how to change data field to normal text

How can I change data field to normal text in micro station v8i.

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  • Do you NEED to drop them from being data fields, or can you work with not SEEING them as data fields?

    If seeing them as data fields is the problem, that can be controlled (turned on or off) through the View Attributes. Turning that off, so that the data field appears on the screen as regular text has been my most common solution to the problem in the past.

    MaryB

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  • Mary they look like text if populated but I remember you still can only edit them via the edit data field text tools....

    These are really legacy elements and tools, now days we can use text styles, dgn libs, copy text increment works perfectly  now no real limits and edit text inside cells via the text editor where as the data fields are more trouble than there worth ... some elect and architect types still like them but for my money plain text or tags are better..

    In any case if you want to convert to true text  either search the forum for the macro or pm  me and I'll see if I still have it lying around... then you run the vba macro it will convert all the data fields to text in a file and  via batch processor and can do all your dgns convert edit data fields to true text, then you can always use find replace or other text tools to edit the texts, even windows explorer can search all your dgns for specific text without opening dgns and build a list so you know which dgns to go fix... pretty cool little known feature that one.. I think I posted ages ago on how to do it as I was so impressed I wanted to share it with fellow users....I even did presentation at  our local user group here in Melbourne....

    Lorys

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  • Mary they look like text if populated but I remember you still can only edit them via the edit data field text tools....

    These are really legacy elements and tools, now days we can use text styles, dgn libs, copy text increment works perfectly  now no real limits and edit text inside cells via the text editor where as the data fields are more trouble than there worth ... some elect and architect types still like them but for my money plain text or tags are better..

    In any case if you want to convert to true text  either search the forum for the macro or pm  me and I'll see if I still have it lying around... then you run the vba macro it will convert all the data fields to text in a file and  via batch processor and can do all your dgns convert edit data fields to true text, then you can always use find replace or other text tools to edit the texts, even windows explorer can search all your dgns for specific text without opening dgns and build a list so you know which dgns to go fix... pretty cool little known feature that one.. I think I posted ages ago on how to do it as I was so impressed I wanted to share it with fellow users....I even did presentation at  our local user group here in Melbourne....

    Lorys

    Started msnt work 1990 - Retired  Nov 2022 ( oh boy am I old )

    But was long time user V8iss10 (8.11.09.919) dabbler CE  update 16 (10.16.00.80) 

    MicroStation user since 1990 Melbourne Australia.
    click link to PM me 

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