The information in this article applies to:
QUESTION
I have text and/or spreadsheet information that I would like to copy into Chief Architect. How can I do this?
ANSWER
Text can be copied to and from Chief Architect using the Copy and Paste tools and/or the associated shortcut keyboard commands for Copy and Paste.
To copy text from Chief Architect to another program
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Open a Chief Architect plan that contains text you would like to copy.
- Using the Select Objects tool, select the text you wish to copy.
- Click the Copy/Paste edit button or navigate to Edit> Copy using the menu.
- Open the program you wish to paste this copied text into and press Ctrl + V if you're on a Windows PC or Command + V if you're on a Mac.
To copy text from another program into Chief Architect
- Select the text you would like to copy, then press Ctrl + C if you're on a Windows PC or Command + C of you're on a Mac.
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Open your desired Chief Architect plan file, then click Edit> Paste> Paste .
To copy a spreadsheet into Chief Architect
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Select the cells that you would like to copy from a spreadsheet application, then press Ctrl + C if you're on a Windows PC or Command + C if you're on a Mac.
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Open the Chief Architect plan or layout file in which you would like to paste the text from another program.
- Select CAD> Text> Text from the menu, then click in your drawing area to open the Text Specification dialog.
- Click once inside the Text field, then press Ctrl + V if you're on a Windows PC or Command + V if you're on a Mac.
- On the Attributes panel of the Text Specification dialog, check Display Border and Display Grid Lines under the Box/Grid section to display column and row separation lines.
- Click OK to confirm the changes and your selected spreadsheet cells will now appear in the text object.
To add text to the library*
*Applies to X13 and newer program versions.
- With the Select Object tool, select the text box that needs to be added to the library.
- On the Edit toolbar, click on the Add to Library tool to add the text box to the User Catalog section of the Library Browser.
- If additional changes need to be made to the added text object, right-click on it from within the User Catalog and choose Open Object .