Can I create MText that is Formatted with bullets and/or numbering?

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I was wondering if there was a way to create multi-line text like AutoCAD let's you do? So in AutoCAD, you can create text via the MTEXT and you can format the text with rows, columns, auto-adjust, manual, bullets, numbering and unlimited possibilities. But the guy I asked around in the office I just started in says he doesn't know how to do that and he just does his text via the regular text dialog where every time you hit return its its own single line, which is annoying if I am creating notes in a drawing and I have 85 notes and then the engineer removes a few, then I have to renumber and move everything every time. In AutoCAD I can just delete the notes and the numbering will adjust accordingly and I can move the columns and rows to fit my real estate. Thanks in advance.

Andrew Bell · Answer

It is always a good idea when posting your queries to advise the software and version you are currently using. 
 MicroStation Forum best practices 
 In MicroStation CONNECT Edition we have included a new Text Editor that allows you to format using the various methods you have listed. 
 The Text Editor Icon Bar and Tab Ruler include many of the capabilities you would see within the AutoCad text editor. 
 https://docs.bentley.com/LiveContent/web/MicroStation%20Help-v16/en/WordProcessorTextEditor.html

Lorys · Answer

Chris LeMay said: create multi-line text like AutoCAD let's you do? So in AutoCAD, you can create text via the MTEXT and you can format the text with rows, columns, auto-adjust, manual, bullets, numbering and unlimited possibilities 
 I feel your pain, I found in v8i the text editor quite clumsy and poorly documented in the help, especially the para and indenting I can make it work in MStn as is, after a fashion but never got the bullet point to auto number nor to reset itself or renumber automatically, but my work around that always works is to open MS Word and do all the fancy text note bullet points and formatting there but be careful your font needs to be as close to what you work in ms as some things like bullet dots don't exist in all fonts..... but with true type it works most often .....then copy paste it into the word processor , (you may need to mix fonts in the word processor to get the bullets right) ... and it works beautifully.. then I know for next time if I need to reformat ie remove a number midway I open text editor and copy paste it back into word and do it there... 
 Not what you want to hear, I know, but its a workaround that's quick and dirty but very easy and FAST.. and I never worked in 20 years in drafting where they don't have MS office on every pc.. I read the html in the link provided for CE but IMHO it looks like it still hasn't improved or become easier the two little tabs are still there for line indent and para indent.. no mention of bullet points or auto numbering.. .so IMHO still sadly lagging even further behind our cousins using ACAD Mtext functionality.

Lorys · Answer

sadly not automated..hay we didn't always have spell check .. we had to copy past in to a word processor package and do it there then bring it back.. so big improvements post Mstn 95 .. MSJ came with spell check? getting too old to remember but I do remember in MS 95 buying a third party addon MSspell checker mdl 
 To do it in mstn you start off and type 1. and set the tab indent then continue typing until you want a new para. hit enter 
 then type in 2. use the set para indent and tab and continue nothing automated and too many steps that is why most of us revert to MS word and its semi automated and copy paste back into the word processor if its true type font it works a treat...

Jon Summers · Answer

Chris LeMay said: I was wondering if there was a way to create multi-line text with bullets and/or numbering?

Here's a VBA macro that lets you create a bullet presentation ... 
 
 Start with this dialog... 
 
 You can download the project from the web page: it's freeware !

Lorys · Answer

Um isn't this what I posted all along 4th feb? 
 Lorys said: why most of us revert to MS word and its semi automated and copy paste back into the word processor if its true type font it works a treat... 
 .. and everybody has access to MS office or OpenOffice or at least a real word processor... seems the best east route the only down fall may be some fonts don't match.. but nice to see you worked it out from my post and pasted some pixs..( V8i .. so I suppose the macro for CE from LA solutions wouldn't work in v8i.)

Can I create MText that is Formatted with bullets and/or numbering?

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