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Paragraph Settings

omorah — Mon, 09 Aug 2021 02:53:31 GMT

Can paragraph settings (MTEXT: Tabs, Indents, Spacing, etc) be transferred from one drawing to another?
Thanks.

Re: Paragraph Settings

coffeejeanpaul — Mon, 09 Aug 2021 06:38:12 GMT

I think yes if you copy that text. Might change if the text style is setup differently

Re: Paragraph Settings

omorah — Mon, 09 Aug 2021 07:34:39 GMT

You made a good point, thanks for your reply.

However, if I already have an MText of three columned General Notes, but would like to match it to an MText in another drawing. Don't think I can import from another drawing and Match Properties. Wish an MText settings can be named.

Re: Paragraph Settings

coffeejeanpaul — Tue, 10 Aug 2021 13:06:06 GMT

Maybe I miss understand your question but you can indeed create text styles for mtext.

Possibly just give it a try to make it and paste match. But if I should guess this wont work.

Their might be away to write a lisp file to assist also not sure about it.

Good luck sir https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad/learn-explore/caas/video/youtube/lesson/144465-courseId-100329.html

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/Text-in-Mtext-do-not-follow-the-text-style-s-font-change.html

Re: Paragraph Settings

Valentin_CAD — Tue, 10 Aug 2021 16:24:37 GMT

@omorah ,

You can copy objects and style information from one drawing to another in DesignCenter.

A simple copy / paste from the Menu Bar > Edit > pulldown may also provide what you need.

Re: Paragraph Settings

Kent1Cooper — Tue, 10 Aug 2021 17:06:00 GMT

@omorah wrote:

... I already have an MText of three columned General Notes, but would like to match it to an MText in another drawing. .... Wish an MText settings can be named.

Am I correct that what you are talking about matching [or naming] is the three-columned format, presumably with column widths and gutter widths and so on? If so, I don't know of a way, but in any case the replies about Text Styles are not relevant.

But you could Copy/Paste the formatted one into the drawing with the unformatted one, delete all the text content from the one you brought in, and Copy/Paste the text content out of the unformatted one into the emptied formatted one, then get rid of the old unformatted one.