Re: Xy to Word

[Judith Davidsen jdavidsen@xxxxxxxx]

> If I had to change it manually, it would be too much trouble to
> change it with every draft, and I'd have to continue working in Word.
>
I just did 8,000 words, including boldfacing 59 totally
different names and specing heads and subheads in 8 minutes.
A drag to be sure, especially down the line if you are only
doing 2 minutes worth of revisions, but there's no need to
stay in Word.

Judith Davidsen



> Nothing in this message should be construed as a defense of the talking
> paperclip.
>
> Norman
>
> At 03:27 PM 8/13/01 -0400, Judith Davidsen wrote:
> >
> >What I do is set up my own heads, subheads, etc in xywrite,
> >enclosing them --depending on the level--in brackets, curly
> >brackets, whatever I'm not using in the text. Then in word,
> >I use a search&replace to turn them into whatever font I
> >want for each level; in your case the roman numerals etc
> >would be inside the enclosures and Word would not change
> >them. If this will help, I can tell you how to do it in more
> >detail after I get something to eat. But I don't have a clue
> >how to make Word do it automatically.
>
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