topic Re: Text Formatting bar. in AutoCAD Forum

Text Formatting bar.

john.p.addy — Wed, 22 Jun 2022 12:03:19 GMT

I just upgraded from 2019 to 2022 at work. I didn't have this issue in 2019. The issue I'm having is when I do a dimension and I need to change the text to subscript for some reason i can't use the line spacing.

Here is and example of what I'm talking about

th(boot-mode)

see note 2

The h(boot-mode) is subscript which comes down to far into the "see note 2".

I'm not sure why its doing that for. I have googled it and can't find anything

I can also post a pic of it if need be.

Re: Text Formatting bar.

pendean — Wed, 22 Jun 2022 12:23:13 GMT

Yeah, picture or video (and a sample DWG file) would be good about now 😉

Re: Text Formatting bar.

rkmcswain — Wed, 22 Jun 2022 12:36:55 GMT

@john.p.addy wrote:

I can also post a pic of it if need be.

Please do. A screencast would be even better (click on image for URL)

Re: Text Formatting bar.

john.p.addy — Wed, 22 Jun 2022 12:54:53 GMT

Here is a picture of what I'm trying to do. I put a blue arrow where to where I'm trying to get the line spacing to come up from

***THE POST HAS BEEN EDITED FOR CLARITY***

Re: Text Formatting bar.

john.p.addy — Wed, 22 Jun 2022 12:45:51 GMT

i have no clue what a screencast would be. but clicking the link.

I watched the link. Yea I wish I could put that on but I can't

Re: Text Formatting bar.

rkmcswain — Wed, 22 Jun 2022 12:43:49 GMT

@john.p.addy - if you click the link, it will tell you.

But to save you time, it will record your screen actions in AutoCAD (and other applications) and then when you upload the recording to the forums, we can actually see what commands you are executing, your screen actions, etc. If a picture is worth a thousand words, a video must be worth a million.

Re: Text Formatting bar.

rkmcswain — Wed, 22 Jun 2022 12:45:23 GMT

@john.p.addy - please paste your image directly into the forum, like this:

Many people will be skeptical about opening a foreign DOCX file.

Re: Text Formatting bar.

john.p.addy — Wed, 22 Jun 2022 12:46:53 GMT

ok can you tell me how to do that.

Re: Text Formatting bar.

pendean — Wed, 22 Jun 2022 12:57:26 GMT

@john.p.addy wrote:

ok can you tell me how to do that.

paste into the reply text box here on the site instead of MSWord...

You are using this method, yes? https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/13776/windows-use-snipping-tool-to-capture-screenshots (it's been around since Windows7 was a thing).

Review your procedures in general, there is nothing new in R2022 to prevent what it is you are trying to do

https://www.cadforum.cz/en/qaID.asp?tip=1719

https://www.graitec.co.uk/architectural-tips-tricks/228-issue-018-subscript-a-superscript

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQ_psoVBSzk

HTH

Re: Text Formatting bar.

john.p.addy — Wed, 22 Jun 2022 13:00:21 GMT

I use the snipping tool already but ok I have tried that before and have never been able to do that. It's never worked before

Re: Text Formatting bar.

pendean — Wed, 22 Jun 2022 13:09:36 GMT

@john.p.addy wrote:

I use the snipping tool already but ok I have tried that before and have never been able to do that. It's never worked before

It has always worked for me, never an issue.

See the bottom of my last reply, I suspect you missed a step.

Re: Text Formatting bar.

john.p.addy — Wed, 22 Jun 2022 13:12:54 GMT

It work that time I was able to post the screenshot in my last post

Re: Text Formatting bar.

john.p.addy — Wed, 22 Jun 2022 13:38:59 GMT

Re: Text Formatting bar.

pendean — Wed, 22 Jun 2022 14:33:40 GMT

@john.p.addy Review your procedures in general, there is nothing new in R2022 to prevent what it is you are trying to do
https://www.cadforum.cz/en/qaID.asp?tip=1719
https://www.graitec.co.uk/architectural-tips-tricks/228-issue-018-subscript-a-superscript
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQ_psoVBSzk

Re: Text Formatting bar.

john.p.addy — Wed, 22 Jun 2022 14:55:45 GMT

Thank you for your reply but that didn't answer my question.

Re: Text Formatting bar.

user181 — Wed, 22 Jun 2022 15:10:17 GMT

If you want subscript text then in the editor highlight the text you want subscript and press the X2 button on the toolbar.

Re: Text Formatting bar.

john.p.addy — Wed, 22 Jun 2022 15:18:51 GMT

Yes I know this. I need more space between the lines for the 1st line and 2nd line. Which is why i have the blue arrow pointing where it does. That is normally where I go for adding more space between lines. Since upgrading 2022 from 2019 I can not do that now.

Re: Text Formatting bar.

pendean — Wed, 22 Jun 2022 16:13:29 GMT

@john.p.addy Since we can all do it in our own files like the instructional links I provided earlier show...
Can you share your DWG file here?
Does it work in you try it in an all new empty DWG file?

TIA

Re: Text Formatting bar.

john.p.addy — Wed, 22 Jun 2022 17:10:56 GMT

Hey here is the DWG. The stuff in red is what I'm asking about

Re: Text Formatting bar.

pendean — Wed, 22 Jun 2022 17:45:48 GMT

@john.p.addy wrote:

Hey here is the DWG. The stuff in red is what I'm asking about

Thanks for the file. So what you want to do does not work in 2019 either

Did you have a 3rd party add-on that let you use line spacing in DIMTEXT? You could just add a <return>

Q: Why the floating line? DIMSTYLE has a build-in leader option for DIMTEXT.