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publishing:print:indesign [2021/03/20 21:21] maartenpublishing:print:indesign [2024/02/14 12:20] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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   - Paste in a plain text document and save as a plain text file with a .html extension.   - Paste in a plain text document and save as a plain text file with a .html extension.
   - Open the HTML file with Word or LibreOffice. You get a document with paragraph styles (like headings) and character styles (like bold and italic).    - Open the HTML file with Word or LibreOffice. You get a document with paragraph styles (like headings) and character styles (like bold and italic). 
-  - Use the ‘replace’ tool to replace all ‘italics’ with ‘emphasis’. Replace>more>format>italic (for top) and emphasis (for bottom)>replace all+  - Use the ‘replace’ tool to replace all ‘italics’ with ‘emphasis’. ''Replace>more>format>italic'' (for top) and ''emphasis > replace all'' (for bottom)
   - Set the chapter title as ‘Title’; set the first paragraph after each title, block quote and sub-heading as ‘No spacing’; set every block quote to ‘Quote’; set every normal paragraph as ‘normal’. [clarify this step, don’t think it is needed when starting from HTML, which already incorporates the blockquotes and no-indents after every heading, so would cut out a lot of the manual work if this can be ‘mapped’ properly]   - Set the chapter title as ‘Title’; set the first paragraph after each title, block quote and sub-heading as ‘No spacing’; set every block quote to ‘Quote’; set every normal paragraph as ‘normal’. [clarify this step, don’t think it is needed when starting from HTML, which already incorporates the blockquotes and no-indents after every heading, so would cut out a lot of the manual work if this can be ‘mapped’ properly]
   - Set language to English (UK) and do a basic proofreading based on the Word spell checker. If working from American spelling: use the “Make British spelling” plain text file [add link to separate document] to do a find and replace. [we could possibly automate this with a Word macro or similar script]   - Set language to English (UK) and do a basic proofreading based on the Word spell checker. If working from American spelling: use the “Make British spelling” plain text file [add link to separate document] to do a find and replace. [we could possibly automate this with a Word macro or similar script]