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Michael BeallFrom: AutoCAD Productivity Articles #130
Originally published: October 2013

Word® Text Into Multiline Text

by Michael Beall

When you have construction notes in a Word® document, there's an easy trick to get it into Mtext.

How to Paste Text from Word® Into Mtext

  1. Highlight, then Copy, the body of text in the Word document.

  2. In AutoCAD, set the desired layer and text style to current.

  3. Launch the Mtext command, then pick two points to define the location of the Mtext.

  4. Right-click in the Editor, then click Paste.

Text from Word in AutoCAD

You can actually try it… with this exercise right here with the instructions from this exercise.

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