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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.
■ To select a paragraph, triple-click the paragraph.
8 On the ribbon, make format changes as follows:
■ To change the font of the selected text, select a font from the list.
■ To change the height of the selected text, enter a new value in the
Height box.
NOTE The MText height value is reset to 0 if its default height is not
modified during creation.
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