Alex,
It is most regrettable that I didn't see your last post before
completing my research. For anyone interested I will post it here
anyway.
Alex,
First, I'm confused by apparently contradictory statements:
> Some requests for from the group have included;
> *double space after paragraphs
> *no curly quotes
>
> It appears that
> *TW removes double spaces from texts cut and pasted from Word
> *word processors change all your quotes to curly for you, but when you
> cut and paste into TW, the curly quotes revert to straight ones.
>
> The problem for me is that I find myself in a loop where corrections
> are being made on my TW document using Word. I cut and paste the exact
> text, yet to the proof reader, it appears that no change has been
> made.
>
> It would be nice if the TW version could output a singe spaced and
> curly quoted document paper document...
The group has requested no curly quotes but you're asking for curly
quotes. I copied some curly-quoted text from Word into a tiddler and
it remained curly-quoted. When copied back into Word it still
maintained the curly quotes, i.e. the round-trip didn't convert curly
quotes ({{{‘}}} = HEX {{{%91}}}, {{{’}}} = HEX {{{%92}}}, {{{“}}} =
HEX {{{%93}}}, and {{{”}}} = HEX {{{%94}}}) into straight quotes.
I believe the confusion comes from the last sentence in the Typography
for Lawyers article, "Before you exclaim “that won’t do anything!”,
try it. When Word or WP replaces each quote mark, it also performs the
straight-to-curly conversion." This "conversion" is a configuration
option (AutoCorrect Options) which can be changed. In Word 2007,
select the Office Button (upper left corner), select the Word Options
command button next to the Exit Word command button, select the
Proofing topic (third down the left-side list), select the AutoCorrect
Options button in the AutoCorrect options section, then select the
AutoFormat As You Type tab. In the Replace as you type section there
is a checkbox for "Straight quotes" with "smart quotes". Because this
option is selected by default, people assume that Word will always do
this for them. With this option selected, when you type, single and
double straight quotes are converted to curly quotes. If you disable
(unselect) the checkbox, whatever kind of single or double quote you
type will not be changed to its curly equivalent. What the author of
the article didn't test is what Word does with ''pasted'' text.
Whether this option is selected or not, Word does ''not'' convert
pasted text. If you perform a search and replace (Ctrl+H) and type the
same single or double quote character into both the Find what combo
box and the Replace with combo box, Word will convert the straight
quotes to curly quotes for you.
Regarding "double space after paragraphs", the trick here is to modify
the paragraph style in both TiddlyWiki and Word.
In TiddlyWiki: From [[Suppress blank lines (crlf) in rendered tiddler
content|http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki/t/ef902f93b917345/
a4f4c079492e3ce8]] I obtained
http://a-pm-experimental.tiddlyspot.com/#LineBreakHack.
This plugin will remove all the extra crlfs from tiddler content
before rendering the tiddler in the TiddlyWiki. I do not know how to
modify the code to wikify all linebreaks into two (2) <br>'s (which
would render your tiddler content with a double-space between
paragraphs). However, the presence of this plugin ''will'' allow your
editors to place an extra crlf in their content for readability during
editing. If you implement this plugin, I would suggest that when you
want to port a tiddler's content to Word, select the text to copy into
the clipboard from the rendered tiddler, not from the tiddler in edit
mode. That way no extra crlfs will be introduced into Word.
In Word:
#Create a paragraph Style (mine is named SpaceAfterParagraph).
#Select the Format command button and select Paragraph from the
dropdown.
#On the Indents and Spacing tab of the Paragraph dialog:
**Set Line spacing to Single
**Set Spacing After to 24 pt. Assuming your default font size is 12
pt, 24 pt represents a double space.
#Save your changes to the Paragraph dialog and the new paragraph
Style.
#Apply this style to all appropriate paragraphs.
Following is a macro I created that:
*pastes the contents of the clipboard into the Word document
*performs a search and replace on single quotes throughout the entire
document (quotes which are curly will remain so)
*performs a search and replace on double quotes throughout the entire
document (quotes which are curly will remain so)
*performs a search on the Normal paragraph style (which is what should
be coming from the clipboard from your tiddler) throughout the entire
document and replaces it with my SpaceAfterParagraph style.
Code (beware of Google Groups introducing crlf's that could break the
code):
{{{
Option Explicit
Sub LawyerStyle()
'Replace single quotes
Selection.PasteAndFormat (wdPasteDefault)
Selection.Find.ClearFormatting
Selection.Find.Replacement.ClearFormatting
With Selection.Find
.Text = "'"
.Replacement.Text = "'"
.Forward = True
.Wrap = wdFindContinue
.Format = False
End With
Selection.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
'Replace double quotes
Selection.Find.ClearFormatting
Selection.Find.Replacement.ClearFormatting
With Selection.Find
.Text = """"
.Replacement.Text = """"
.Forward = True
.Wrap = wdFindContinue
.Format = False
End With
Selection.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
'Replace Normal style
Selection.Find.ClearFormatting
Selection.Find.Replacement.ClearFormatting
Selection.Find.Style = ActiveDocument.Styles( _
"Normal")
Selection.Find.Replacement.Style = ActiveDocument.Styles( _
"SpaceAfterParagraph")
With Selection.Find
.Text = ""
.Replacement.Text = ""
.Forward = True
.Wrap = wdFindContinue
.Format = True
End With
Selection.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
End Sub
}}}
This macro will automate the process of moving content from your
TiddlyWiki into a Word document:
#Select the content in your TiddlyWiki which you want to port over to
Word and copy it to the clipboard (Ctrl+C).
#In the Word document, place your cursor at the insertion point for
your content.
#Execute the macro.
If the style SpaceAfterParagraph does not exist, the macro will crash.
You can edit the code to rename the style if necessary.
I'm using MS Word 2007. These changes can be made in previous versions
(2003, 2002, 2000, etc.) but I don't know where to look in the menus.
Take care.
Craig
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