DDEDIT command

The DDEDIT command is used to edit single line text, dimension text, definitions of attribute and functional control frames.

Command Access:

Menu : Text > Edit
Command : DDEDIT
Shortcut: select text object and right-click, and then select "Mtext Edit"

Command Prompts:

Select an annotation object or [undo]:

Relative Glossary:

Select an annotation object:
According to different text types, it will display different edit methods.
1. When specifying the TEXTED system variable to 0 or 2, texts created by TEXT command will not display "Text Formatting" dialog box, but display the in-place Text Editor without ruler.
2. Texts created by MTEXT command will display in-place Text Editor.
3. Attribute definitions will display "Edit Attribute Definition" dialog box. The attribute definition is not a part of block definition.
4. Function control frames display "Geometric Tolerance" dialog box. The DDEDIT command will not stop prompting until press ENTER.

Undo : Return back to the previous value of text or definition. Users could give up editing by this option.

DDEDIT command

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