Am Mittwoch, 19. April 2006 00:10 schrieb Calum Polwart: > OK - I thought I couldn't import in paragraph formatting? But I can... > Am I supposed to be able to? > > A few months back I asked about trying to basically mailmerge a database > but apply some formatting depending on the content. The closest > equivalent I can describe might be a catalogue listing with the desire > to perhaps list new items in italics. > > It was specifically italics I wanted to import. > > Here's how I have achieved it: (not sure if all steps are necessary) > > > * The 'database' comes in excel. So I apply all my basic > formatting and rules etc in OpenOffice - Calc, including > conditional formatting the italic items > * Save the sheet as HTML. > * Close the sheet (if you don't it seems to re-open the sheet in > Calc) > * Open the HTML file in writer > * Use TABLE / CONVERT --> Table to Text, delimit with tabs > * Save the file as an ODT file (I had to use EXPORT to do this) > [open document format] > * In scribus 'Get Text', Import the styles. --> I was asked to > match fonts for MS Serif and MS Serif Italic... so I matched > them... and I seem to have content that can then be tweaked in > scribus and includes italic font when needed, and tabs which can > then be positioned... > > I thought this was what others wanted to do the other day as well .. so > thought I should explain my method... (using 1.3.3.1 cvs)
Hi Calum, sounds like an article for the Wiki, don't you think? So, if you don't mind ... :) Christoph
