I have text of two two lines in a column of table and i want to make them to single entity in every column

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I have text of two two lines in a column of table and i want to make them to single entity in every column and i want a shortcut any microstation feature to make them single entity with a click is that possible ? right now what i am doing is making cut of one text and pasting it in another text to make it single entity. its taking a very long me to do for every column. 
 For Example: This is the 2 line text what i have 
 SIGNAL RELAY DS/ES CONTROL SUPPLY 
 DS/ES CONTROL SUPPLY 
 
 and i want to make them in single entity as 
 SIGNAL RELAY DS/ES CONTROL SUPPLY 
 DS/ES CONTROL SUPPLY 
 
 any time saving method will be workout for me. 
 
 i use microstation v8i select series 3 
 
 Any answer would be appreciated.

Jan Šlegr · Answer

Hi, 
 King Khan said: i want to make them to single entity 
 it's not precise enough, because single entity in the discussed context can be understood e.g. as cell or text node, which both are single entity, are able to hold texts inside, but are completely different. 
 King Khan said: to make them single entity with a click is that possible ? 
 Yes and now. Did you try to search this web for the same discussions? 
 You can group elements into cell using Ctrl+G. 
 It possible to follow this wiki article (easy to find) how to use (quite old) tool txt2node to convert texts to text node. 
 The conversion is not automatic, because it's pretty complicated process (maintain position, define an origin etc.), but it's simpler than to rewrite the text. 
 With regards, 
 Jan

Lorys · Answer

ok I managed to do it pretty close but its fiddley ( faster than individual editing) 
 What your trying to do is create the acad equivalent of MTEXT which in microstation is text node with word wrap imposed to force a line change at the end of the first line.... ( maybe its easier in acad but you asked for microstation) 
 you need to select all the text and from file menu select copy 
 open text editor and paste 
 all your text is now there and just put an enter at the end of each second line 
 all your text is now one big node make sure you match the text to your old text first 
 works better than with excel and equations 
 if you want to edit just click on individual piece of text and editor opens at that line for edit 
 and they all move together as its one big text node.. works great!

Lorys · Answer

I know what you wanted but it cant be done without vba or too much extra work manually as you said it take too line 2 lines at a time 
 But it works the same as if they were all separate text nodes, and grouped together, there is no real difference because if say you want to edit line 15 you just click on line 15 and its now visible at line 15 ready for editing ... 
 This method I outlined method took me 3 mins from start to finish result and looks exactly like your rhs example ( revised text rather than excel as you have to be very exact with the equations it gets a little tricky and took me 30 -40 to get it exactly right and you found it hard to get it right on your own... so I revised my post for benefit of others with similar problem). 
 Before we were allowed to use imbedded excel tables this is the method we use to use .. it was so long ago maybe 20 years that I forgot how we did it... personally I would use an imbedded excel table with lines/ grids and it looks much better but if you have client standards that wont allow it then the giant text node method is the least expensive time wise and looks indistinguishable from you separate individual text nodes... try my method first then see if it works for you with editing etc.. it was also easier this way with the line spacing and matching your existing original text...

Jon Summers · Answer

King Khan said: there's 2-2 lines of text in every column and i want to make them 1-1 line 
 Text Stitcher Tool 
 Here's a tool, written in VBA, that stitches two text elements . You don't need to understand VBA to use the tool. Just copy it and follow the instructions. 
 The tool is freeware and unsupported. Use at your own risk.

I have text of two two lines in a column of table and i want to make them to single entity in every column

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