TEXTEDIT — Edit Text

Edits the contents and format of a text object.

• Command: TEXTEDIT · Global name: _TEXTEDIT · Alias: ED, DDEDIT, TEDIT
• Ribbon: Annotate › Text

Changes the contents and formatting of an existing text, single-line or multiline, in the text editor.

Usage

1. Enter TEXTEDIT (or ED, DDEDIT), or double-click the text. If a text was already selected, that one is edited.
2. Select the text.

Select an annotation object:

3. The Text Editor opens with the contents. Change them and click OK (or Cancel to leave the text as it was).

Notes

• In multiline text you can change the style, height, justification, width and formatting (bold, italic, underline, color, relative height); the buttons are the ones of MTEXT.
• In single-line text the editor has a single line and only the contents, style and height change.
• It only edits texts (TEXT and MTEXT). Table cells are edited with TABLEDIT; dimensions, with DIMEDIT or the PROPERTIES palette.

See also

TEXT · MTEXT · Text and styles