Yes, you need to use something to create the PDF first of course. And here Word might be a good candidate. Especially if you are to write a lot of explaining text and then paste some code. I think I still would go for an automated setup and write the explanations in the code. Then you could automate the full process (in Livecode of course :) But it all depends on the purpose of course.
If you are looking for a tool to convert between a lot of different formats I suggest you take a look at pandoc. A command line Swiss army tool for document conversion. Good Luck! :-Håkan Skickat från min iPhone > 24 maj 2022 kl. 22:37 skrev Mark Smith <[email protected]>: > > Thanks, I wasn’t aware that could be applied to just a specific format… I > had always thought of it as document wide. Mind you, I don’t take advantage > of 90% of the features in Word either. PDF sounds like a good option for > distribution but don’t you still need to create the file in something else? > I’ve only ever converted documents to/from PDF. > >> On 24 May 2022, at 3:57 pm, Håkan Liljegren <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Probably not what you want to hear, but I never distribute documents in Word >> as I then have no control on the formatting. The receiver might not have the >> same font installed and then the text might reflow and all kinds of bad >> things might happen! :) >> >> I always use PDF for distrution. BUT, if you still want to use Word you can >> create a specific format for the code blocks and then select the language >> for that format and check the “Do not check spelling or grammar” for that >> format. You can also select the newly pasted text and then do the same >> procedure (Select language and check the do not check checkbox). >> >> :-Håkan >> >>> On 24 May 2022, at 13:00, Mark Smith via use-livecode >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hello list, >>> >>> Do you use anything to make code look more readable when inserted into a >>> Word document? I ask because all those squiggly red underlines (spellcheck >>> marks) makes it pretty unattractive, although they can be turned off. >>> However, when distributing a document to others they may not know how to >>> turn that off. Just wondering if you’ve found a better way for distributing >>> code in word docs. >>> >>> Thanks! >>> Mark >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> use-livecode mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>> subscription preferences: >>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
