Create And Edit Columns In Multiline Text - Autodesk 057B1-41A111-1001 - AutoCAD LT 2010 User Manual

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Work with Text Styles (page 353)

Create and Edit Columns in Multiline Text

You can create and edit multiple columns using the In-Place Text Editor
column options and column grips.
Multiple columns can be created and edited with the In-Place Text Editor and
through grip editing. Editing columns using grips allows you the flexibility
of seeing the changes as you make them.
Columns follow a few rules. All columns have equal width and equal gutters.
A gutter is the space between columns. The height of columns remains constant
unless more text than the column can accommodate is added, or you manually
move the editing grip to adjust the column height.
Editing Columns in the In-Place Text Editor
When you are working with columns in the In-Place Text Editor, the columns
will be in a frame. The ruler bar spans across all columns, but is only active
for the current column.
Adding text to a column with an arbitrary height will not increase the column
height even if text is already filling the column. Text will flow into another
column.
You can also insert a column break to force text to start flowing into the next
column. Anytime a column break is inserted, it is assumed that the current
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