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468 | Chapter 19 Notes and Labels
Overview of Notes and Labels
AutoCAD provides various ways to create text. For short, simple entries, use
single-line text. For longer entries with internal formatting, use multiline
text, also called mtext. You can also create multiline text with leaders.
Although all entered text uses the current text style, which establishes the
default font and format settings, you can use several methods to customize
the text appearance. AutoCAD also provides several tools that can change
text scale and justification, find and replace text, and check for spelling
errors.
Text that is included in a dimension or tolerance is created using the dimen-
sioning commands.
Create Text
You can create text using several methods depending on your needs.
Overview of Creating Text and Leaders
The text you add to your drawings conveys a variety of information. It may
be a complex specification, title block information, a label, or even part of
the drawing.
Single-Line Text
For short entries that do not require multiple fonts or lines, create single-line
text. Single-line text is most convenient for labels.
Multiline Text
For long, complex entries, create multiline, or paragraph text. Multiline text
consists of any number of text lines or paragraphs that fit within a width you
specify; it can extend vertically to an indefinite length.
Regardless of the number of lines, each set of paragraphs created in a single
editing session forms a single object, which you can move, rotate, erase,
copy, mirror, or scale.
There are more editing options for multiline text than there are for single-
line text. For example, you can apply underlining, fonts, color, and text
height changes to individual characters, words, or phrases within a
paragraph.