Robert Pluim <rpl...@gmail.com> writes: > Jambunathan K <kjambunat...@gmail.com> writes: > >> Robert Pluim <rpl...@gmail.com> 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.
I thought you said your final target is MSWord and not html. > 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*). Spanned text has to be part of the single emacs line and not be broken across multiple lines. > > Thanks > > Robert > > > --