topic Re: Text - How to set indentation in a paragraph? in Revit MEP Forum

Text - How to set indentation in a paragraph?

Anonymous — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 19:45:10 GMT

I have a paragraph of text (using the automatic numbering per new line) and I cannot figure out how to automatically indent non-numbered lines to a certain point; I have to hit tab at the beginning of each line, and this can be annoying if I have to make revisions to said text. Is there a way to automatically indent, or must I do this manually?

I am running Revit MEP 2012, and thanks in advance!

Re: Text - How to set indentation in a paragraph?

Anonymous — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 19:50:30 GMT

Since Revit has no word proccesser you must do this manually unfortunately.

Re: Text - How to set indentation in a paragraph?

abulla — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 20:08:49 GMT

Just don't resize your text box, it will screw up all that indenting. Neat huh?

Re: Text - How to set indentation in a paragraph?

Anonymous — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 08:04:26 GMT

Have you tried the "Text Generator" tool in the Autodesk Extensions add-in from the subscription site? That allows you to import externally created text and provides a little more word processing power thatn the usual text editor. That may help.

Re: Text - How to set indentation in a paragraph?

Anonymous — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 19:18:38 GMT

I have downloaded and installed the REVIT 2013 extensions, but I haven't a clue as to how to use them. Can someone please direct me to a help link?

Re: Text - How to set indentation in a paragraph?

Seychellian — Wed, 05 Aug 2020 08:47:35 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
I have a paragraph of text (using the automatic numbering per new line) and I cannot figure out how to automatically indent non-numbered lines to a certain point; I have to hit tab at the beginning of each line, and this can be annoying if I have to make revisions to said text. Is there a way to automatically indent, or must I do this manually?

I am running Revit MEP 2012, and thanks in advance!

Any updates on this one 8yrs down the line?

Re: Text - How to set indentation in a paragraph?

j_em_doubleu76 — Thu, 19 May 2022 00:48:36 GMT

Not that I've found - crazy (and now 10 years down the line)

Re: Text - How to set indentation in a paragraph?

ToanDN — Thu, 19 May 2022 00:45:10 GMT

@j_em_doubleu76 wrote:

Not that I've found - crazy (and now 10 years down the line)

Re: Text - How to set indentation in a paragraph?

j_em_doubleu76 — Thu, 19 May 2022 00:53:59 GMT

In my example I need to hit TAB at the start of each line - not ideal in large bits of text, and not intuitive if text is edited.

Re: Text - How to set indentation in a paragraph?

ToanDN — Thu, 19 May 2022 01:00:29 GMT

@j_em_doubleu76 wrote:

In my example I need to hit TAB at the start of each line - not ideal in large bits of text, and not intuitive if text is edited.

I see. If you want unconventional numbering then use a noteblock schedule.

Re: Text - How to set indentation in a paragraph?

j_em_doubleu76 — Thu, 19 May 2022 01:29:30 GMT

Ok thanks, one day in the future I may have time to look into that properly. A quick look was not enough to understand how to use them - same with adding a quick text table.