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... Convert MText's to 1 ParaText?
Posted:
Wed Aug 29, 2018 9:25 am
by Neil Blanchard
I tried copying a long series of MText entities to the Clipboard, to be able to Paste it into a Paratext - but no go.
I think I will have to copy / paste individual MText from their edit window, into NotePad, and then into a Paratext.
Re: ... Convert MText's to 1 ParaText?
Posted:
Wed Aug 29, 2018 10:43 am
by joshhuggins
It's working here. Is the MText imported from a DWG maybe?
Re: ... Convert MText's to 1 ParaText?
Posted:
Wed Aug 29, 2018 1:06 pm
by Neil Blanchard
I did it via NotePad, and it worked as expected. But it sure would be nice to have the Clipboard do this.
Re: ... Convert MText's to 1 ParaText?
Posted:
Wed Aug 29, 2018 1:22 pm
by Neil Blanchard
joshhuggins wrote:It's working here. Is the MText imported from a DWG maybe?
I don't think so.
Here's what I did:
I grouped the MText entities in order. Then used Control-E / Group to copy them to the Clipboard. When I try to paste into a ParaText window, nothing happens.
Re: ... Convert MText's to 1 ParaText?
Posted:
Wed Aug 29, 2018 1:33 pm
by David A. Giesselman
If you use Explode in the MText menu, it will convert the MText to regular text, then it will work.
Re: ... Convert MText's to 1 ParaText?
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Wed Aug 29, 2018 3:14 pm
by joshhuggins
Ahhh I was missing that you were trying to take from multiple MText contents, my bad. Yeah Dave's method works well.
Re: ... Convert MText's to 1 ParaText?
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Wed Aug 29, 2018 5:33 pm
by David A. Giesselman
joshhuggins wrote:Ahhh I was missing that you were trying to take from multiple MText contents, my bad. Yeah Dave's method works well.
Thanks Josh, once in a while I figure out how this software works!
Dave
Re: ... Convert MText's to 1 ParaText?
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Thu Aug 30, 2018 12:20 pm
by David Porter
That's like the brain surgeon telling the patient, "Yeah, I get this kind of surgery right every so often."