Move Text with Leader

This command moves an existing text entity and creates a leader from a picked point to the new text location. The routine keeps track of the original text location and has an option to restore the text to the original without the leader. To use the Restore function, type R at the Command prompt. Also, to access the options for this command, type O for Options at the Command prompt.

Prompts

Select Label to Move (O for Options,R for Restore): pick any text entity
Pick start point for leader: pick the point where to draw the leader arrowhead
Pick end point for move: pick the end of the leader where to move the text
Select Label to Move (O for Options,R for Restore): O

When Options is chosen the "Move Text With Leader Options" dialog allows the user to customizer the leader and label drawing settings:

Minimum Leader Length Scaler: If the distance of the move is less than this value, a leader will not be drawn.
Draw Horizontal Leader Tick: When checked, a horizontal leader tick will be drawn from the end of the leader towards the annotation.
Leader Offset Scaler: This is used to set the distance from the end of the leader and the annotation.
Use Separate Leader Layer: This allows the user to place the leader on a separate layer from the annotation.
Keep Label Alignment: This option keeps the original text angle. Otherwise the leadered text is orientated horizontally to the current twist screen.
NOTE: The leader scaler units (Minimum Leader Length Scaler and Leader Offset Scaler) are multiplied by the current horizontal scale value which is set under Drawings Setup.
Select Label to Move (O for Options,R for Restore): R
Select Label to Restore: pick a text that had been moved with the "Move with Leader" command previously.
The selected label will be restored to its previous state.

Pulldown Menu Location: Edit > Text
Keyboard Command: movetext
Prerequisite: Text entity to move.