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• The Leader command no longer requires you to set or flip the text to end the command.

In all earlier versions you finished entering text by clicking [OK] on the speedbar or pressing Enter twice from the keyboard and were then prompted to enter a point --click to set and complete the command, or drag the mouse to flip the text to the other side of the leader line.

In v5, flipping the text is optional. When finished entering text, click [OK] or press Enter twice and the Leader command finishes. If you want to flip, finish typing text and then click on the leader before completing the command. The cursor changes to a double-sided arrow. Drag it from side to side to see the flip options. Click to set the flip, and click [OK] in the speedbar or press Enter twice from the keyboard to end the command.

• The Leader Curve and Datum Curve commands have been eliminated. Instead you can now set a leader line to be straight or curved on the Leader Settings and Edit dialogs.
• On the Leader Tab under Utilities>Settings, the arrows are now shown in a picture box. When you change the arrow type or angle, the picture will update to show the changes.
• While placing leaders, any changes you make to the settings in the speedbar tabs at the top of the screen will immediately be updated in the drawing. For example, if you change text size from 3 to 6 the change will immediately display. If you change from straight line to curved, the curved line will appear onscreen.
• You can edit a leader already placed in the drawing, by selecting it and running the Leader command. For example, select a leader, type LE and a blinking caret will appear at the end of the leader text string (as well as in the speedbar). You can now edit text onscreen, and also change any of the settings via the speedbar, and they will update in real time. You can also "flip" the text of from side to side using the technique described above.
• The Leader Text Tab now has a setting to justify text as left, center or right. This setting only applies to multiline leaders as shown in the illustration below.
• There are 5 new settings for vertical alignment in addition to the Visual CADD default that was the only option in earlier versions. The default normally has text left justified, but in the example below it is centered to illustrate the new justification feature:

When Visual CADD 5 first opens it uses the old default setting, and with leader text left justified. If you don't want to use the other vertical alignment options, you don't need to make any changes to settings.

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