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tarahdb

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So I have a long list of general notes that won't fit in one column on my drawing sheet.  I created a text note, went to "Paragraph Format" and added numbers.   The issue is that I need two columns.  If I create them as separate text notes, I can't figure out how to get the list to start at any number other than 1.  I could do them all in one text note if there was a tool to break the columns (like there is for keynotes) but I can't find such a tool.  Is there any way to make this work?  Or do I have to go back to individual dumb text notes where you have to renumber the whole list any time you insert or delete anything?

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blue442

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revit text notes are terrible.  not nearly as good as autocad's.  What i found worked was doing large blocks of notes like this:  http://www.augi.com/library/tips-for-manipulating-text-in-revit

now it comes with it's own set of annoyances (spell check for example, and editing a field...)

but i do all my text in word first, spell check it, then paste it in.

here's an example of one i did.

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tarahdb

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thanks for your help.  I was afraid it was something like that - "we added the ability to make a list within the text notes... but it's not actually useful so you might as well keep using workarounds."

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Some people use a Schedule Key from a non-use category.

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