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Text formatting codes in MText objects.

Paragraph texts in AutoCAD can contain control codes which influence appearance of the text. These formatting control codes are automatically inserted in the internal MText editor. But if you edit your texts with an alternative editor (e.g. Notepad), or if you generate them programmatically, you can use these codes to format your paragraph texts.

Code Function

\L Start underline

\l Stop underline

\O Start overstrike

\o Stop overstrike

\K Start strike-through

\k Stop strike-through

\P New paragraph (new line)

\pxi Control codes for bullets, numbered paragraphs and columns

\X Paragraph wrap on the dimension line (only in dimensions)

\Q Slanting (obliquing) text by angle - e.g. \Q30;

\H Text height - e.g. \H3x;

\W Text width - e.g. \W0.8x;

Font selection

e.g. \Fgdt;o - GDT-tolerance
e.g. \Fkroeger|b0|i0|c238|p10 - font Kroeger, non-bold, non-italic, codepage 238, pitch 10

Stacking, fractions

e.g. \SA^B:
A
B
e.g. \SX/Y:
X
Y
e.g. \S1#4:
¼

Alignment

\A0; = bottom
\A1; = center
\A2; = top

Color change

\C1; = red
\C2; = yellow
\C3; = green
\C4; = cyan
\C5; = blue
\C6; = magenta
\C7; = white

\T Tracking, char.spacing - e.g. \T2;

\~ Non-wrapping space, hard space

{} Braces - define the text area influenced by the code

\ Escape character - e.g. \\ = "\", \{ = "{"

Codes and braces can be nested up to 8 levels deep. Formatting codes can be removed via the context menu in the MText editor.

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21.5.2012 8120x FAQ

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applies to: AutoCAD · AutoCAD LT ·

See also:
Tip 8989:	Control codes "%%" in text entities.
Tip 8951:	Multicolor dimension texts in AutoCAD.
Tip 8657:	Import error: No point file format match found
Tip 7667:	Automatically generated QR codes for DWG drawings.
Tip 7520:	DWG to PDF problem in an arabic font.

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