You can create free-form text as a definition copy to copy text fragments to other positions in the model.
Warning
Free-form texts are not saved in groups and are thus not protected by access privileges for groups. Therefore, it is possible to have reports output the free-form texts of models for which the person running the report does not have read privileges. Therefore, remember not to include confidential information in free-form texts but to use model and object attributes for that.
Procedure
Right-click the free-form text and select Copy.
Right-click the model background and select Paste or Paste as > Definition copy.
Click the position in the model where you want to place the copy of the free-form text.
Now two copies of the free-form text exist. If you edit one of the two texts, the other free-form text will remain unchanged.