What a beautiful weekend here in California! Great weather, was able to play some tennis and take in the new movie, Flight Plan. And now I'm off to Europe...(and another LONG flight!).
So here are a couple of Text Hip Tips for you:
1. Controlling the MTEXT sample string: The default MTEXT text string is Abc...(how dull)...why not change it to something more personal - your company name, dog's name, favorite team, etc. The system variable MTJIGSTRING (don't ask me what it stands for!) allows you to set the sample string to any 10 character combination of letters and numbers. If you don't want any sample string (how dull) set MTJIGSTRING to a period. Mine says "Go Colts!" (Can you say 4-0 record?)
2. Controlling the paragraph width: Most of us know how to control the MTEXT paragraph width with grips - but did you know you can also do it in the MTEXT dialog box? The arrows on the ruler bar make it easy to stretch the width of the paragraph.
If you are on AutoCAD 2005 you can sill stretch the ruler bar to adjust the width even though there are no arrows (it still works great!).
I am off on a plane so I may not have a chance to post another tip tomorrow but I'll give it the good old college try. Happy AutoCADding!
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