Jallan, Well, this works perfectly with OOo, but not at all with Word for some reason. Thanks, this is a good solution.
Graham On 1/18/06, Jallan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Graham Smith wrote: > > Is it possible to add a formatting text tag when working in a text > editor > > that OOo would recognise when the text file is imported into it. > > > > So in the text file you could type something like "/i italicised word/i" > > that would then format the words "italicised word" as italics in Open > > Office. > > Yes. > > Use HTML codes and save the file with extension ".HTM" or extension > ".HTML". > > For example, a file named FORMAT_TEST.HTML containing the text "The > quick brown <i>fox<\i> jumps over the lazy <b>dog<\b>." when opened by > Writer will display without the tags, with the word "fox" in italics, > and the word "dog" in boldface. > > This trick also works with MS Word. > > Jallan > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
