MTEXT command

Places text in a bounding box.

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Alias: MT, T

Description

Places formatted, paragraph text in a bounding box that limits the extent of the text.

After specifying the limits of the text bounding box, the Text Formatting toolbar opens.

Mtext bounding boxes can be edited directly through grips:
  1. Drag to change the width of the bounding box.
  2. Drag to change the height of the bounding box.

Options within the command

Justification
Specifies the justification (horizontal alignment) of the text inside the bounding box.
Rotation angle
Specifies the rotation angle of the text block. Positive angles rotate the text block counter-clockwise.
text Style
Specifies the text style to use. See Style command.
text Height
Specifies the height of the text.
Note: This option is unavailable when the style specifies the text height.
Direction
Specifies the direction in which the bounding box is expanded.
Left-to-right
The text is placed at the left and expands the bounding box to right.
Top-to-bottom
The text is placed at the top and expands the bottom of the bounding box.
By-Style
Uses the direction defined by the text style.
Width
Specifies the width of the bounding box.
Note: When set to 0, the box has "infinite" width.
Line spacing
Defines the line spacing of the text.
At least
Specifies the minimum line spacing factor.
Exactly
Specifies the exact line spacing factor.
Columns
Defines the amount of columns.
No columns
No columns are created.
Static
A fixed amount of columns with fixed dimensions is created.
Dynamic
A dynamic amount of columns is created. The amount of columns depends on the length of the text.