Inserting a Text Box with Word Wrap

Use the text box command when you are entering one or more paragraphs of text. You will specify a text box in which the program will automatically wrap the text. You can draw the box itself if you choose, but most of the time you will only use the box to specify the width of the text.

Select the mode you want to draw the text in - Paper Space or Survey Space.
From the Format toolbar, choose the font type, size, weight, and color. You can change the properties of the text at any time, but you will save time by selecting them first.
Choose Draw | Text Box.
You need to define a box in which the text can wrap. The program holds the width of the box you specify and adjusts the height as needed to accommodate the text you enter. Move the cursor to one of the corners of the box and left click, then move to the diagonal corner and left click again.
Type the text. You will see the text on the page as you type it.
Use the backspace key to delete characters you have typed.
To start another line below the text insertion point press the [Enter]. Type as many lines as you need, pressing [Enter] after each one.
Press [Enter] again to finish the text command. Two [Enters] in a row will finish the text box command.

To cancel the text command anytime before you finish, press the [Esc] key.

Pasting Text

If you have placed text on the Windows clipboard with a previous Cut or Copy command in any Windows applications (including TPC), you can paste it into the text as you type by pressing Ctrl + V. The pasted text is automatically wrapped to the width of the text box. You may need to resize the text box, making it taller, to display all the text you pasted in.

Resizing a Text Box

Text boxes can be resized, forcing the text to warp inside the new shape of the text box.

To resize a text box, right click the object and choose Modify Objects | Resize.

A resize box will appear around the text. Drag any corner or side to the desired width with the left mouse button then release the mouse button. The program computes the new height of the text box based on the selected width and adjusts the box and text accordingly.

Editing the Text

To edit the text in a text box, right click the object and choose Properties.

Within the text dialog, the text wraps to the size of the edit windows and does not attempt to match the word wrapping in the text box itself.

Creating Separate Paragraphs

To create separate paragraphs within the text box or within the text dialog box, use the Enter key.

Anchoring a Corner

By default, the program anchors the top-left corner of the box. As you add more text, the box expands downward to accommodate the text. If you were to anchor the bottom-left or bottom-right corner of the text box, the top of the text box would expand or contract as needed to accommodate the text.

To change the anchored corner, right click the text box, choose Properties and select the corner you wish to anchor.

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