Importing text with style sheet names appended

[DecaturILguy]

Can you import text (devised in another program)with style sheet names
appended? If so how?

For example, with QuarkXPress, you can import text with style sheet names
before each paragraph of text like this:
@1. Heading: Broomstick poked through keyhole
@2. Subheading: Industrial accident reported at south side plant

The document being imported into already has a Style Sheet named both @1.
Heading: and @2. Subheading: ...so the text is formatted using those
stylesheets.

 

[Jay Freedman]

Can you import text (devised in another program)with style sheet names
appended? If so how?

For example, with QuarkXPress, you can import text with style sheet names
before each paragraph of text like this:
@1. Heading: Broomstick poked through keyhole
@2. Subheading: Industrial accident reported at south side plant

The document being imported into already has a Style Sheet named both @1.
Heading: and @2. Subheading: ...so the text is formatted using those
stylesheets.

Since Word doesn't use style sheets, the answer is no.

At any given time, a document has one and only one set of styles. Read
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/templaterelations/index.html and
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/attachtemplate/index.html to find out what you
can and can't do.

 

[DecaturILGuy]

Thanks Jay! I read the links given. But did not answer my question about how
to specify styles. The closest it came was: "The [new] document inherited
styles, content and page settings from its parent template."

Okay... it has no Style SHEETS; let's see if I can say it correctly. MS Word
has STYLES and a Template can have Styles... and my question is: can one
import text with the desired Styles noted before each section of text. And if
so, how are these Styles indicated so that the Style is rendered rather than
the Style's name. Thanks!

 

[Jay Freedman]

As I wrote before, "At any given time, a document has one and only one set of
styles." There is no way to do what you're asking for.

Thanks Jay! I read the links given. But did not answer my question about how
to specify styles. The closest it came was: "The [new] document inherited
styles, content and page settings from its parent template."

Okay... it has no Style SHEETS; let's see if I can say it correctly. MS Word
has STYLES and a Template can have Styles... and my question is: can one
import text with the desired Styles noted before each section of text. And if
so, how are these Styles indicated so that the Style is rendered rather than
the Style's name. Thanks!

Since Word doesn't use style sheets, the answer is no.

At any given time, a document has one and only one set of styles. Read
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/templaterelations/index.html and
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/attachtemplate/index.html to find out what you
can and can't do.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit.

 

[grammatim]

If you just want to know which Style is used on each paragraph, show
the Style Area (in Normal/Draft View). In 2007, Word Options >
Advanced > Display > Style Area Width. In 2003, presumably Tools >
Options > ?

Thanks Jay! I read the links given. But did not answer my question about how
to specify styles. The closest it came was: "The [new] document inherited
styles, content and page settings from its parent template."

Okay... it has no Style SHEETS; let's see if I can say it correctly. MS Word
has STYLES and a Template can have Styles... and my question is: can one
import text with the desired Styles noted before each section of text. And if
so, how are these Styles indicated so that the Style is rendered rather than
the Style's name. Thanks!

On Tue, 23 Dec 2008 22:05:01 -0800, DecaturILguy

Since Word doesn't use style sheets, the answer is no.

At any given time, a document has one and only one set of styles. Read
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/templaterelations/index.htmland
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/attachtemplate/index.htmlto find out what you
can and can't do.

 

[zac]

Dear All,

I have the same question.
I have a programmaticly created plaintext file that I import to Word. After
importing it I run AutoFormat to replace several things, like *Bold* and
_Italic_ with real formatting, ordinals with superscripts, fractions with
fraction characters, and several others.
Although I failed to find an easy method (preferably within AutoFormat),
that replaces
1. specific codes with page breaks and text wrapping breaks
2. paragraphs with specific codes as enclosures with a certain style defined
in a template assigned to the document after import

Is there any way to do these automatically?
Thank you in advance

zac

 

[DecaturILGuy]

Thanks Jay. I guess that if I want to import text with style (or style
sheets) identified then I have to use Quark XPress or Adobe InDesign. The
irony is that Adobe InDesign will import MS Word files with style sheets
assigned!

As I wrote before, "At any given time, a document has one and only one set of
styles." There is no way to do what you're asking for.

Thanks Jay! I read the links given. But did not answer my question about how
to specify styles. The closest it came was: "The [new] document inherited
styles, content and page settings from its parent template."

Okay... it has no Style SHEETS; let's see if I can say it correctly. MS Word
has STYLES and a Template can have Styles... and my question is: can one
import text with the desired Styles noted before each section of text. And if
so, how are these Styles indicated so that the Style is rendered rather than
the Style's name. Thanks!

On Tue, 23 Dec 2008 22:05:01 -0800, DecaturILguy

Can you import text (devised in another program)with style sheet names
appended? If so how?

For example, with QuarkXPress, you can import text with style sheet names
before each paragraph of text like this:
@1. Heading: Broomstick poked through keyhole
@2. Subheading: Industrial accident reported at south side plant

The document being imported into already has a Style Sheet named both @1.
Heading: and @2. Subheading: ...so the text is formatted using those
stylesheets.

Since Word doesn't use style sheets, the answer is no.

At any given time, a document has one and only one set of styles. Read
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/templaterelations/index.html and
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/attachtemplate/index.html to find out what you
can and can't do.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit.

 

[grammatim]

No, it doesn't, since Word doesn't have "Style sheets." Maybe it
changes sets of styles into a "Style sheet," whatever that may be.

Thanks Jay. I guess that if I want to import text with style (or style
sheets) identified then I have to use Quark XPress or Adobe InDesign. The
irony is that Adobe InDesign will import MS Word files with style sheets
assigned!

As I wrote before, "At any given time, a document has one and only one set of
styles." There is no way to do what you're asking for.

On Fri, 26 Dec 2008 22:06:01 -0800, DecaturILGuy

Thanks Jay! I read the links given. But did not answer my question about how
to specify styles. The closest it came was: "The [new] document inherited
styles, content and page settings from its parent template."
Okay... it has no Style SHEETS; let's see if I can say it correctly. MS Word
has STYLES and a Template can have Styles... and my question is: can one
import text with the desired Styles noted before each section of text.And if
so, how are these Styles indicated so that the Style is rendered rather than
the Style's name. Thanks!
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On Tue, 23 Dec 2008 22:05:01 -0800, DecaturILguy
Can you import text (devised in another program)with style sheet names
appended? If so how?
For example, with QuarkXPress, you can import text with style sheetnames
before each paragraph of text like this:
@1. Heading: Broomstick poked through keyhole
@2. Subheading: Industrial accident reported at south side plant
The document being imported into already has a Style Sheet named both @1.
Heading: and @2. Subheading: ...so the text is formatted using those
stylesheets.
Since Word doesn't use style sheets, the answer is no.
At any given time, a document has one and only one set of styles. Read
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/templaterelations/index.htmland
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/attachtemplate/index.htmlto find out what you
can and can't do.