Place a text box or text string

  1. Choose the Text command .

  2. Do one of the following:

    • To place a text box, click and drag to define the location and size of the text box. The text box appears as an outlined box.

    • To place a text string, click the location in the drawing where you want the text to start. The cursor appears in the place where you can start typing text.

  3. Type text in the text box or where the text string begins.

Tip:

  • You can make interactive adjustments to text size, color, alignment, rotation, and other properties by selecting text and then applying the appropriate options on the Text command bar.

  • While creating and editing a text box or text string, you can click the Properties button on the command bar to open the Text Box Properties dialog box.

  • If you click and drag to draw the text box initially, then the box is defined as a fixed-width text box. You can adjust the text box size interactively using the handles displayed when you click the text box.

    You also can change the text box size using the Fixed Width box and the Height box on the Info page (Text Box Properties dialog box).

  • If you click and type to begin entering content, then the text box is defined as Fit width to contents. Sizing handles are not displayed on the text box when you select it. You can change this using the Text Control option on the command bar.

  • If you create a text box, but do not enter text in it, an empty text box indicator is displayed on the sheet. This makes it possible to locate and delete text boxes without content.

  • You can create superscript, subscript, fractions, bullet and numbered lists, and indented paragraphs.

  • You can control list numbering using the options on the Bullets and Numbering menu on the Text command bar. These include:

    • Continue Numbering

    • Restart Numbering

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