OK, I'm back in this because you guys are having way too fun
Problem 1 I did not mention:
Bylayer will not work because all the text attributes are forced yellow
Problem 2:
the sections have various names, ie bubble-left-up, bubble-up-left, etc, prob ~6 names for the sections bubbles depending on orientation.
So, will a script file with multiple file names work?
-insert oldblock=newblock
-insert oldblock1=newblock1
-insert oldblock2=newblock2 y [esc]
attsync oldblock
Don't think(?) using layers will work, (because they are blocks). Need to experiment w/ that one.
Right now I'm refedit, attsync, which knocks out 4-6 at a time, (tremendous help). You guys could prob use batchs/scripts and get this done in an hour.Its my lack of knowledge