Text is the most basic kind of annotation that you could add to a drawing. There are two text tools in AutoCAD: Single Line, which lets you add simple text entities without many formatting options, and Multiline Text, which has comprehensive formatting tools.

The Text tool is on the Annotation panel of the Home tab or you can also select the text tools from the Annotate tab, as shown in the following screenshot:

In all our examples, I will use the Text tool from the Home tab, though, if you are comfortable with the Annotate tab, you can use it to start the Text tool too. Before we add any type of text entity to our drawing, it is important that we learn about the properties of text, such as font, formatting, and scale. These settings are controlled in the Text Style window, which we will discuss next.