pacorramos Posted December 29, 2019 Posted December 29, 2019 I apologize if this topic has already been discussed (I can't see it anywhere), but I would like to know how to apply a "basic" paragraph style to all text in a book once imported from Word into Publisher. Is there any "automatic" way to do it? Quote
Old Bruce Posted December 29, 2019 Posted December 29, 2019 2 hours ago, pacorramos said: Is there any "automatic" way to do it? If you mean on import then no. The only reliable way I have found is to import the text (I try to use plain text files) and then using the text cursor place it in amongst the text and Select All (Command + A) then apply the Paragraph Style. You may have bold and italic and underlined and struck through or some combination carried over from the Word document and this is more work to correct. There are a lot of people who need to have those remain and then there are others who want them removed. Myself, I like to work with plain text files and use text markers within the plain text to mark the italic or bold or whatever. A simple find and replace using the grep function and predefined Character Styles and I am done. But that is me. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.6 Affinity Designer 2.5.7 | Affinity Photo 2.5.7 | Affinity Publisher 2.5.7 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that.
pacorramos Posted December 29, 2019 Author Posted December 29, 2019 14 minutes ago, Old Bruce said: If you mean on import then no. The only reliable way I have found is to import the text (I try to use plain text files) and then using the text cursor place it in amongst the text and Select All (Command + A) then apply the Paragraph Style. You may have bold and italic and underlined and struck through or some combination carried over from the Word document and this is more work to correct. There are a lot of people who need to have those remain and then there are others who want them removed. Myself, I like to work with plain text files and use text markers within the plain text to mark the italic or bold or whatever. A simple find and replace using the grep function and predefined Character Styles and I am done. But that is me. Good advice! Many thanks! Quote
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