Create Stacked Characters Within Multiline Text

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Create Stacked Characters Within Multiline Text

 

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Create Stacked Characters Within Multiline Text

Concept

Procedure

Quick Reference

To create stacked text

1. Click Draw menu Text Multiline Text.At the Command prompt, enter mtext.
2. Specify opposite corners of a bounding box to define the width of the multiline text object.
3. In the In-Place Text Editor, set text style and other multiline text properties as needed.
4. Enter the text you want to stack separated by one of the following characters:
   • Slash (/) stacks text vertically, separated by a horizontal line.
   • Pound sign (#) stacks text diagonally, separated by a diagonal line.
   • Carat (^) creates a tolerance stack, which is not separated by a line.

   If you enter numbers separated by stack characters and then enter a nonnumeric character or press SPACEBAR, the AutoStack Properties dialog box is displayed.

5. In the AutoStack Properties dialog box, you can choose to automatically stack numbers (not nonnumeric text) and to remove leading blanks. You can also specify whether the slash character creates a diagonal fraction or creates a vertical fraction. If you do not want to use AutoStack, click Cancel to exit the dialog box.
6. Select the text that you want to stack, and click the Stack button on the toolbar.
7. To save your changes and exit the editor, use one of the following methods:
   • Click OK on the toolbar.
   • Click in the drawing outside the editor.
   • Press CTRL+ENTER.

 Toolbar: Draw 

 Command entry: MTEXT