> So, when you are creating an interactive project or whatever you are > saying that most people have been content to just start from scratch > with the text formatting? > I mean what do you have but Graphics, Movies, Sound and TEXT for > importing into REV. > Graphic, Movies and Sound have importing capabilities. > Why not text? And why has that not been a high priority for > most people? > I just feel like I missing something if no one else > sees this as a > little bit important to an applications fundamental abilities, that's > all. I don't think it should matter how big or small a company is but > rather what they do and how they do it that matters.
Honestly, Tom, it has never been a high priority for any of my apps to import text *directly* from other proprietary formats (like Word, etc.), especially when there is a common non-proprietary format that can be used. So for example, if I have an app that needs to get data from from a specific app (like Word), I will either require the user to save it in a common format (like RTF, which I *can* import), or I will automate the app and make it save a copy out in a common format. Also note that you have asked about text import, but across a variety of different tools - PDF, HTML, Word, PowerPoint, Quark - and none of *those* tools will import all those formats either. The thing is that Graphics, Movies, and Sounds are all pretty common in their individual niches - "text" is spread very thinly across a number of niches (word processing, web development, page layout, presentations, etc.) so it's not as easy to lump into a single wish for "full formatted text". I'm sure that as time goes on, RunRev will add additional import capabilities. But I'll bet you a dollar to a doughnut that they will all be for importing common formats more easily and not for importing proprietary formats. Just my $0.02, Ken Ray Sons of Thunder Software Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/ _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution