Positioning Notes

You can specify the position of a selected note from the Note PropertyManager or select Display on the screen from Parameters.

1. Select a note.
2. From the Note PropertyManager, select Display on the screen from Parameters.

   Coordinate fields appear in the graphics area.

3. Modify the X-Y coordinates for the selected note in the X and Y fields that appear. The (0,0) position is the lower left corner of the drawing sheet.
4. Click away from the note to close the coordinate fields.
   When you select Display on the screen in the Note PropertyManager after selecting a note, X-Y coordinate fields appear on the drawing for all notes you subsequently select.

You can use the Move Entities tool to move a note to a new position.

1. Right-click the note and select Move Entities.
2. From the Move PropertyManager, select:
   • X/Y and type values for the relative X- and Y-coordinate positions
     The X- and Y-coordinate positions you supply are positive or negative values relative to the current note coordinates.
   • From/To and in the graphics area, select the Start point, move your mouse, and click to set the final note position
     After selecting From/To, you can right-click the note to select a Quick Snaps option to select a destination:

     • Point Snap
     • Center Point Snap
     • Midpoint Snap
     • Quadrant Snap
     • Intersection Snap
     • Nearest Snap
     • H/V Point Snap
     • Grid Snap

From the Text Format section of the Note PropertyManager, set the vertical alignment of note text.

1. Select the note.
2. In the Text Format section of the Note PropertyManager, select one:
   • Top Align
   • Middle Align
   • Bottom Align