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    Hello AUGI,

    This is my first post

    Does anyone know of a way to do global changes to text width on multiline text within a drawing. I am currently editing a drawing which has lots of multiline text, but the text widths are variable and need standardising. There does not seem to be an option to apply global text width changes using the properties toolpalette.

    Please save me from having to manually go into each multiline text object and make the changes.

    Merci Beaucoup

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    Wink Re: AutoCAD LT 2008 - Multiline Text global editing

    Come on guys, its been a fortnight and no reply.

    Some of you AutoCAD LT gurus must know wether it's possible or not, or a workaround.

    Due to necessity, I spent several hours doing the manual changes.

    Computers are tools, made and ment to make work more efficient, please help me and fellow AutoCAD LT users from future inefficiency.

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    Default Re: AutoCAD LT 2008 - Multiline Text global editing

    Have you tried to Match Properties?
    Create a new style as you want it and use that at your property source.

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    Default Re: AutoCAD LT 2008 - Multiline Text global editing

    Thanks for your suggestion jaberwok,

    Unfortunatley the match properties only seems to match the style,layer,text height,color and the other attributes which can be changed globly from the properties toolpallet, and hence i still have the problem of not being able to change the text width.

    There seems to be something about multi-line text objects which discludes the global changing of the text width, tracking and oblique angle. (all the 'spin-box' variables)

    But any workaround would be greatfully recieved.

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    Default Re: AutoCAD LT 2008 - Multiline Text global editing

    It worked for me.

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    Default Re: AutoCAD LT 2008 - Multiline Text global editing

    Before I make a full response Mr Jaberwok, could I ask you what version of AutoCAD did you check my problem on. Are you sure it was AutoCAD LT 2008 ?

    Calling someone screwy does not make 2+2=5

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    Post Re: AutoCAD LT 2008 - Multiline Text global editing

    This is the small test I tried...

    Create 2 text styles, with different text widths

    Type a line of multi line text from each of the styles.

    Now, try to match properties from one to the other, in AutoCAD LT 2008 & AutoCAD LT 2009 the text width will not apply from one to the other.

    However, when I tested on a full version of AutoCAD 2008, the match properties worked fine on the text widths.

    As you said, Jaberwok, the text editor between full and LT AutoCAD should work the same. Something is a little screwy here

    Maybe this small niggle has been fixed on AutoCAD LT 2010, but on the earlier versions that I tested, it has not.

    There must be a variable which controls the multi-line text width for each multi-line text object. Maybe it would be possible to write a small custom program to change this variable. I'd give it a go myself, if I knew what this variable was.

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    Default Re: AutoCAD LT 2008 - Multiline Text global editing

    I've still got 2009LT here - I'll try reloading it tomorrow and give it a try.

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    Default Re: AutoCAD LT 2008 - Multiline Text global editing

    I just tested your procedure in LT 2008 & LT 2010 and it worked fine in both programs. Are you sure that your width factor wasn't applied after the fact, i.e. inside the text editor? That's the only scenario I could find where match properties wouldn't update the width (it can't handle formatting codes).
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    Default Re: AutoCAD LT 2008 - Multiline Text global editing

    Quote Originally Posted by jaberwok View Post
    I've still got 2009LT here - I'll try reloading it tomorrow and give it a try.
    Ah well. 2009LT simply will not run usefully on my spare machine.

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