Text Property Modification

AutoCAD 2002 includes a few new commands to aid the process of changing text properties such as height and justification. These new tools can help turn tasks that take hours to complete to mere seconds. Learning these features and how to leverage them in your everyday work is key to high productivity.

Scaling Text

Accessed through the Modify pull-down menu, Object, then Text, the SCALETEXT command enables you to select as many text objects as needed to modify. After selecting your objects, you get an [Existing/Left/Center/Middle/Right/TL/TC/TR/ML/MC/MR/BL/BC/BR] <Existing>: prompt where you can choose any number of methods to change the size of the text objects.

If you choose the default <Existing> option, the base ...

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