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 14:33:05 +0200 Message-ID: References: <81r58djqsm.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:38266) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QHxkB-0001dU-0Y for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 05 May 2011 08:33:23 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QHxk9-00048u-U6 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 05 May 2011 08:33:22 -0400 Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:55163) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QHxk9-00048X-Og for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 05 May 2011 08:33:21 -0400 Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QHxk7-00039H-QR for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 05 May 2011 14:33:19 +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 14:33:19 +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 14:33:19 +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: > >> (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. 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*). Thanks Robert