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You can set AutoCAD to automatically stack numeric characters entered
before and after the slash, pound sign, or carat. For example, if you enter 1#3
followed by a nonnumeric character or space, the AutoStack Properties dialog
box is displayed. You can change the settings to indicate your formatting
preferences.
AutoStack stacks only numeric characters immediately before and after the
slash, pound sign, and carat. To stack nonnumeric characters or text that
includes spaces, select the text and click the Stack button on the Text Format-
ting toolbar.
Note Releases earlier than AutoCAD 2000 and AutoCAD LT 2000 do not sup-
port diagonal fractions. If you save your drawing in an earlier AutoCAD format,
diagonal fractions are converted to vertical fractions. All fractions are converted
to diagonal fractions when the drawing is reopened in AutoCAD 2000 and later
releases, even if a multiline text object contained both vertical and diagonal frac-
tions before being saved in an earlier format.
See Also
“Use an Alternate Text Editor” on page 504
To create stacked text
1 On the Draw menu, click Text ➤ Multiline Text.
2 Specify opposite corners of a bounding box to define the width of the mul-
tiline text object.
3 In the Multiline Text Editor, set text style and other multiline text proper-
ties as needed.
4 Enter the text you want to stack separated by one of the following
characters:
■ Slash (/) stacks text vertically, separated by a horizontal line.
■ Pound sign (#) stacks text diagonally, separated by a diagonal line.
■ Carat (^) creates a tolerance stack, which is not separated by a line.
If you enter numbers separated by stack characters and then enter a non-
numeric character or press
SPACEBAR, the AutoStack Properties dialog box
is displayed.