Specifies the direction in which the mtext paragraph is to be read.

See Also | Example

Signature

object.DrawingDirection

object

MText
The object or objects this property applies to.

DrawingDirection

acDrawingDirection enum; read-write

acLeftToRight

acTopToBottom

acRightToLeft (Reserved for future use)

acBottomToTop (Reserved for future use)

acByStyle (Reserved for future use)

Remarks

For languages such as English or Spanish, text is read horizontally, left to right. For languages such as Chinese or Japanese, sometimes text is read vertically, top to bottom. AutoCAD will draw the text according to this property setting.

Left to right

Top to bottom

The settings acRightToLeft, acBottomToTop, and acByStyle are reserved for future use and cannot be used in this release.