Edit Text

Used to edit text in a text, text node, or dimension element to replace, add, or delete characters. Text Justification is preserved if the text is lengthened or shortened.

Tool Setting	Effect
Quick Edit	(Text Editor Style preference set to Dialog Box) If on, selecting a text element automatically opens the Text Editor window, with the selected text highlighted. After making changes to the text, a data point accepts the changes. Each subsequent text element you select in the design automatically replaces the last one in the Text Editor window. Also, if on, selecting dimension text automatically opens the Dimension Text dialog box. However, to accept changes made to dimension text, you still need to click OK in the Dimension Text dialog box.
Text Style	(Text Editor Style preference set to Word Processor) Sets the current text style from a list of all available text styles. To create a new text style, click the Magnifying Glass icon next to the Text Style option list to open the Text Styles dialog box .
Magnifying Glass icon	(Text Editor Style preference set to Word Processor) Opens the Text Styles dialog box which is used to create and modify text styles.
Height	(Text Editor Style preference set to Word Processor) Sets the text height, in working units.
Width	(Text Editor Style preference set to Word Processor) Sets the text width, in working units
Annotation Scale Lock icon	Sets the Annotation Scale Lock. When this lock is on, the annotation scale is applied to any text that is placed in the model. The annotation scale is set in the Model Properties dialog box. It defines the scale for text and dimensioning in the model, to allow for scaling back to normal size when printing.
Font	(Text Editor Style preference set to Word Processor) Sets the Active Font.

To edit text

Select the Edit Text tool.

Identify the text.
The Text Editor window opens, with the text already highlighted.

In the Text Editor window, make the desired changes to the text. To start a new text line while typing in the edit field, press <Enter>. See Entering and Editing Text

To accept the changes, enter a data point in a view.
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Press <Ctrl><Enter>.
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Identify another text element in the design.

If the Text Editor Style preference (Workspace > Preferences, Text category) is set to Dialog Box and the Quick Edit tool setting is off, you must first accept the identified text (step 2) before it will display in the Text Editor window.

If the Text Editor Style preference is set to Dialog Box, to apply the changes (step 4), click Apply or press <ALT-A>.

A single-line text element is changed to a text node if a line is added to it.

The procedure for editing dimension text differs from that for editing regular text in the following ways:

(step 2) If the Text Editor Style preference is set to Dialog Box, a special dialog box, the Dimension Text dialog box opens for editing the text.
(step 3) All text that is generated from the geometry of the dimension element is marked in the editor by asterisks (*). All text that was previously edited displays in the fields.

Text placed before or after the asterisk precedes or follows the text that is generated from the dimension's geometry.

If the asterisk is deleted or replaced, then the text displayed in the dimension element is whatever is keyed in the field.
(step 4) If using the Dimension Text dialog box, to apply the changes, click OK.

Double-clicking on a text element with the Element Selection tool opens the Text Editor window.

Key-in: EDIT TEXT