MTEXT Contents being forced by inline code

[Village_Idiot]

Every now and then I run into text that is tough to edit and impossible to change anything about the way it looks because it is forced via inline code.  (Diesel???)  When I try to edit it I can only select the value and do not even see the code. Any idea why this happens and more importantly, is there a way to correct other than replacing the object with new text?  

[paullimapa · Accepted solution]

Since mtext supports various formatting codes and there’s no way to prevent users from implementing them you’ll encounter them

https://www.cadforum.cz/en/text-formatting-codes-in-mtext-objects-tip8640

[cadffm · Accepted solution]

No DIESEL.

This is MTEXT and internal formatting like Font or bold, all what you can do INSIDE MText editor (doubleclick on MTEXT to enter Mtexteditor)

You can also remove all formattings, right click -> remove overrides..

Search for StripMText

But this can force unexpected results.

[Village_Idiot]

Thanks Paullimapa and cadffm.  I can't believe I never noticed the Mtexteditor mirrors what the code is doing. 

FYI - In my version of acad 2023 

• dbl click text to enter editor
• select/highlight txt
• right click menu -->Remove Formatting (ctrl+space)

Thanks 

[pendean]

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@Village_Idiot wrote:

.... is there a way to correct other than replacing the object with new text?  

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You want to find and use this free LISP to remove override formatting from MTEXT you don't like in your DWG file

https://cadsetterout.com/resources/stripmtext-lisp/

and

https://www.google.com/search?q=stripmtext+lisp+for+autocad 

[paullimapa]

glad to have helped...cheers!!!