AutoCAD LT 2020 Message "Please wait.....formatting text"??

[WLFairbanks]

I am working on a drawing and I randomly receive the message "Please wait.....formatting text" and all drafting operations stop while I wait for AutoCAD LT to complete formatting the text.  I've not had the problem previously and it is very annoying.  It happens at random times and then almost always when I save the drawing.  Pls help, I'm losing a lot of time just waiting for it to format the text!!

[pendean]

So the problem is limited to this one drawing you got from someone/somewhere else, and it does not show up anywhere else? Explore these fixes for this rare issue https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/autocad-2012-message-quot-please-wait-formatting-text-q... and https://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?173728-dwg-freezes

Note: your LT2020 as listed in ABOUT command needs to be at the 2020.1.3 update level, update if not.

[kjb]

To whom it may concern,

I recently had this very problem and went internally to seek assistance.

The answer came rather swiftly … If you have the "Blocks Tool Palette" "Open" and parked somewhere  … Close it.

My first thought was that he was out of his mind … until I tried it ...  and voila, no more message.

Although this may only be one solution and part of a larger problem … it's better than nothing !

Have a great day

[pendean]

Thanks for sharing the tip.

Do you have the 2020.1.3 update installed? I'm not seeing the issue myself.

TIA

[kjb]

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Good morning Pendean, 

Sorry for the delay … Q.47.0.0. AutoCAD LT 2020

Have a good day

Kind regards,

Karl

[pendean]

You have to install the 2020.1.3 update: get it now.

Then fix your file(s) as explained here https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-lt-forum/autocad-lt-2020-message-quot-please-wait-formatting-...