[duxhelp] Re: Line breaks in word files

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  • Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 09:41:21 -0400

This is exactly what I was looking for (apparently not hard enough)
*smiles*.

So what you are saying about the invalid codes is that anything that is
not recognized as effecting output (like [sk1]) is ignored? If so, then
this is a great design!

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: duxhelp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:duxhelp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Peter Sullivan
> Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 9:33 AM
> To: duxhelp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [duxhelp] Re: Line breaks in word files
> 
> Michael,
> 
> For what you're trying to do, you might just want to check 
> "Preserve Skipped Lines" in the Global, Word Importer dialog.
> 
> The import process makes absolutely no checks for the 
> validity of a code.
> Moreover, an invalid code will not generally affect 
> translation or formatting.
> 
> - Peter 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: duxhelp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:duxhelp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Michael Surato
> Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 9:27 AM
> To: duxhelp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [duxhelp] Line breaks in word files
> 
> Hi,
> 
> We are trying to create a document that has some blank lines 
> in it. Our final product should look like:
> 
> Line 1
> 
> Line 2
> 
> If we leave a blank line in the word file, this is removed 
> when opened in DBT. If we imbed a line break in the word file like so:
> 
> Line 1
> [[*<*]]
> Line 2
> 
> We get two blank lines instead of one (after removing the 
> para. style).
> Is there a way to get a single blank line in the final product?
> 
> On a second front, while I was embedding codes into the word 
> file, I attempted to import an error using this ability. By using:
> 
> Line1
> [[*breakme*]]
> Line2
> 
> I was able import the invalid code into DBT. However, this 
> did not affect embossing at all (this is good!). I see that 
> in the manual you mention the [idle] code, is it possible to 
> insert any code, and have anything not recognized be ignored?
> 
> Thank you very much!
> 
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