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Control the Display of Polylines, Hatches, Gradient Fills, Lineweights, and Text
Concept Procedure Quick Reference
 
 
 

To turn the display of text on or off

  1. Click Tools Options.At the Command prompt, enter options.
  2. In the Options dialog box, Display tab, under Display Performance, select Show Text Boundary Frame Only.

    The check mark indicates that text is displayed as a rectangular frame.

  3. Click OK.
  4. To display your changes, click View menu Regen.To display your changes, at the Command prompt, enter regen.
 Command entry: OPTIONS, REGEN