# Automatic Text Numbering [GstarCAD 2018](Help%20System/GSTARCAD/2018/Index.md) → [User Guide](Help%20System/GSTARCAD/2018/User%20Guide/(User%20Guide).md) → [Express tool](Help%20System/GSTARCAD/2018/User%20Guide/Express%20tool/(Express%20tool).md) → [Text tools](Help%20System/GSTARCAD/2018/User%20Guide/Express%20tool/Text%20tools/(Text%20tools).md) ## Automatic Text Numbering Adds sequential numbering to text objects. The numbering can appear as a prefix, suffix or replacement text.After selecting one or multiple texts, you can set the text sorting method, the starting number and increment of text sorting and generated numbers placement mode. **Menu:** Text \>Automatic Text Numbering **Command Entry:** TCOUNT ## Operation steps: 1. Start the command. 2. Select TEXT, MTEXT or ATTDEF objects: 3. Sort selected objects by \[X/Y/Select-order\]  X:Places numbers by increasing the x-coordinate value of the selected text.  Y:Places numbers by decreasing the y-coordinate value of the selected text.  Select-order: Places numbers according to the order in which the text was selected. After specifying the method of order, the following prompts will be displayed in the command line: 4. Specify starting number and increment (Start increment) \<1,1\>: Enter the starting number and increment, separated by a comma, or press ENTER Note:Negative increments (decrements) are supported. Precede decrements with a minus sign. 5. *Specify the placement of numbers* *in text \[Overwrite/Prefix/Suffix/Find\&replace..\] \< Prefix\>:*, Enter an option or press ENTER Overwrite**:** Replaces selected text strings with numbers Prefix**:** Adds the number as a prefix to text Suffix: Adds the number as a suffix to text Find\&replace: Replaces a user specified text string with a number ## Usage Example: 1.Starting number \= 1, increment \= 1 added as prefix:  2.Starting number \= 20, increment \= -10 added as suffix:  3.Starting number \= 2, increment \= 2, Overwrite:  --- Gstarsoft Co.,Ltd ## Other versions with matching text [GstarCAD 2017](../../../../2017/User%20Guide/Express%20tool/Text%20tools/Automatic%20Text%20Numbering.md) · [GstarCAD 2019](Help%20System/GSTARCAD/2019/User%20Guide/Express%20tool/Text%20tools/Automatic%20Text%20Numbering.md) · [GstarCAD 2020](Help%20System/GSTARCAD/2020/User%20Guide/Express%20tool/Text%20tools/Automatic%20Text%20Numbering.md) · [GstarCAD 2021](Help%20System/GSTARCAD/2021/User%20Guide/Express%20tool/Text%20tools/Automatic%20Text%20Numbering.md)