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    Using the Edit text tool for enter data fields

       
      Applies To 
       
      Product(s): MicroStation
      Version(s): 08.05.02.35
      Environment:  N\A
      Area:  Text
      Subarea:  Fields
      Original Author: Bentley Technical Support Group
       

    Problem

    Using the Edit text tool--In a sheet title block the user is placing a cell which includes separate pieces of text (Sheet number,
    Plate Number, Date, Sheet Title). On many sheets the user has used the Edit Text tool to remove the default text from the 3rd line
    of the Sheet Title. But later when he needed to add the 3rd line and wanted to edit the cell, he can't get the previously edited
    (no text) 3rd line to edit and add a new text.

    When placing the default cell it looks like
    LINE 1 TEXT
    LINE
    2 TEXT
    LINE 3 TEXT

    When editing the text using the Edit Text tool and remove the default text 'LINE 3 TEXT' from th
    e 3rd line it looks like
    ARCHITECTURAL
    FOURTH FLOOR PLAN

    But later the user needs to modify the 3rd line 'WEDGE
    4' to look like
    ARCHITECTURAL
    FOURTH FLOOR PLAN
    WEDGE

    If he uses the Update Cell or Replace cell tool then
    he gets back all the default text including the 3rd line but in the process he looses all the other previously edited text in the
    cell (ARCHITECTURAL and FOURTH FLOOR PLAN). After using cell update it goes back to look like
    LINE 1 TEXT
    LINE 2 TE
    XT
    LINE 3 TEXT

    But he can't find the 3rd line when he uses edit text tool since it was made empty.
    Once a text
    is removed by using the edit text tool is it possible to get it back for further editing without loosing the other parts of the ce
    ll.

    Version: 08.05.02.35
    Product: MicroStation V8 2004 Edition
    Area: Text



    Solution

    Suggested user to use enter data fields so that text can be edited or changed later with out loosing the line.




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    • Elisabeth Pry Created by Bentley Colleague Elisabeth Pry
    • When: Wed, Jul 9 2014 3:44 PM
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    • When: Fri, Jul 28 2017 1:54 AM
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