Every section is numbered has an indented numbered subsection, followed by a indented numbered paragraph, followed by a a indented and numbered subparagraph. This layout is critical to knowing where you are in the statute. If you copy and paste into plain text you lose it and get a single undifferentiated block of text. Impossible to know where you are or what section, subsection etc you are reading.
On 15 Feb 2008, at 18:30, The Org Dork wrote: > On 2/14/08 11:16 PM, "mf" wrote: > >> I already have a paper copy of the document, which is a 33 page >> statute. I need it on the computer to be able to search >> electronically >> and to copy passages into other documents. >> >> The formatting is highly complex, with many layers of nested indents. >> Pasting into a text file would undo the formatting - too laborious >> to >> recreate. Don't have Photoshop. > > I still don't get it. Why is the formatting of a statute relevant to > searching it? What if the statute were part of a database of > searchable > laws...it's format might be XML internally, PDF when you print it, > etc. > > So...if your workflow -- as you've described -- is one of > referencing the > document, then I can not see why having it in a specific "format" is > relevant. > > <shrug> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > Skim-app-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Skim-app-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users
