Format paragraph text

What you'll do

Write a note, make one word bold and red, change its size, add a degree sign, and finish.

Steps

1. Type MTEXT and press ReturnEnter, or double-click an existing text, or type TEXTEDIT and pick it. The text box opens with a formatting row above it.
2. Type your note. ReturnEnter starts a new paragraph.
3. Select a word with the mouse or ⇧→Shift+→.
4. In the formatting row use Font for the font, Size for the size of the selection, and the buttons Bold, Italic, Underline and Strike-through, and Colour to pick a colour. With nothing selected, Size changes all of the text.
5. Use Align left, Centre or Align right for the alignment.
6. To type a symbol, put the cursor where it goes and click Degree sign, Plus-minus sign or Diameter sign.
7. Click OK or press ⌃ ReturnCtrl+Enter to save the text. Cancel or EscEsc leaves it as it was.

Notes

• The box also has Height, Line spacing, Width (0 = no wrapping) and Justify.
• The formatting is written as paragraph text codes together with the plain words, so find, snap, DXF and DWG keep working. Set the font of whole notes with a text style.
• There are no bullet or numbered lists, tab ruler or justified paragraphs yet.
• Plotted PDFs set text in Helvetica.