The MText height value will be reset to 0 if its default height
wasn't modified during creation.
Language
Multiple-Language Support
Drawing properties in AutoCAD 2008 are saved with Unicode
characters. For instance, if you save the latest format drawing
containing multiple language drawing properties to a 2004-format
drawing, the drawing properties are converted to the native
characters of the current Windows language. If text cannot be
converted to the native characters, it is saved to CIF codes
(\U+nnnn) or MIF codes (\M+nxxxx).
When saving the latest format drawing to a 2004-format drawing,
any new symbol or dictionary names (for example, layout name, text
style name, dimension style name) created in AutoCAD 2008 are saved
in the language that was used when the symbol names were
created.
When you copy and paste characters that have been created using
a language other than the system language, the characters may not
be displayed correctly. You can correct this display with the
In-Place Text Editor.
To correct the display to show the original language
Double-click the text to open it in the In-Place Text
Editor.
Right-click inside the editor. Click Character Set and choose
the original language.
In order to view and edit drawings with characters that are not
included in the languages specified for your operating system, make
sure supplemental language support is installed in your computer
operating system. You can specify the language in the Regional and
Language Options dialog box, available from the Windows Control
Panel. (You may be able to view text that uses SHX fonts without
specifying extra language support.)
Text styles for Asian languages that use SHX and Big Font can
support characters only from the same code page. For example, text
styles that use a Japanese Big Font cannot support German or Korean
characters. (English characters, which are part of every code page,
are supported.) Multiple-language support for non-Asian languages
is supported for text styles that use SHX fonts with Big Fonts
disabled. (The SHX font must define the required characters.)
To make it easier to use multiple-language multiline text on
operating systems that support different languages, use a TrueType
font setting in the In-Place Text Editor.
Multiple-language support does not exist in some earlier
versions of AutoCAD. For example, when you save a file to AutoCAD
2000 format, the contents of multiple-language multiline text may
be corrupted. This problem is more likely to happen when you open
and save a drawing on an operating system with a system language
setting that differs from the system in which the drawing was last
saved.
Folder or File Names
AutoCAD 2006, AutoCAD LT 2006, and prior versions were not
Unicode applications. When sharing drawings with earlier,
non-Unicode, versions, use ASCII characters to ensure compatibility
when you save files, insert xrefs, and specify folder paths.
Double-Byte Character Issues
Data Source Names
Character codes (such as 0x??41 and 0x??61) that are used for
data source names may not be handled correctly. This problem occurs
when you create multiple data sources using optional names
(Japanese) specified in the database configuration. As a result,
some of the data source names may not be listed. When this problem
occurs, you can change the name of the unlisted data source to
another name.
Subobject and Object Cycling
Subobject and object cycling using CTRL + SPACEBAR and SHIFT +
SPACEBAR does not work in Chinese (PRC and Taiwan) versions of
Microsoft Windows. When using the Chinese IME, these key
combinations do the following:
CTRL + SPACEBAR toggles Chinese IME.
SHIFT + SPACEBAR toggles double-byte and single-byte English
characters.
Inside the IME, you can change the accelerator key combinations.
You can change the default actions of CTRL + SPACEBAR and SHIFT +
SPACEBAR to something that does not conflict with the AutoCAD CTRL
+ SPACEBAR and SHIFT + SPACEBAR behavior.
Text Display
Vertical Text for Asian Languages
SHX fonts - Text can be created with SHX fonts and Big
Fonts for vertical display in the same way as for previous
releases. For best results, use the single-line TEXT command, not
MTEXT. You can select a vertical style in the Text Style dialog
box.
TrueType fonts - You still select fonts starting with the @
sign, but now the text is automatically rotated 270 degrees. (In
AutoCAD 2005 and earlier versions, you had to manually rotate this
text.) Vertical cursor movement is now supported for vertical
text.
Font Display
If the default font doesn't support the characters you enter
using the In-Place Text Editor (MTEXT command), an alternative font
is usually substituted.
CIF or MIF codes entered with the In-Place Text Editor (MTEXT
command) or with the DTEXT command are now automatically converted
to display the actual characters.
Updated bigfont.ini
AutoCAD 2007 and AutoCAD 2008 are handling custom SHX Big Fonts
differently than AutoCAD 2006 and earlier versions. If custom SHX
Big Fonts are used in your drawing files, you need to add the SHX
Big Font names and their code page ID into the bigfont.ini
file in your Support folder. Please refer to the header
section of this bigfont.ini file to learn how to add
them.
Command Entry
AltGR and Key Combinations
ALTGR+ any key results in a halt of command entry. This is
caused by the CTRL+ALT combination of implied faces extrusion. If
you use an ALTGR keyboard layout, the workaround is to set
IMPLIEDFACE to 0 (zero).
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