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Detailed explanations and step-by-step instructions on various autocad text-related features and commands, including the differences between dynamic and static columns, defining font and text style, creating a custom text style, calculating text height for different plotting scales, converting text to a numbered list, using annotative text, importing text from different file formats, drawing stacked fractions, setting the current text style, adjusting text width and orientation, working with multiline text, understanding text composition and justification, and more. The comprehensive coverage of these autocad text-handling capabilities makes this document a valuable resource for students and professionals who need to effectively create, format, and manage text in their autocad drawings.
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Briefly describe the difference between dynamic columns and static columns. - ANS- Dynamic columns calculate the total number of columns automatically, according to the amount of text and the height and width of the columns. Static columns divide the text into a specified number of columns. Define font. - ANS-A font is a particular letter face design. Define text style. - ANS-A saved collection of parameters or settings that defines the text height, width, oblique angle (slant), and other text effects. Describe how to create a text style that has the name ROMANS-12_15, uses the romans.shx font, has a fixed height of .12, a text width of 1.25, and an oblique angle of
How can you set a text style current without opening the Text Style dialog box? - ANS- You can quickly make a text style current using the Text Style list located in Annotation panel on the Home tab and on the Text panel on the Annotate tab of the ribbon. How does the width of the mtext boundary affect what you type? - ANS-The boundary width controls the width of the text line. The text automatically goes to the next line when the boundary is reached. How would you specify text to display vertically on-screen? - ANS-Activate the Vertical check box in the Effects area of the Text Style dialog box when creating a text style. Name the command that lets you create multiline text objects. - ANS-MTEXT What are "big fonts"? - ANS-Big fonts are fonts used for Asian and other large-format fonts to provide characters that are not available in ASCII alphabets. What does a width factor of .5 do to text compared to the default width factor of 1? - ANS-It compresses the text. What happens by default when you type a fraction in the mtext editor, and what does this allow you to do? - ANS-When you enter a fraction in the text editor for the first time, the AutoStack Properties dialog box is displayed. This dialog box allows you to activate AutoStack, which causes the entered fraction to stack with a horizontal or diagonal fraction bar. What happens if the mtext you type exceeds the boundary length that you initially establish? - ANS-The text extends past the text editor limits. What is text composition? - ANS-Refers to the spacing, layout, and appearance of text. What is the difference between text boundary justification and paragraph alignment? - ANS-Paragraph alignment justifies the text within the text boundary. What is the purpose of tracking - ANS-Tracking determines the amount of space between text characters. What is the relationship between the drawing scale and the annotation scale for annotative text? - ANS-They are usually the same. What text setting allows you to hide parts of objects behind and around text? - ANS-A background mask. When setting text height in the Text Style dialog box, what value do you enter so that you can alter the text height when you create single-line text? - ANS-