CAD tip # 7077:

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How to display 4 grips in the corners of MText?

If you are used to manipulating MText objects with the four grips in the corners of the text frame, you can still use them instead of the simplified grips of MTexts in AutoCAD 2010 (and higher).

To return to the pre-2010 behaviour of mtext grips, switch off dynamic columns. Before you create the text, set the MTEXTCOLUMN variable to 0 (instead of the default 2). If you want to change an existing paragraph text object, change its property (Ctrl+1) "Columns" to "No columns".

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26.11.2009 26469×

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applies to: AutoCAD 2010 · AutoCAD LT 2010 · AutoCAD Architecture 2010 ·

See also:
Tip 14080:	AutoCAD 2025/2026 is not displaying some fonts correctly.
Tip 13426:	Use of alternative units for arithmetic in dimensions (without square brackets).
Tip 11289:	Adding, multiplying and rounding numbers inside DWG drawing texts - NumInText.
Tip 11223:	Copy multiple DWG drawing texts to the Windows Clipboard.
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