Preferences Dialog, Text Category

Setting	Description
Fit Text	If off (the default), MicroStation places fitted text by enlarging or shrinking the characters of text so that they fit between two data points. If on, the size of text characters is determined by the Active Text Size (Height and Width), and the text is fitted by increasing or reducing the spacing between characters.
Justify Enter Data Fields Like IGDS	If off (the default), the odd space in a center-justified enter data field containing an odd number of extra blank spaces is positioned at the beginning of the enter data field — for example, _ _ A B C _. If on, the odd space is positioned at the end (as in IGDS) — for example, _ A B C _ _.
Use Test Style Background Color for Field Background	If on, the TextFields will display the Field background color defined in the text style. You can switch from default grey background color to the Field background from the TextStyle, if defined. Note: Display of the TextField background is now governed by a view attribute Text Field Background in the View Attributes dialog which is currently a technology preview feature.
Apply to all text	If on, applies style changes to all text in the Text Editor window. For example, if you type text in the Text Editor, then click the Bold icon, all text becomes bold. If off, applies style changes to selected text in the Text Editor window, or to new text. For example, if you type text in the Text Editor, then click the Bold icon, only selected text becomes bold. Any new text will also be bold.
ED Character	Sets the text character that denotes each character in an enter data field — by default, the underbar (_). Change this preference if you do not want to place text elements with underbars. `SET` `EDCHAR` `CHARACTER`
Degree Display Char(acter)	Sets the ASCII character used to display the degree symbol (°). The default is 176.
Text Editor Font Size	Sets the font size of the text editing interface. The default size is 14.
Constraint Font Size	Sets the font size of the dimensional constraints text size. The default size is 12.

Fit Text

If off (the default), MicroStation places fitted text by enlarging or shrinking the characters of text so that they fit between two data points. If on, the size of text characters is determined by the Active Text Size (Height and Width), and the text is fitted by increasing or reducing the spacing between characters.

Justify Enter Data Fields Like IGDS

If off (the default), the odd space in a center-justified enter data field containing an odd number of extra blank spaces is positioned at the beginning of the enter data field — for example, _ _ A B C _. If on, the odd space is positioned at the end (as in IGDS) — for example, _ A B C _ _.

Use Test Style Background Color for Field Background

If on, the TextFields will display the Field background color defined in the text style. You can switch from default grey background color to the Field background from the TextStyle, if defined.

Note: Display of the TextField background is now governed by a view attribute Text Field Background in the View Attributes dialog which is currently a technology preview feature.

Apply to all text

If on, applies style changes to all text in the Text Editor window. For example, if you type text in the Text Editor, then click the Bold icon, all text becomes bold.
If off, applies style changes to selected text in the Text Editor window, or to new text. For example, if you type text in the Text Editor, then click the Bold icon, only selected text becomes bold. Any new text will also be bold.

ED Character

Sets the text character that denotes each character in an enter data field — by default, the underbar (_).

Change this preference if you do not want to place text elements with underbars.

SET EDCHAR CHARACTER

Degree Display Char(acter)

Sets the ASCII character used to display the degree symbol (°). The default is 176.

Text Editor Font Size

Sets the font size of the text editing interface. The default size is 14.

Constraint Font Size

Sets the font size of the dimensional constraints text size. The default size is 12.