Multiline Text
It is clear from the previous exercises that each line created using the Text command is a separate object. There is nothing to stop you from adding a series of line objects to create paragraphs of text. Problems arise, however, if lengthy sections of line text are edited; this can require reconstruction of many of the lines. If the text height in a drawing is changed, each individual object may have to be repositioned. Multiline text offers a better solution for entering extended passages of text.
Multiline text— or Mtext—was introduced as a new object in AutoCAD Release 13. Unlike line text, multiline text can store many lines of text as a single object. Detailed drawing labels, or Notes that accompany a drawing, frequently run ...
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