You can use Copy and Insert Text to copy an existing text directly into the current text entry routine. If text is selected, it is replaced by the text you clicked.

You can use Text Favorites to save often used text as boilerplate and lets you retrieve boilerplate.

This cuts the selected text and puts it on the Clipboard. You can paste the text from the Clipboard into the text as often as you need using the Paste command. This command is not available when no text is selected.

This copies the selected text and puts it on the Clipboard. You can then paste it into the text as often as you need using the Paste command. This tool is only available when you have selected text.

Clicking pastes the text from the Clipboard that you copied there using the Copy or Cut command. The text is inserted at the current cursor position in the text. If text is selected, it is replaced by the text you paste. You can paste the contents of the Clipboard as often as you need. This command is not available when the Clipboard is empty.

You can use the Delete tool to delete the selected text. You can also delete text using the Delete key. This command is not available when no text is selected.

The Undo tool undoes the last operation you did in this dialog box. You can undo all the operations back to the point where you opened the dialog box.

You can use Redo to redo the last operation you undid with Undo.

You can use Aspect to enter the text's aspect (height:width ratio). Only the text width changes. The text height remains constant.

A: Width

B: Height

You can use Text Angle to define the angle at which text is placed here.

You can use Column Angle (Indent) to enter the column angle in degrees here. Every new line of text is indented in accordance with the column angle specified.

You can use Angle for Italic-type Allplan Font to enter the angle which is used to display text shown in italics (only available with Allplan fonts).

Click Open character map to open the Character Map.

This is where you select the ISO code of a special character in the Allplan font. Clicking Insert special character pastes the special character at the current cursor position into the text.

The ISO codes of the most important special characters are displayed in the list box. You can add characters by entering their corresponding numbers or by selecting a special character in the text.

This is where a preview of the special character you have selected in Character number is displayed. The Windows character set is used for this preview. This means that not all the characters contained in the Allplan font can be displayed.

Use Insert Special Character to insert the special character you have selected in Special character at the current cursor position in the text.

You can use Copy Text Format to copy the format of a text that you click in the workspace.

You can use Text Format Favorites to open a dialog box in which you can make text settings and save these settings as favorites (*.txfanx) and/or retrieve favorites you have already saved.

Use Font to select the font you want to use.

You can use Text Height to enter the height of the text in [mm] or [inches]. See also Relationship between reference scale and text size.

Use Bold to show text in bold. The text that is selected is shown in bold. If no text is selected, the text you enter subsequently is shown in bold until you quit the command.

If the text you have selected is already shown in bold, clicking removes the Bold formatting. This option is not available with Allplan fonts.

Use Italics to show text in italics. If the text you have selected is already shown in italics, clicking removes the Italics formatting.

Note: When you apply this format to Allplan fonts, the entire text is displayed in italics, regardless of the text you have selected. The angle is based on the setting under Angle for Italic-type Allplan Font .

You can use Underline to underline text. The text that is selected is underlined. If no text is selected, the text you enter subsequently is underlined until you quit the command. If the text you have selected is already underlined, clicking removes the Underline formatting.

crosses text out. The text that is selected is crossed out. If no text is selected, the text you enter subsequently is crossed out until you quit the command. If the text you have selected is already crossed out, clicking removes the Cross Out formatting. This option is not available with Allplan fonts.

Use this to define the text color. The text that is selected is given the color you specify.. If no text is selected, the text you enter subsequently is given the color set until you select a different color. The text color is only displayed in design viewports when Color stand for pen is disabled.

encloses text in a box (square brackets). If text is selected, a box is applied around it. If no text is selected, the text you enter subsequently is bounded until you quit the command.

encloses text in a bubble (round brackets). If text is selected, a bubble is applied around it. If no text is selected, the text you enter subsequently is bounded until you quit the command.

You can use Vert. Dividing Line to insert a vertical dividing line in text that is bounded by a box or bubble.

Note: You can only use vertical dividing lines in conjunction with Text / Box or Text / Bubble.

The Apply background fill option applies blanking to the text you enter; in other words, a fill is applied around the text. This ensures that you can always read the text even if you have placed it on top of a pattern, for example. The fill is the color you have selected for Background color.

You can use Background color to specify the color that is used for Apply background fill. You can also set the background color in the Properties palette. There you can also choose to use the background color of the viewport instead; this is the color set in the Options on the Desktop environment - Display page.

When Paragraph Text is switched on, all the text you enter while this is enabled is merged to a paragraph block. The spacing between the lines in paragraph text is always correct, regardless of reference scale.

When Border around paragraph text is selected, the paragraph text is enclosed in a border. You can define the properties of the border (color, pen thickness, line type, offset) in the Properties palette.

This is where you select the text's anchor point. You do so by clicking.

You can use Line Spacing tool to enter the line spacing. The line spacing is entered as a multiple of the text height.

You can use Expand toolbar to show or hide the icons for the text settings.

If Constant size in layout is active, the size of text in layouts always stays the same, even if you change the scale of the layout element. If this option is not active, the size of text in layouts changes with the scale of the layout element.

1 = constant in layout

2 = not constant in layout