While holding down the CTRL key on your keyboard, double left click on the multiline attribute that you wish to edit to go straight to the mtext editor. Once you are finished editing, click outside of the text box to close the mtext editor. Method #3: Editing multiline attributes using the CTRL key. Once you are finished editing, click outside of the text box to close the mtext editor and then you will also have to click OK to close the dialog box. Find the name of the multiline attribute that you wish to edit and click on the ellipses symbol (…) to open the text in the mtext editor. Depending on your double click settings, this will open either the attribute editor or enhanced attribute editor dialog box. Method #2: Editing the text through the (Enhanced) Attribute Editor dialog box.ĭouble left click on the block that you wish to edit. Once you are finished editing, click outside of the text box to close the mtext editor and then escape to deselect the block. On the properties palette (or in quick properties if turned on), find the name of the multiline attribute that you wish to edit and click on the ellipses symbol (…) to open the text in the mtext editor. Left click on the block that you want to edit so that it is hilited. Method #1: Editing the text through the properties palette or with quick properties. Today’s Quick Tip describes three methods for editing multiline attributes. The method that you use is generally guided by your personal preference and/or the method that you first learned or were taught by someone else. Like most all tasks in AutoCAD, editing multiline attributes can be accomplished in many ways.

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