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Remove Formatting Removes formatting, such as bold, underline, and
so on, from highlighted text.
Background Mask Opens the Background Mask dialog box in which
you specify color for and activate a background mask to go behind the
selected Mtext object.
Editor Settings Opens a menu where you can select whether certain
features appear, such as the ruler or toolbar.
H e l p Opens the AutoCAD Help File at the entry regarding Mtext.
C a n c e l Closes the menu.
Adding Special Characters
With Mtext, you can add special characters—the degree symbol, the diameter
symbol, and so on—that aren't included in most font character packages. You'll
have a chance to do this in Chapter 12.
If you want to experiment with the Mtext in the cabin drawing, make a copy
of it, and place it outside of the title block. Double-click it and see what you can
learn about the Multiline Text Editor, the tools found in the panels located under
the Multiline Text tab, and the Mtext shortcut menu. The “Tools for Modifying
Multiline Text” sidebar summarizes the features of the latter two.
if You Would Like More Practice…
Trades and professions other than architecture and construction use text with
AutoCAD and LT in the same way as demonstrated in this chapter.
For more practice using single-line text, follow these steps:
1. Close all drawings, and then open 08A-FPGARG.dwg .
2. Using the DesignCenter, bring in the A-Title and A-Label text styles
from the 08A-FPLAY4 drawing while it's closed.
3. Place labels on the features that were added:
Use the A-Title text style to identify the addition as GARAGE.
Use the A-Label text style to give the features the following
names: WALKWAY, STORAGE, OFFICE, and CAR.