Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
You can also limit your find-and-replace operation to a specific set of objects in your drawing
by choosing Select Objects from the Where To Check pop-up menu.
When you click the Select Objects button, the Find And Replace dialog box closes temporar-
ily to enable you to select a set of objects or a region of your drawing. Find And Replace then
limits its search to those objects or the region you select.
You can further control the types of objects that Find And Replace looks for by clicking the
disclosure triangle in the lower-left corner of the Find And Replace dialog box. The dialog box
expands to show more options (Figure 9.21).
FIGURE 9.21
More extensive
options for Find
And Replace
With this dialog box, you can refine your search by limiting it to blocks, dimension text, standard
text, or hyperlink text. You can also specify whether to match the case and find whole words only.
SPEEDING UP AUTOCAD WITH QTEXT
If you need to edit a large drawing that contains a lot of text but you don't need to edit the text, you
can use the Qtext command to help accelerate redraws and regenerations when you're working
on the drawing. Qtext turns lines of text into rectangular boxes, saving AutoCAD from having to
form every letter. This enables you to see the note locations so you don't accidentally draw over
them. To use it, enter
QTExT
↵ at the Command prompt and enter
On
↵ or select the On option
from the Dynamic Input display. Regenerate your drawing to see only the boundary boxes for
all text objects.
CREATE PARAGRAPH COLUMNS
You can format Mtext into multiple columns. This can be useful for long lists or to create a newspa-
per column appearance for your text. Text formatted into columns will automatically flow between
columns as you add or remove text.
To format text into columns, do the following:
1 .
Create the text using the Mtext command as usual.
