Jambunathan K <kjambunat...@gmail.com> writes: > Robert Pluim <rpl...@gmail.com> writes: > >> Jambunathan K <kjambunat...@gmail.com> writes: >> >>> Robert Pluim <rpl...@gmail.com> writes: >>> >>>> (I thought this would be a FAQ, but I can't find anything similar) >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I'm exporting from org to html, which is working well. Since my final >>>> target is MSWord, I'd like to add style information to various >>>> paragraphs, ie bold, underline etc. I can see how to do eg *bold* for >>>> individual words, but how do I apply that kind of formatting to a span >>>> of text? >>> >>> I recommend using the odt exporter and then use LibreOffice to convert >>> the resulting file to MSWord. >>> >>> http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.html#convert-to-open-office >> >> Whilst that would work, it's inherently a 2-step process, versus 1 for >> the html route, plus it requires installing yet-another-application. > > I thought you said your final target is MSWord and not html.
It is, but MSWord can read html directly, so no extra step is required. >> In any case, the example file for the odt-converter has corrected my >> misunderstanding: *bold* works even for multiple words (although it >> appears the various style markers don't nest: */bold-italic/* give me >> the same as *bold*). > > Spanned text has to be part of the single emacs line and not be broken > across multiple lines. Ah, I don't think that's documented anywhere. Looks like I'll have to turn off auto-fill. Thanks Robert