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Create Annotative Text
Concept Procedure Quick Reference
 
 
 

To create annotative single-line text

  1. Click Format menu Text Style.At the command prompt, enter style.
  2. In the Text Style dialog box, Styles list, select an annotative text style.
    NoteA icon next to a text style name indicates that the style is annotative.
  3. Click Set Current to set this style as the current text style.
  4. Click Close.
  5. Click Draw menu TextSingle Line Text.At the command prompt, enter text.
  6. Specify the insertion point for the first character.
  7. Specify a text rotation angle.
  8. Enter the text.
 Command entry: STYLE, TEXT