Mtext in AutoCAD 2008

The new Text panel on the Dashboard provides easy access to text-related tools including the Mtext editor, which has been updated in AutoCAD 2008.

Whether you create text from scratch or copy it from a document, the Text Formatting toolbar provides more flexibility and control over your text. For example, if you copy and paste text from a document, AutoCAD maintains the formatting, including the paragraph spacing. You can adjust the tabs and indents as well as paragraph alignment and spacing using the new Paragraph dialog box.

You can even apply column settings to automatically wrap the text across multiple columns. Specify dynamic or static columns and then easily adjust the columns using grips. You can also edit columns using the text formatting ruler or by specifying values in the new Column Settings dialog box.

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