How to Edit the Text in a Block

I understand that this is an extremely beginner's-level question, so please bear with me:

I have a certain block that is made up of two objects: a line and single string of text. I would like to edit only the text portion of the block, without exploding it. How would you suggest I do this?

FYI, I am not too familiar with how block attributes work yet...

P.S. using ACAD2000-LT

Read up on block attributes, they are very powerful tools that can make blocks much more useful. They can also be searched and exported (though not as easily with LT.) where text in a block is fairly well hidden.

Glen

OK thanks, now a follow up question. Basically what I am doing is simply stationing out a highway centerline (which is a polyline object). I can't think of a better way to do this other than use the MEASURE command in combination with a pre-existing station block at 100-ft intervals. My station block contains a small tick mark with 1 attribute, merely a "+" sign.

I was planning to modify the attributes manually at each station to show 1+00, 2+00, etc.; however, when I use the MEASURE command to insert the blocks along my poly line, it inserts the blocks, but strips off the attribute. Why is this? I would like to the attributes *attached* to the blocks after I use MEASURE.

Or maybe does someone have a more logical solution to do centerline stationing in CAD?

I believe measure and divide have always stripped attributes. I don't remember the reasoning.

You request would be fairly simple with full acad. With LT you are going to be limited. Sorry -David

Just a thought, once the blocks are in the right place, can you redefine the block with the original, attributed block?

For that matter even a Sync with Battman should bring the attributes back.

Glen

As Glen says you should be able to redefine the block once it has been inserted by the measure.

The problem then is that because you are using LT you would have to edit the attributes in each block to give it the value you want.

Being LT you cant use a lisp to help.

You could put text there instead of a block and use a button macro to increment each text with just one click each.

Take a look at this link for the general idea of how to do this with LT-

http://www.autocadeverything.com/help/showthread.php?t=2826

Thanks guys, although I understand the limitations with my old LT ver., I will indeed try the auto incrementing to see how it works.