files are limited to 256 KB in size.
The MTEXT ribbon contextual tab and In-Place Text Editor display the
bounding box with a ruler at the top. If the ribbon is not active, the Text
Formatting toolbar is also displayed. The editor is transparent so that, as you
create text, you can see whether the text overlaps other objects. To turn off
transparency while you work, select Opaque Background on the Options
menu. You can also make the background of the finished multiline text object
opaque and set its color.
You can also insert fields in multiline text. A field is text that is set up to
display data that might change. When the field is updated, the latest value of
the field is displayed.
Text Style
Most characteristics of the text are controlled by the text style, which sets the
default font and other options, such as line spacing, justification, and color.
You can use the current text style or select a new one. The STANDARD text
style is the default.
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