[softwarelist] Re: Control characters in text files
- From: Anthony Hilton <ajh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <davidpilling@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:39:55 GMT
In message <06E2F530C5DA4755829332E8B4FE029B@PC01> dated 25 Feb 2010
"John Grogan" <johngrogan@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Paul Sprangers" <Paul@xxxxxxxx>
> To: "David Pilling (softwarelist)" <davidpilling@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 1:05 PM
> Subject: [softwarelist] Re: Control characters in text files
>> John Grogan <johngrogan@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> When importing plain text files into an OvationPro frame, is it possible
>>> to have control characters or escape sequences in the text file which
>>> will produce effects such as Bold and Italics?
>>
>> Absolutely.
>> These effects (and a lot more) are taken care of by the !TransDDF filter,
>> found in the Filters subdirectory within OvationPro.
>>
>> To enable Bold, for example, insert the following code into your text:
>> {Bold on} ...text to be boldened... {Bold off}
>>
>> Or, if you have defined a Bold style in your Ovation document:
>> {"Bold" on} ...text to be boldened... {"Bold" off}
>>
>> Read the Help file of the !TransDDF filter for details.
>>
>> Kind regards,
>> Paul Sprangers
> Thanks for that info. I've often wondered what all those !Trans... bits
> were for!
> My only problem now is that !TransDDF seems to throw away my form-feeds
> (\f). I tried {newpage}, {off}{newpage}{on} and even {off}\f{on} but to no
> avail. Is there a DDF {newpage} type of instruction?
From the !TransDDF Help file:
Minor omissions include: Frame throw
Anthony
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