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Annotation Suite
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Introduction
Frequently, creating and editing drawing geometry is the easiest part of creating a drawing.  Adding the drawing annotation, such as attributed blocks, dimensions, mtext, text, and tables can be much more time consuming and tedious.  It doesn't have to be difficult to create and edit well-organized and attractive annotation.  Type ANNOTATE to run.

Features
Thirty separate utilities
Global launch & learning program (view dialog)
Customizable command names
Option shortcuts

Utilities
Add Text Adds text to the beginning or end of text objects.
Align Annotation Aligns the insertion points of text and/or mtext objects.
Annex Creates text above or below existing text objects which match all the properties of the text object including color, layer, style, rotation angle, etc.
Annotate Object Creates text above or below existing arcs, circles, lines, lwpolylines, and polylines even if they are nested within a block or xref.
Annotation Case Changes the character case of objects to lowercase, mixed case, or uppercase.  Allows you to create exceptions that will always be converted to a particular case combination.  For instance, you may want the word AutoCAD to be displayed as shown here regardless of the case chosen.
Annotation Rotator Rotates objects about their insertion points relative to their current rotation or to an absolute angle.
Annotation Space Changes the line spacing of objects.  Automatically recognizes the line spacing of the font.
Box Annotation Creates a rectangular polyline that encloses all of the selected objects individually or as a group.
Change Justification Changes the justification of objects to any valid justification without moving the objects from their original location.
Change Precision Changes the decimal precision of real numbers contained within objects.
Change Style Changes the text style of objects to any defined style.  Handles fixed-height and zero-height text styles.
Collect Annotation Creates a paragraph from selected objects.  Line spacing, justification, alignment, and convert to mtext options are available.
Compact Annotation Removes all spaces and tabs from the beginning and end of the selected objects.
Copy+Increment Annotation Copies objects to a new location and increments the specified alphanumeric characters contained within them.
Drop Word Deletes the first or last "word" from an object.
Erase Empties Eliminates objects that contain no characters.  These objects are not visible and therefore cannot be easily erased with standard AutoCAD commands.
Label Annotation Labels objects with letters, numbers, or Roman numerals.
Mask Mtext Masks objects.  Not to be confused with the Express Tool Textmask.
Math on Annotation Performs mathematical calculations using numbers contained within objects.
Merge Annotation Performs mathematical calculations using numbers contained within objects.
Modify Text Width Modifies the width factor of objects.
Move Text to Object Move the selected object to a standard location relative to an existing geometric object such as a line, automatically justifying and aligning it.
Multiple Text Editor Edits a selection set of objects.
Paragraph Adjust Changes the width of paragraphs of objects by performing automatic word-wrapping.  Provides many options for line spacing, paragraph spacing, etc.
Phrase Manager Globally replaces all occurrences of user-defined phrases with the desired phrases.  Phrase lists are stored and can be applied to drawings in a single step.
Place Annotation in Box Moves objects to the middle or an enclosed rectangular area or creates objects in the middle of an enclosed rectangular area.
Replace Annotation String Changes the string contained within objects to match an entered string or the string contained within a selected object.
Switch Annotation Switches the strings contained within two objects.
Table Minimize Minimizes the text height of each cell based upon the cells value and properties.
Text to Mtext Converts text objects to individual mtext objects maintaining the justification and converting special characters such as %%C, %%P, and %%U.  Allows you to create conversion cases that cause special character fractions, such as %%135 displayed as 5/16, convert to their mtext counterpart.  Therefore, no fractions will be lost during the conversion.

Compatibility
AutoCAD 2011 (v3.x)
AutoCAD 2010 (v3.x)
AutoCAD 2009 (v3.x)
AutoCAD 2008 (v3.x & v2.x)
AutoCAD 2007 (v2.x)
AutoCAD 2006 (v2.x)
AutoCAD 2006 (v2.x)
AutoCAD 2005 (v2.x)
AutoCAD 2004 (v2.x)
AutoCAD 2002 (v2.x)