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Questions about editing text

Anonymous
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I have a couple of questions about how the text tool works.

1: I am wondering if there is a way to exit a text box using the Enter command without using the ctrl key. I'd like to be able to toggle back and forth from Enter key = exit box and Enter key = next text line.

2: Is there a way to have Archicad select all the text in a text block when I activate it? Either with a double click or a single click when the text box is selected. I am using ctrl/a after I enter the text box to select all the text.

AutoCad uses these features and I got used to using them. I am almost exclusively using Archicad now but still miss these.

Thanks, Doug
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Barry Kelly
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4thorns wrote:
1: I am wondering if there is a way to exit a text box using the Enter command without using the ctrl key. I'd like to be able to toggle back and forth from Enter key = exit box and Enter key = next text line.
Not that I am aware of.
But just mouse click outside the text editing box when you have finished will exit it.

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David Maudlin
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4thorns wrote:
2: Is there a way to have Archicad select all the text in a text block when I activate it? Either with a double click or a single click when the text box is selected. I am using ctrl/a after I enter the text box to select all the text.
On Mac, a triple-click will select all the text in a paragraph (between returns). Select All (Command-A) selects all the text including returns. Does this work in Windows?

David
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Laszlo Nagy
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David wrote:
On Mac, a triple-click will select all the text in a paragraph (between returns). Select All (Command-A) selects all the text including returns. Does this work in Windows?

David
Yes, it works the same way on Windows.
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Anonymous
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Thanks for the replies guys. I'm doing those things now and they work fine. Just didn't know if there was another way. Old habits are hard to break.

Doug
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