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Text - Edit mode - Text menu

7.1.26 Editors - 3D View - Header - Text - Edit mode - Text menu

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7.1.26 Editors - 3D View - Header - Text - Edit mode - Text menu

Edit Mode - Text Menu

Cut

Cut

Cuts the selection.

EntryWhat it does
CopyCopies the selection.
PastePastes a copied selection.
Paste FileOpens the file browser where you can choose a text file to paste the text from. It needs to be UTF8.
To UppercaseSets the selected text to be uppercase letters.

To Lowercase

Sets the selected text to be uppercase letters.

Last Operator Set Case

Last Operator Set Case
Last Operator Set Case

Set Case has one Last Operator for all items.

Insert Unicode

Insert Unicode

Inserts a Unicode character. When you use the operator, a dialogue box will prompt you to enter a Unicode codepoint hex value to insert the character.

Special Characters

Special Characters

Special characters is a sub menu that contains some special text characters, like copyright, which you can insert into the text.

  • Copyright ©
  • Registered Trademark ™
  • Degree °
  • Multiplication ×
  • Circle ○
  • Superscript ¹
  • Superscript ²
  • Superscript ³
  • Guillemet Left «
  • Guillemet Right »»
  • Per Mile ‰
  • Euro €
  • Florin
  • Pound £
  • Yen ¥
  • German Eszett
  • Inverted Question Mark ¿
  • Inverted Exclamation Mark ¡

Move Cursor

Move Cursor

Set the cursor at specific positions in the text.

EntryWhat it does
Toggle BoldBold sets the selected letters to be displayed as bold letters.
Toggle ItalicItalic sets the selected letters to be displayed as italic letters.
Toggle UnderlineUnderline sets the selected letters to be displayed as underlined letters.
Toggle Small CapsToggle small caps sets the selected letters to be displayed as if they were upper case letters, but with lower case size.

Kerning

Kerning

Kerning is the distance between letters. Increase, decrease and reset the kerning.

EntryWhat it does
Decrease KerningDecreases the distance between the letters.
Increase KerningIncreases the distance between the letters.
Reset KerningResets the distance between the letters to the default values from the font.

Last Operator Change Spacing

Last Operator Change Spacing
Last Operator Change Spacing
Delta

Adjust the spacing. The range goes from -20 to 20.

Delete

Delete

Deletes the selected text.