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Open an appropriate drawing.
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To activate redlining mode, select Edit > Redlining.
When redlining mode is switched on, a check mark appears beside the menu command, and also, the text 'Redlining' appears as the label for the selected drawing sheet.
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Select Edit > Insert > Text .
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On the Text Properties dialog, select the General tab.
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Type the annotation text in the Caption box. You can type an unlimited number of lines with up to 28 characters on each line.
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Select Set as watermark if you want to define the text as a watermark that appears in a layer under other drawing items.
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Select the Properties tab.
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In the Horizontal and Vertical lists, select options to align text within the text box boundaries.
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Select Show border if you want to display the text box border.
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To rotate the annotation text box, in the Rotation box eEnter a positive value in degrees to rotate the macro attribute or label clockwise (CW). Enter a negative value in degrees to rotate the macro attribute or label counter-clockwise (CCW).
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From the Orientation list, select a text box orientation if needed.
In the vertical orientation, the software rotates the letters 45° CCW.
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Select Font to open a dialog where you can specify the text font, font style, size, effects, color, and script.
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Select a blank area on the drawing sheet to position the text.
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Select File > Save to save the drawing with the added redlining text.