Controlling Text in a Drawing - AutoCAD 2011 and AutoCAD LT 2011: No Experience Required - page 420

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All windows to be double-paned.
8. When you've finished, click a blank spot in the drawing area.
The text appears in the drawing (see the top left of Figure 8.57). The
window you specified was used only to define the line length. Its height
doesn't control how far down the text extends; that is determined by
how much text you enter.
Before you adjust the text to fit the area, you will have AutoCAD
add numbering to the notes.
9. Double-click anywhere on the new text to display the Multiline Text
Editor and the Mtext panels.
10. Move the cursor to the upper-left corner of the window containing
the text and in front of the A in the first word ( All ) of the first note.
Hold down the left mouse button, and drag to the right and down
until all the remaining text is highlighted. Release the mouse button.
11. Expand the Bullets and Numbering drop-down list in the contextual
Text Editor tab ➢ Paragraph panel and then choose Numbered from
the cascading menu that pops up (see the top right of Figure 8.57).
12. The note numbers appear. Click the Close Text Editor button on the
Close panel; then select the text object and open the Properties
palette.
13. In the Text rollout, highlight the Paper Text Height input field and
change the value from 3/16 ″ (5) to 1/8 ″ (3), and press ↵ .
AutoCAD redraws the text smaller.
14. Use the grip at the upper-right corner of the text to stretch the text
box farther to the right.
The text reconfigures to fit the new constraints (see the bottom of
Figure 8.57).
15. Double-click the Mtext again.
The Text Editor tab opens.
16. Place your cursor after the “ordinances” text. Expand the Columns
tool on the contextual Text Editor tab ➢ Insert panel, and choose
Insert Column Break, as shown in Figure 8.58.