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In this tutorial you learn how to create and edit four kinds of text and tables in AutoCAD LT. This is a great tutorial for anyone you needs to understand the text creation and editing commands AutoCAD LT users have to choose from.

You master:

• Creating and editing single-line text
• Creating and editing multi-line text
• Creating and editing leaders
• Defining Text Styles and associated Fonts
• Creating and editing tables

By the time you complete this tutorial you should feel comfortable creating and editing most kinds of text.

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In this lesson you learn how to create and edit single and multiline text.

1. Prior to starting this tutorial, open the 7120.dwg drawing file. Remember to right-click on the link and choose Save Link Target or Save Target As to save it to a folder on your local hard disk.

   

2. From the Draw menu choose Text then Single Line Text.
3. Select a point in an empty area in the lower left corner of the drawing.

   

4. Type 2' to specify the height of the text. You are specifying that you want the text to be 2' tall, and when the drawing is plotted the text will be scaled like the rest of the geometry.
5. Type 0 to specify the scale of the text.
6. Type Train Overpass to indicate the text that should be added to the drawing. Press ENTER to go to the next text line.

   

7. Press ENTER to indicate that you don't want to add any text on this line.

   

8. From the Draw menu choose Text, then Multiline Text.
9. Select two points to create a box under the geometry.

   

10. In the Text Height box, type 1'.
11. In the text box type Highway I-93 overpass for the Southern Pacific railway. Project scheduled for completion in 2055. Contracts to be awarded by open bidding and public auction. Right of way currently runs through Emerson Cemetery. Scheduled for clearance. You can type other text if you prefer.

    

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Double-click on either text object to edit it. If you prefer, from the Modify menu choose Properties, then select the text you want to edit.

You can find our version of the file to this point in 7120a.dwg.

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In this lesson you learn how to create and edit leaders.

1. From the Dimension menu choose Dimension Style.

   

2. Select New.
3. Type Arrows.

   

4. Choose Continue.
5. Select the Symbols and Arrows tab.
6. From the Leader list choose Closed Filled.

   

7. Choose OK.
8. Choose Set Current.
9. Choose Close.
10. From the Dimension menu choose Leader.

    

11. Select a point under the bridge.

    

12. Select one or more points to draw the arrow line.
13. Type BRIDGE.

    

14. Press ENTER to indicate you don't want to add a second line of text.

    

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To edit the text for the leader, from the Modify menu choose Properties, then select the text.

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If you follow these steps in your own drawings and you can't see the leader text, you need to increase the scale of your dimensions by modifying the dimension style. You will find the scale option on the Fit panel.

In this tutorial you learn how define a text style you can use over and over again.

1. From the Format menu choose Text Style.
2. Select the New button.

   

3. Type FREEHAND to name the new style.
4. Choose OK.
5. From the list of fonts choose Freestyle Script.
6. In the Oblique Angle box, type 15 to slant the text at 15 degrees.

   

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   Note that if you type a width or height in the width or height boxes, you won't be able to change those values when you create text with this text style. Sometimes that is handy when you want to create a fixed height text font for everyone on a project to use.

   

7. Choose Apply.
8. Choose Close.
9. From the Draw menu choose Text then Single Line Text.

   

10. Click to select the start point of the text.
11. Type 4' to specify the text height.
12. Press ENTER to accept the rotation angle.
13. Type Spocket & Sons to specify the text.
14. Press ENTER again to exit this command.

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You can find all current defined text and dimension styles listed on the Styles toolbar which is usually located in the top two rows of toolbars on your screen.

You may find creating text styles in your template drawings saves you many, many hours on every project.

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In this tutorial you learn how to create tables in AutoCAD LT using the table command.

1. From the Draw menu choose Table.
2. Select the . . . button to display the Table Styles.

   

3. Select New.
4. Type OpenCAD.

   

5. Choose OK.
6. On the Data Panel, in the Text Height box, type 1'.
7. Repeat this for the other panels.

   

8. On the Data tab, set the Horizontal and Vertical Cell Margins to 3.

   

9. Choose OK.
10. Choose Close.
11. From the list of table styles, choose OpenCAD.

    

12. Type 2 in the Columns row.
13. Type 4' in the width box.
14. Type 3 in the Data Rows box.
15. Type 1 in the Row Height Line(s).

    

16. Choose OK.
17. Click to place the table.

    

18. Type Schedule to title the table.
19. Choose OK.
20. Double-click in any cell and type something in that cell. You can use the up and down arrows on the keyboard to go to previous and subsequent cells. Use this technique to fill in all the cells. You may have to zoom in in order to do this.

    

You can find our version of the finished file in 7120d.dwg.

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