Hello
Unfortunately this cannot be done. It is one issue that has been requested
for future stuff but for the moment it just sits in the middle of the
object.
The other way to do this is to inquire [?] about the properties of the
polygon and copy and paste the area, but it will not update.
Paul
"Scott Johnson" wrote in message
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> When I draw polygons to represent the shape of a room and use the
> automatic dimensioning "%area" for one of the fields, sometimes the text
> is displayed not exactly in the middle of the shape, or it hangs over
> the edges, or displays itself on top of some text already displayed by
> another (adjacent) shape. Once I draw a shape and have the text
> displayed as part of that shape, can I move the text that is displayed
> without altering the shape itself?
>
> Scott
>