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486 | Chapter 19 Notes and Labels
If you use the Clipboard to paste text from another application, the text
becomes an OLE object. If you use the Clipboard to paste text from another
AutoCAD file, the text is inserted as a block reference, and it retains its
original text style.
To import text files
1 On the Draw menu, click Text ➤ Multiline Text.
2 Specify opposite corners of a bounding box to define the width of the mul-
tiline text object.
3 Right-click in the Multiline Text editor and click Import Text.
The size limit for an imported file is 32 KB.
4 In the Select File dialog box, double-click the file you want to import, or
select the file and click Open.
AutoCAD inserts the text at the cursor location in the Multiline Text
Editor.
5 Change the text as needed.
6 To save your changes and exit the Multiline Text Editor, use one of the fol-
lowing methods:
■ Click OK on the toolbar.
■ Click in the drawing outside the editor.
■ Press CTRL + ENTER.
Draw toolbar
Command line
MTEXT
To insert a text file using the drag-and-drop method
1 Open Windows Explorer, but make sure it does not fill the screen.
2 Display the folder that contains the TXT or RTF file you want.
3 Drag the TXT or RTF file icon onto the AutoCAD drawing. AutoCAD
inserts TXT files as multiline text objects using the current text style.
AutoCAD inserts RTF files as OLE objects.