https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/mtext-changes-formatting-when-drawing-is-open/m-p/10590641#M71644 <P>I cannot share because it's proprietary information.</P> Wed, 01 Sep 2021 13:51:19 GMT Philj215 2021-09-01T13:51:19Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/mtext-changes-formatting-when-drawing-is-open/m-p/10588467#M71642 <P>When I close and reopen a drawing mtext block with multiple columns reformats the text unil I double click the text box</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>looks good here:</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Philj215_0-1630439601470.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/959505iC7AA0C9133856523/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="Philj215_0-1630439601470.png" alt="Philj215_0-1630439601470.png" /></span></P><P>saved then reopened I see this:</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Philj215_1-1630439666888.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/959506iDE7F960B36EC68C5/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="Philj215_1-1630439666888.png" alt="Philj215_1-1630439666888.png" /></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>when I double click it goes back to the previous image setup. Any ideas what's happening?T</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>his happens in random drawings and doesn't do this on all drawings.</P> Tue, 31 Aug 2021 19:57:08 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/mtext-changes-formatting-when-drawing-is-open/m-p/10588467#M71642 Philj215 2021-08-31T19:57:08Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/mtext-changes-formatting-when-drawing-is-open/m-p/10588721#M71643 Share your DWG file please. Tue, 31 Aug 2021 22:08:04 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/mtext-changes-formatting-when-drawing-is-open/m-p/10588721#M71643 pendean 2021-08-31T22:08:04Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/mtext-changes-formatting-when-drawing-is-open/m-p/10590641#M71644 <P>I cannot share because it's proprietary information.</P> Wed, 01 Sep 2021 13:51:19 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/mtext-changes-formatting-when-drawing-is-open/m-p/10590641#M71644 Philj215 2021-09-01T13:51:19Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/mtext-changes-formatting-when-drawing-is-open/m-p/10590747#M71645 <P>Try the Stripmtext</P> <P><A href="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/visual-lisp-autolisp-and-general/stripmtext-v5-0-lisp-routine/td-p/2673838" target="_blank">https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/visual-lisp-autolisp-and-general/stripmtext-v5-0-lisp-routine/td-p/2673838</A></P> Wed, 01 Sep 2021 14:28:27 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/mtext-changes-formatting-when-drawing-is-open/m-p/10590747#M71645 Patchy 2021-09-01T14:28:27Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/mtext-changes-formatting-when-drawing-is-open/m-p/10590995#M71646 <P>I figure out the issue, I was saving down to an older version of AutoCAD, Updated it to a newer version and it worked.</P> Wed, 01 Sep 2021 16:04:15 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/mtext-changes-formatting-when-drawing-is-open/m-p/10590995#M71646 Philj215 2021-09-01T16:04:15Z