Before You Begin

	Setting Text Properties
	This task explains how to set the properties of a text, such as font style, size, justification, etc. Text properties can be applied to text, dimension text, text with leader, balloon and datum target, as well as to text included in datum features and geometrical tolerances. You can set the properties of a text either before or after creating it.
	Create a text.
	1. Choose `View -> Toolbars`, and select `Text Properties`. The Text Properties toolbar is displayed.

	2. Select the text.
	3. Choose the properties you want to apply to this text from the Text Properties toolbar. For instance, select `Italic` and `Bold`. The properties you chose are applied to the selected text.

The options available in the Text properties toolbar are listed in the table below:

Option

Name

Description

Font Name

Changes the style of the text.

Font Size

Changes the size of the text.

Bold

Changes the weight of the text. Toggles between normal and heavy (bold).

Italic

Changes the angle of the text. Toggles between normal and slanted (italic)

Underline

Adds a line under the text.

Strike Thru

Adds a line through the center of the text.

Overline

Adds a line above the text.

Superscript

Raises the text above the normal text line.

Subscript

Lowers the text below the normal text line.

Left Justify

Aligns multiple lines of text to the left edge of the text frame.

Center Justify

Centers multiple lines of text within the text frame.

Right Justify

Aligns multiple lines of text to the right edge of the text frame.

Anchor point

Changes the position of the point that connects the text to the drawing or to an element. Choices are as follows:

	Along the top of the text: left, center or right
	Along the vertical center of text: left, center or right
	Along the bottom of the text: left, center or right

Frame

Draws a single-line frame around the text.
A variety of different shapes is available.

You can choose to create each frame with either a variable or a fixed size. For a rectangular frame, for example, the icon represents the variable-size frame, and the icon (with the padlock) represents the fixed-size frame.

Using Default Values

Create a text and set its properties as explained above.

1. Right-click the text and select Set as default to specify that you want to use the properties of this text as user defaults.

2. Choose View -> Toolbars, and select Style. The Style toolbar is displayed on the left-hand side of the screen, under the menu bar. You can toggle it.

3. From the Style toolbar, select Only User Default Properties to specify that you only want to use the properties that you set as defaults.

The Text Properties toolbar options are then grayed out, meaning that they are no longer available. From now on, any annotation you create will be assigned the user default properties.

	To create an annotation that is not assigned the default properties, unselect `Only User Default Properties`. For more information on using default values, see Using Default Values.
	You can reset the values assigned to all items to the original defaults. To do this, select `Tools -> Reset All Defaults` from the menu bar.

Specifying the Position and Orientation of a Text

You can specify the position (x, y) and/ or orientation (angle) of a text.

1. Choose View -> Toolbars, and select the Position and Orientation command. The Position and Orientation toolbar is displayed.

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2. Select the text for which you want to specify the position and/or orientation.

3. Enter the required values in the Position and Orientation toolbar.

X: sets the horizontal position.

Y: sets the vertical position.

A: sets the orientation.