Text inside of shape issue

[Steve]

Hi All,

I have a process flow doc that was in pdf format. I used some
software to convert it into a CAD format, then into a visio file.
Everything looks great, except the text inside all of the process flow
shapes is individual text boxes for each letter. So if I wanted to
edit the text, I would have to do it letter by letter. Is there a way
to combine all the individual text boxes into one text box?

Thanks.

-Steve

[Paul Herber]

Post by Steve
Hi All,
I have a process flow doc that was in pdf format. I used some
software to convert it into a CAD format, then into a visio file.
Everything looks great, except the text inside all of the process flow
shapes is individual text boxes for each letter. So if I wanted to
edit the text, I would have to do it letter by letter. Is there a way
to combine all the individual text boxes into one text box?

I suppose it could be possible to write an addon or macro to do this, however, it would
not be a simple task.
How many shapes are there containing text?

[Steve]

Post by Paul Herber

Post by Steve
Hi All,
I have a process flow doc that was in pdf format.  I used some
software to convert it into a CAD format, then into a visio file.
Everything looks great, except the text inside all of the process flow
shapes is individual text boxes for each letter.  So if I wanted to
edit the text, I would have to do it letter by letter.  Is there a way
to combine all the individual text boxes into one text box?

I suppose it could be possible to write an addon or macro to do this, however, it would
not be a simple task.
How many shapes are there containing text?
--
Regards, Paul Herber, Sandrila Ltd.
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Hi Paul,

There are easily 60 or 70 shapes.

[Paul Herber]

Post by Steve

Post by Paul Herber

Post by Steve
Hi All,
I have a process flow doc that was in pdf format.  I used some
software to convert it into a CAD format, then into a visio file.
Everything looks great, except the text inside all of the process flow
shapes is individual text boxes for each letter.  So if I wanted to
edit the text, I would have to do it letter by letter.  Is there a way
to combine all the individual text boxes into one text box?

I suppose it could be possible to write an addon or macro to do this, however, it would
not be a simple task.
How many shapes are there containing text?
--
Regards, Paul Herber, Sandrila Ltd.
Electronics for Visio          http://www.sandrila.co.uk/visio-electronics/
Electrical for Visio          http://www.sandrila.co.uk/visio-electrical/
Electronics Packages for Visiohttp://www.sandrila.co.uk/visio-electronics-packages/

Hi Paul,
There are easily 60 or 70 shapes.

So that's maybe a couple of hours work to delete the old text and re-enter it as a
continuous string.
Any attempt to write some VBA to do it automatically would take far longer than that and
be far more error prone.

[zerocool]

Paul Herber wrote on 02/11/2011 05:03 ET

On Mon, 7 Feb 2011 13:23:42 -0800 (PST), Stev

On Feb 3, 6:20