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5 Enter the text. At the end of each line, press ENTER. Enter more text as
needed.
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.
Command line
TEXT
To specify a text style when you create single-line text
1 From the Draw menu, choose Text. Then choose Single Line Text.
2 Enter s (Style).
3 At the Style Name prompt, enter an existing text style name.
If you first want to see a list of text styles, enter ? and press
ENTER twice.
4 Continue creating text.
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TEXT
To align single-line text as you create it
1 From the Draw menu, choose Text. Then choose Single Line Text.
2 Enter j (Justify).
3 Enter an alignment option. For example, enter br to align text at its
bottom-right corner.
4 Continue creating text.
Command line
TEXT
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 one or more paragraphs of multiline text (mtext) in the
Multiline Text Editor (or an alternative text editor) or use prompts on the
command line. You can also insert text from a file saved in ASCII or RTF
format.