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You can copy the texts individually using copy/paste.

To export text from your drawings, you can also use the text translation utility CADstudio TRANS.

An alternative is the Txt2Xls utility (see Download) which exports texts to Excel or CSV (in LT).

Since AutoCAD version 2008 you can also use the DATAEXTRACTION command and select extraction of text objects (DText, MText) and their properties Value and Contents - to a TXT, CSV, or XLS file (and then e.g. to Word - DOC).

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26.3.2008    71088×   FAQ  
applies to: AutoCAD ·

See also:
Tip 14496:Convert scanned point clouds or photos to BIM objects - Scan-to-BIM.
Tip 14472:Overview of CAD formats supported in Inventor 2026 (import/export/AnyCAD).
Tip 14384:Wrong encoding of XLS/CSV/TXT files exported from CAD. Wrong characters on command line.
Tip 14361:Extended ATTOUT/ATTIN for block attribute management in Excel (also for LT).
Tip 14335:Convert TrueType text in an Inventor sketch to a contour curve.


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