[softwarelist] Re: OvationPro and OvHTML

Third time lucky?
I sent this first to ovationpro@xxxxxxxxxxx
then to softwarelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
so now here goes again!

On 15 May, rod@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> I asked a question in 2002 about getting HTML INTO
> OvationPro.... clearly ideas take their time to sink
> in with me... now I ask the reverse.

> I use OvHTML quite often to produce HTML attachments
> for emails. I have two problems:

> Problem 1. 
> I need to write a lot of lines
> like this
> with only a 
> few words on
> each line
> and, for instance, they should all be in blue.
> What I find is that the first line comes out
> in blue and all the rest in black.
> Now I can get over this by selecting each line
> of words separately and 'turning them blue'.

> Am I doing something wrong?

> Problem 2.
> Though the documentation of OvHTML suggests that 
> you can export text in several fonts (e.g. monospaced,
> serif, sans and 'fancy' at least), I cannot get this to
> work at all.

> When I examine the HTML file produced, it does not show
> any mention of fonts ... if some text is in Homerton
> amongst a lot of Trinity  and I examine the HTML file
> there is no 'font switched on' before the Homerton
> or 'switch off' after. 

> I wonder if anyone has any idea on this. Probably,
> on past records, if this problem can be solved,
> I won't be back with the next question till 2010-
> if I live that long!

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