Is there a reason to not use rich text and use text instead?

[Ringos]

Is there a reason to not use rich text and use text instead?

 

I figure the answer is depends on the situation. But what is the best practice for text that makes it the most useful in CAD details, plan, layout, etc?

[Alaskan_Son]

Rich Text has a number of benefits over Standard or Simple Text including but not limited to:

• The ability to have multiple colors, formatting options, alignment options, and text sizes in a single text box.
• The ability to have some sections of the text be all UPPERCASE and other sections in the same box be Standard Case.
• The ability mix and match Line Spacing and Margin settings in a single text box
• The ability to use various Bullet styles along with optional Number Prefixes and Suffixes
• The ability to insert one or more clickable hyperlinks

Standard or Simple Text on the other hand has several benefits of its own including:

• The ability to create adjustable tab stops or rows
• The ability to display gridlines
• The ability to create a single link that can be accessed through the edit tools
• Perhaps most importantly, the ability to dynamically control your text by either layer or by text style

My suggestion is to use the one that makes the most sense for the situation, but but BUT, if you're not sure and don't specifically need a Rich Text feature, use standard Text.  Standard Text will give you more options that you're likely to want in the future (namely the ones mentioned in the last bullet point) plus you can always convert Text to Rich Text.  You cannot simply do the inverse and convert Rich Text to Text.