topic Change color of multiple MTEXT where the color has been set within the text field in AutoCAD for Mac Forum

Change color of multiple MTEXT where the color has been set within the text field

dmorganRDS5Y — Wed, 16 Jul 2025 15:21:52 GMT

I have a drawing where a coworker has created about 80 MTEXT objects and has set a True Color value within the text field. This is causing these objects to print as that color and not be affected by my plot style or the layer color.

Is there a better way to change these colors than going to each field individually, or is there another way to solve the original issue that I'm not considering?

Re: Change color of multiple MTEXT where the color has been set within the text field

imadHabash — Wed, 16 Jul 2025 15:52:18 GMT

Hi,

Take a copy from your 80 MTEXT and try :

Use the EXPLODE command to convert MText to basic text.
Change the color of the resulting text objects by MATCHPROP or Setbylayer command.
Use the TXT2MTXT command to convert the text objects back to MText.

Betreff: Change color of multiple MTEXT where the color has been set within the text field

cadffm — Wed, 16 Jul 2025 15:57:25 GMT

Hi,

(wrong board!? - This is for AutoCAD. There is another board for AutoCAD FOR MAC)

Try an old version of STRIPMTEXT for example version 3.09 (search for it)

HTH