From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Robert Pluim Subject: Re: Applying style to a paragraph for HTML export Date: Thu, 05 May 2011 15:16:01 +0200 Message-ID: References: <81r58djqsm.fsf@gmail.com> <814o591fjx.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:45283) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QHyPj-00062c-5c for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 05 May 2011 09:16:23 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QHyPg-0003ZD-DK for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 05 May 2011 09:16:19 -0400 Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:52904) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QHyPf-0003Z1-Qu for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 05 May 2011 09:16:16 -0400 Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QHyPe-0003oE-1Q for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 05 May 2011 15:16:14 +0200 Received: from lns-bzn-49f-81-56-191-143.adsl.proxad.net ([81.56.191.143]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 05 May 2011 15:16:14 +0200 Received: from rpluim by lns-bzn-49f-81-56-191-143.adsl.proxad.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 05 May 2011 15:16:14 +0200 List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Jambunathan K writes: > Robert Pluim writes: > >> Jambunathan K writes: >> >>> Robert Pluim writes: >>> >>>> (I thought this would be a FAQ, but I can't find anything similar) >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I'm exporting from org to html, which is working well. Since my final >>>> target is MSWord, I'd like to add style information to various >>>> paragraphs, ie bold, underline etc. I can see how to do eg *bold* for >>>> individual words, but how do I apply that kind of formatting to a span >>>> of text? >>> >>> I recommend using the odt exporter and then use LibreOffice to convert >>> the resulting file to MSWord. >>> >>> http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.html#convert-to-open-office >> >> Whilst that would work, it's inherently a 2-step process, versus 1 for >> the html route, plus it requires installing yet-another-application. > > I thought you said your final target is MSWord and not html. It is, but MSWord can read html directly, so no extra step is required. >> In any case, the example file for the odt-converter has corrected my >> misunderstanding: *bold* works even for multiple words (although it >> appears the various style markers don't nest: */bold-italic/* give me >> the same as *bold*). > > Spanned text has to be part of the single emacs line and not be broken > across multiple lines. Ah, I don't think that's documented anywhere. Looks like I'll have to turn off auto-fill. Thanks Robert