To Update Legacy AutoCAD Text to Annotative

Use this procedure to edit a legacy AutoCAD text style and add an annotative property. You can also use this procedure to update AutoCAD dimensions.

1. Open the legacy Architectural Desktop drawing in AutoCAD Architecture 2023 toolset.
2. Specify the same annotation scale in the new AutoCAD Architecture 2023 toolset drawing as in the legacy Architectural Desktop drawing.
3. From the Format menu, click Text Style.
4. In the Text Style dialog, from the Styles list, select the appropriate text style.
5. Under Size, select Annotative.
   

6. Click Apply.
7. On the Command prompt, enter ANNOUPDATE to update all annotative objects.

Any text strings of the selected text style are now annotative.