He does use Open Office, not Microsoft. I do save the files in ODT format, but it still does not retain the italics once I use the Style format in Scribus. When I enable the particular style I am using for the text it "erases" the italics.
Thanks On Thu, Oct 1, 2015 at 2:07 PM, Gregory Pittman <gpittman at iglou.com> wrote: > On 10/01/2015 11:54 AM, Mary Moore wrote: > > Good Morning All, > > > > I have been using Scribus for 5 years to format the books my husband has > > written. > > > > I still have one issue that I cannot resolve. On the original manuscript > he > > uses Italics on a word or phrase to denote a characters thoughts. I break > > each chapter into a separate file. No matter how I import the > > text....copy/past, import, etc I loose the italics. So I have had to go > > back through the manuscript of anywhere from 60k to 80k words looking for > > any *italicized* words so that I can go back into Scribus and correct. I > am > > always afraid I will miss something doing it this way. > > > > I have been able to import it into Scribus with the italicized words in > > place, but as soon as I apply my Style font it all disappears. > > > > Any thoughts or ideas? BTW I love Scribus. > > > > What should work is to save the file in ODT format, possible by using > LibreOffice. If he is using some other word processor, LibreOffice > should be able to import, then save as ODT, retaining the italics, which > should then be preserved on import to Scribus. > > Greg > > > ___ > Scribus Mailing List: scribus at lists.scribus.net > Edit your options or unsubscribe: > http://lists.scribus.net/mailman/listinfo/scribus > See also: > http://wiki.scribus.net > http://forums.scribus.net > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.scribus.net/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20151001/e8a8aa9d/attachment.html>
