-MText

Places multi-line text in drawings through the command bar.

Accessing the Command

command bar: -mtext

: -mtext

Prompts you in the command bar:

Multiline Text: First corner for block of text: (Pick a point, or enter x,y coordinates.)

Select Opposite corner for block of text or [Justification/Rotation angle/text Style/text Height/Direction/Width]: (Pick another corner, or enter an option.)

Mtext: (Enter text.)

Mtext: (Enter more text, or press Enter to exit the command.)

Command Options

Option	Description
First corner for block of text	Specifies one corner of the rectangle that bounds the text block.
Opposite corner for block of text	Specifies the other corner.
Justification	Specifies the justification (horizontal alignment) of the text inside the bounding box; prompts you: Specify text block justification [Top-Left/Top-Center/Top-Right/MiddLe-left/Middle-Center/Middle-Right/Bottom-Left/Bottom-Center/Bottom-Right] <Top Left> - enter a justification mode.
Rotation	Specifies the rotation angle of the text block; prompts you: Rotation angle for block of text <0> - enter an angle. Positive angles rotate the text block counter-clockwise.
Style	Specifies the text style to use for the mtext; prompts you: Text style to use or [? to list] <Standard> - enter the name of a text style. Enter ? for a list of styles defined in the current drawing. See Style command.
Height	Specifies the height of the text; prompts you: Height of text <0.2000> - enter a number. This option is unavailable when the style specifies the text height .
Direction	Specifies the direction in which the bounding box is expanded; prompts you: Specify drawing direction [Left-to-right/Top-to-bottom/by-Style] <Left-to-Right>: - enter an option: Left to right - text is placed at the left, and expands the bounding box to right. Top to bottom - text is placed at the top, and expands the bottom of the bounding box. By Style - returns to the previous prompt.
Width	Specifies the width of the bounding box; prompts you: Width of text box - enter a value. When set to 0, the box has "infinite" width.
Mtext	Specifies the text; prompts you: Mtext - specifies the text; to end the command, press Enter at this prompt.

Procedures

To create single line text

To create multiline text

Including special text characters and symbols

To add a background mask

General procedure to create fields

Defining text system variables

Grips Editing

Mtext bounding boxes can be edited directly through grips:

Select the mtext. Notice that it has two grips.
Drag the grips to perform the following actions:
- Drag one grip to move the mtext.
- Drag the other grip to stretch the width of the bounding box (make it wider or narrower; the text reflows automatically to accommodate the change in width).

Related Commands

Text - places single-lines of text in drawings.

-Text - places text and evaluates LISP expressions.

MText - places paragraph text.

AttDef - defines attribute text.

DdEdit - edits text.

Style - creates and modifies text styles through the Drawing Explorer.

-Style - creates and modifies text styles through the command bar.

Change - changes the position of text.

QText - toggles between text and rectangular representations.

TxtExp - explodes text into polylines.

Spell - checks the spelling of text in drawings.

Find - finds and replaces text.

Properties - modifies the properties of text.