Insert MS Word text w/ out losing formatting?

[Cad Monkey 2]

I was telling an engineer the other day that I could probably insert his general notes from MS Word into AutoCAD and create nice clean pdf files of the CD sheets that he could email to clients. On second inspection I could tell that, yes I could copy, paste it in, but fixing all the formatting would be a nightmare. Is there any way to retain the formatting such as numbering, tabs etc. when bringing it in to AutoCAD? The idea is to have it be an editable document, so I don't want to just bring it in as a OLE object, pdf or scan.

[SLW210]

Are you pasting into AutoCAD or pasting into the text editor?

[alanjt]

To import within MText, you'd have to convert to RTF for TXT.

[Cad Monkey 2]

I'm pasting into the text editor (MTEXT).

 

I converted the document to an rtf file, then copy,pasted and it worked like a charm.

Thanks!

[alanjt]

I'm pasting into the text editor (MTEXT).

 

I converted the document to an rtf file, then copy,pasted and it worked like a charm.

Thanks!

You can also import it...

 

[Cad Monkey 2]

Hmmm, I can find import, but I can't find "import text" on the ribbon or by right clicking etc.

[SLW210]

Hmmm, I can find import, but I can't find "import text" on the ribbon or by right clicking etc.

 

You find Import Text in the Text Editor, Right-Click or select the arrow button to open options while in the editor.

[Cad Monkey 2]

Got it, thanks.