Insert text into multiple text blocks at the same time

[Anonymous]

Hey Folks,

Very new to this, but I feel there should be a way to achieve this.

I have a whole lot of text blocks that have numbers (heights) in them. I want to be able to insert a description infront of these on multiple objects at once.

After isolating the texts that I want to edit, I'm trying to find a command or process how I can insert a description into the text boxes of all isolated objects. 
TEXT; contents doesnt work, if I put the description infront, it changes all my numbers to "varies". Is there a way to do this or do I have to manually insert each bit of text using a command like ddedit

[vinodkl]

Hi @Anonymous 

It might be possible by using a wild card option in Find & Replace to add the description. Can you share the drawing and tell us what you would want to add as a description?

[Anonymous]

Liscad exports heights for things with a symbol, but no description.
The 1st image shows the layer isolated, I have had to manually paste in ridge before each height. And have to do the same for gutters and other surface levels. 

Thought of find and replace but there isn't anything to replace, if it had a letter or symbol in front of it, it would be a simple solution.

(these are just screen grabs, not sure how they come out, can do something else if they aren't visible)

[vinodkl]

Hi @Anonymous 

Sorry, the image is barely visible. I am not able to see anything. Can you take a closer snap of the text(using snipping tool win+shift+s) or it would be better if you could copy some of the text into a blank drawing and share it along with the description which you are trying to add.

[Anonymous]

That looks like its worked better then print screen.

Different points have different heights that are brought through. 
At the start of the text of the height I've individually put in the description, ie gutter or ridge. 
Then have to organise the file into a legible map to export to the engineers and architects.

Does that make sense?

[vinodkl · Accepted solution]

Hi @Anonymous 

instead of using the find & replace you can make use of this lisp and add the prefix for the text. See lisp attached.

just drag and drop lisp into AutoCAD and type in the command "PSFIXTXT" and then select the text and type in the prefix and skip the suffix by pressing enter. Hope that helps.

[Anonymous]

Champion!

[scott7XWLD]

This is amazing I always wondered if someone actually sat around converting the survey marks to Existing with the brackets... Now I know! Glad I did a search before I tried to convert them all manually that would have been a nightmare. 

[cmunson6MYE3]

This works great!  However, I'm not able to include a space after the prefix or before the suffix.  Is this possible?