It would be very helpful to have things like automatic numbering Lists, between paragraph spacing adjustments, columns, etc.

The current editor is already capable of multiple sizes, fonts, text styles, formats and colors now.

In MicroStation 2023 many of these ideas have been implemented and it is much improved, but sometimes it would be nice to be able to show some words in a different color and a different size to show headings or more importance etc.

(See attached image from Word editor.)

I'm not sure I understand the ask. You don't need hard carriage returns. The text editor is just a text editor. If you want text wrapping, change the size of the of the text box after you place the text element; it currently works like PowerPoint.

I can see the status of this is "Planned" - any idea when it's coming? Even the text editor to write this comment on the ideas portal has more features than the Microstation text editor! It is likely one of the most used features of a any drafting package but is severely lacking...

Just updated from Powerdraft V8i and was hoping the text editor would be far more advanced with the ability to format text, add bullet points, underline certain works, etc. etc. Unfortunately, it's just as unworkable as it was in Powerdraft. These are basic functions which the likes of AutoCAD have had for years. On the whole, I prefer Microstation but the text editor is really dropping the ball.

We shouldn't have to use an external word processor to produce formatted bodies of text in a software like this.

Connect Edition dropped so many features around the text editor it's pretty unusable. The workflows are convoluted just to change text alignment, styles, leader lines, etc.

Don't know about the features in Autcad - but have a look at Words tables, that would be fine.

I also tossed the idea of linked Excel files. But that means a separate file, which is a showstopper?

But if the data could be saved in the dgn but when 'used' appear in a .xls which should be editable that opens for a lot of fun with data in other apps and files - as sheet lists, rooms specification, lists of furniture etc etc.

How about putting the "undo" functionality back into the text editor? I never understood why it was removed in the first place.

This would be a huge improvement to Microstation. I hope it happens. I would also like to see a Case button on the main button row if the text editor, A button would be quicker than having to right click then selecting Change Case then selecting your choice.

Thank you for your ideas and comments. Enhancements coming soon.

Adding a nother vote to the pile. Other things to add are auto numbered lists and bullet point lists.

Please add this soon.

Will this ever happen? I see status says 'Planned'. I came here to see if this idea had been talked about, only to find I posted it years ago!

Is there a way in Microstation "text favorites" to have more than one scale of each favorite added? So lets say you had a text on a 20 scale but also wanted to have one that you could pull up on say a 25 scale? Right now it seems that you can only just add to what has become a very long single list of items.

I just want to add on to this with noticing and recording all of the Errors I have had almost always seem to happen when I go to edit text.

An idea -to not just adjust the capabilities but start from scratch and make a whole new text tool less complicated & more user friendly with just the basics to be able to manipulate what you need. Such as layer, properties, orientation and spacing.

I find the text editor very frustrating. Coming from AutoCAD, having a separate text editor dialogue box feels very 2000. There also seems to be lag quite often when editing text.

I would like to throw my idea into the pot here too as it would pertain to this one. Please look up idea # "MS-I-275 Extend in line leader to text". Although that's more of a dimension style feature, it goes hand-in-hand in relation to how text and dimension elements interact. If it's not suitable to become part of this idea, at least go look it up and vote on it so it can become a new planned feature potentially. Thanks.

Hi John, thank you very much for the idea. We are planning on reviewing our text capabilities and will reach out to get your direct feedback.

Gregory Smith 11 months ago

Hear Hear.
I am sure there are a significant number of requests of this ilk, so all supporters should seek out and upvote them all.

Yes, gains have been made in CONNECT EDITION, but there are a significant number of bugs that ppl just get into the habit of working around, getting formatting to work properly is one bugbear, and conversions from existing TEXT to CE TEXT is fraught with failure, to the extent I actually export out to TXT file, and then PASTE in. Another Workaround.

Andrew Bell 10 months ago

I have found "Enhancement 746712: Text Editor Enhancements" which may cover what you are talking about here. Do you think this covers what you have brought up here? I can add extra detail to this Enhancement if needed.

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Please add more functionality inside the word processor:

Add right-click context menu selections for

1. Wrap text and remove the hard returns;
2. Copy selected text without copying the formatting;
3. Paste text from buffer without applying formatting from the source;
4. Offer more Case change selections: Sentence, Invert, ...

Attempt to make the editor more robust like modern editors.

John Drsek 10 months ago in reply to Andrew Bell

Can you update it to allow for setting column widths.

wrap text only works if there are spaces. wrap text needs to work like Microsoft word does. if you set a width and there are no spaces then it needs to force the text to wrap so that it doesn't go beyond that width.

mwlong 11 months ago

Are you aware that you can apply word wrap to a paragraph so you do not need to use hard returns?

I know this does not solve the rest of the issues you explain, but it should solve the issue for standard paragraphs. I believe everyone agrees that the text editor need to be more robust.

BTW what version of Microstation are you referencing? I am assuming CONNECT.

John Drsek 11 months ago in reply to mwlong

I am aware and its okay but if there are no spaces it will not wrap and lets the line go beyond the "column distance" it should act like word if I set a wrap distance I expect nothin to go beyond that, which leads also not being able to have multiple columns.

But this idea is really more of a call to update the text editor. its been long enough, autocad should not be so far ahead in functionality of a text editor and for so long.

and yes im referring to connect.

Joseph Slifka 11 months ago

I agree a text editor similar to AutoCAD's would be useful