Tip for Week 10/17/05

 
The Justifytext command will change the justification of multiple pieces of text, but how can I resize them all easily?  The Textscale command in AutoCAD will allow you to scale multiple pieces of text with some very handy options. 

To start with, you have the option to scale the text objects with the existing justification or by setting a temporary override justification.  This will help if the text is already placed, but doesn't have the same justification.  The next prompt has some more useful options.  At the "Specify new height or [Match object/Scale factor] <1'>:" prompt, choose between typing in a number for the height, match an existing piece of text, or issue a scale factor.

Wow! Just imagine combining the Justifytext command with the Scaletext command in tables or in sets of room numbers when you need to print at different scales.  Major time and frustration savers, to say the least!