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5 Enter the text. At the end of each line, press ENTER. Enter more text as
needed.
NOTE Text that would otherwise be difficult to read (if it is very small, very
large, or is rotated) is displayed at a legible size and is oriented horizontally
so that you can easily read and edit it.
If you specify another point during this command, the cursor moves to
that point, and you can continue typing. Every time you press ENTER or
specify a point, a new text object is created.
6 Press ENTER on a blank line to end the command.
To create multiline text
1 Click Home tab ➤ Annotation panel ➤ Multiline Text.
2 Specify opposite corners of a bounding box to define the width of the
multiline text object.
If the ribbon is active, the MTEXT ribbon contextual tab displays. If the
ribbon is not active, the In-Place Text Editor is displayed.
3 To indent the first line of each paragraph, drag the first-line indent slider
on the ruler. To indent the other lines of each paragraph, drag the
paragraph slider.
4 To set tabs, click the ruler where you want a tab stop.
5 If you want to use a text style other than the default, on the ribbon, click
the Annotate tab, Text panel. Select the desired text style from the
drop-down list.
6 Enter text.
NOTE Text that would otherwise be difficult to read (if it is very small, very
large, or is rotated) is displayed at a legible size and is oriented horizontally
so that you can easily read and edit it.
7 To override the current text style, 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.
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