# DDEDIT Command [GstarCAD 2021](Help%20System/GSTARCAD/2021/Index.md) → [Commands](Help%20System/GSTARCAD/2021/Commands/(Commands).md) → [D](Help%20System/GSTARCAD/2021/Commands/D/(D).md) The DDEDIT command is used to edit single line text, dimension text, definitions of attribute and functional control frames. ## Command Access: > **Menu:** Text \> Edit **Command:** DDEDIT > **Shortcut:** select text object and right-click, and then select "Mtext Edit" ## Command Prompts: > Select an annotation object or \[undo\]: **Relative Glossary:** **Select an annotation object:** According to different text types, it will display different edit methods. 1.When specifying the TEXTED system variable to 0 or 2, texts created by TEXT command will not display "Text Formatting" dialog box, but display the in-place Text Editor without ruler. 2.Texts created by MTEXT command will display in-place Text Editor. 3.Attribute definitions will display "Edit Attribute Definition" dialog box. The attribute definition is not a part of block definition. 4.Function control frames display "Geometric Tolerance" dialog box. The DDEDIT command will not stop prompting until press ENTER. **Undo:** Return back to the previous value of text or definition. Users could give up editing by this option. ## Other versions with matching text [GstarCAD 2016](../../../2016/Commands/D/DDEDIT%20Command.md) · [GstarCAD 2017](../../../2017/Commands/D/DDEDIT%20Command.md) · [GstarCAD 2018](Help%20System/GSTARCAD/2018/Commands/D/DDEDIT%20Command.md) · [GstarCAD 2019](Help%20System/GSTARCAD/2019/Commands/D/DDEDIT%20Command.md) · [GstarCAD 2020](Help%20System/GSTARCAD/2020/Commands/D/DDEDIT%20Command.md)