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Editing a Block with Attributes

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Applies To:

All product levels

Related Settings:

None

 

Edit Attributes

 

Menu: Tools>Inserts>Edit Attributes...

Default keyboard shortcut: None

 

 

Blocks may contain special text entities called attributes. These text entities can be edited with a different value for each block.

 

An attribute is indistinguishable from regular text until you select the block and look at its properties. If the block has attributes the Has Attributes property will be set to True.

 

 

A good example would be a page border. The following page border is a block with attributes. The attributes display information about the drawing.

 

You can either initiate the command by clicking Tools>Inserts>Edit Attributes or:

 

Page border after editing.