[EmData] 2 questions about text and pictures

[Emma Glaisher]

Sorry, forgot to hit reply all, in case it's helpful to anyone else!


My 2c worth on question 1:
The fact that your tab-sep file came from Excel is actually irrelevant - the
formatting is gone. It could have come from Filemaker, or from Quark, or
Word.

However, if you can find some way of putting XPress Tags onto your text, you
can preserve the bolds. You would also need to put the following line into
your prototype:

«set defaultisstyled to true»

If you can really get away with emboldened type, just pop <B> at each end of
your bold bits, so 'this text is <B>bold<B> and this isn't'. Case is
important - <b> won't wash. Otherwise you'll have to put in the correct font
tags.

I'm not actually sure how you'd do this in Excel, it's not an application
I'm expert in, but I'm sure it must be possible?

Emma
 


on 30.07.2008 16:20, a hyorth at ahyorth at abr-nc.com wrote:

> two questions, please:
> I have been using Xdata to complete multi-page listing ads in a real
> estate publication. I import from an Excel tab-separated file. How
> can I import text exactly as it appears in the Excel file without
> changing any of the existing bold or unbolded text?
> 
> If I want to import pictures into two picture boxes, do the boxes
> have to be embedded in the prototype or can one of the boxes float on
> top of the other?
> 
> alphie hyorth
> art director
> Real Estate Weekly
> 209 E. Chestnut
> Asheville, NC  28801
> 828-255-8505 ext. 19
> ahyorth at abr-nc.com
> 
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