2018

* Functionality also included in the AutoCAD 2017.1 Update10
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CombineText*
The Combine Text tool enables you to combine many individual text objects into one
multi-line text object. This can be particularly useful after recognizing and converting
SHX text from an imported PDF file. You can access the Combine Text tool (TXT2MTXT
command) from the Insert ribbon tab.
The following are enhancements to the TXT2MTXT command:
 YoucanselectMtextobjectsinadditiontotextobjects.
 ASettingsoptionontheCommandLinedisplaystheTexttoMTextSettingsdialog.
 CharactercodestranslatecorrectlybetweenTextandMtext(forexamplethedegreesymbolappearedas
%%dwhenconvertedtoMtext).
 The“Selectobjects”
promptadherestostandarderrorcheckingandmessaging.Forexample,objectson
lockedlayersarefilteredfromtheselectionset,andsoon.
 Justification(topleft,topcenter,topright)isinferredfortheMtextobjectbeingcreatedbasedonthe
positioningofthetextobjectsinthedrawing
insteadofalwaysusingtopleftjustification.Whenno
justificationcanbelogicallyinferred,itdefaultstotopleft.
 Numberedandletteredlistformattingisinferredwhentheword‐wraptextboxischecked.Ifalinestarts
withoneortwocharactersfollowedbyaperiodandupto
10spaces,listformattingwillbeapplied
automatically.
 AnoptionwasaddedtotheSettingsdialogboxtonotcombineselectionintoasingleMtextobject
(convertstextobjecttoMtextwithoutcombining).
 Thetop‐downsortingorderisrelativetothecurrentUCS,andsortingisleft‐
to‐rightwhentextobjectsare
collinear.Whenmultipletextobjectsarecollinear,theyaretreatedasifthey’reonthesamelinewitha
spacebetweenthem.
 AnewSettingsoptionenablesyoutoforceuniformlinespacingormaintainexistinglinespacing.