On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 5:55 PM, Joe Zeff <joe at zeff.us> wrote: > On 06/02/2011 01:40 PM, John Ghormley KJ4UFG wrote: > >> I am faced with importing from OOo or LibreOffice, s well as Word, >> frequently. I cannot find a really good way to import these files. When >> importing the open source file formats, the paragraph style identifiers >> make >> little sense to me and they add to my list of styles an extraneous group >> of >> styles that are only useful for the article they are associated with. >> > > I do a two-page weekly 'zine for an apa. I use OpenOffice to enter the > text and get the spelling right. Then, I import it into scribus, dropping > it into a template to get the basic look right. Last, I go into the story > editor apply the appropriate paragraph styles and add italics as needed. I > don't use paragraph styles in OOo because I've got them set just the way I > like them in scribus, and for me it's a case of KISS. > > If you need to import files that other people have created, with their own > styles, there's an check-box in the Import dialog that allows you to import > text only, not the styles. > > Possibly a good idea, but I have a question. What does one gain from importing from an open source format that makes it better than a simpler copy and paste, if one doesn't import styles?
Thanks. -- John Ghormley KJ4UFG Editor, SERA *Repeater Journal* Walkertown, NC USA editor at sera.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.scribus.net/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20110602/a47aed3c/attachment.html>
