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Using Label Styles From Other Drawings

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Use a label style from any open drawing by dragging the style from one drawing to another in the Settings tree. You can also drag the style from the Settings tree into the drawing window to copy it into that drawing.

When you attempt to copy a named label style to a location where a matching named label style exists, you are prompted with a warning, and you can choose one of the following options:

  • No: Leaves the existing style and cancels the operation.
  • Yes: Copies the style to the new drawing and renames the style using the format <source drawing name>.<style name>.1

Using Child Label Styles From Other Drawings

If you copy a child label style to another drawing, its parent style is also copied.

Tip

Because you can only drag one label style at a time into another drawing, it is more efficient to set up your commonly used label styles in a DWT file that you can use for each new drawing you create.

To use label styles from other drawings

  1. Open the drawing that contains the styles you want to copy (Drawing1, for example), and the drawing you want to copy styles to (Drawing2, for example).
  2. In Toolspace, click the Settings tab.
  3. From the View Control list, select Labels Only View to see the labels in all open drawings.
  4. In the Settings tree, expand the Drawing1 collection and select the label style that you want to copy.
  5. Drag and drop the label style to Drawing2 in the Settings tree. You must drag the style over the drawing name in the Settings tree before releasing the mouse button.
    • A valid drag and drop operation will display a cursor.
    • An invalid drag and drop operation will display a cursor.

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