Thanks Philippe, Hussein, and Jeff! Great service on this list! :-)
I realize that the procedure is quite simple now when I learnt in the answer to my previous question how to do extended selects conveniently. Thanks again! /Magnus Philippe Nobili wrote: > Magnus G?fvert wrote: >> I have a docbook book document where I want to move chapters into >> separate chapter files for inclusion. It works fine to write a chapter >> file from scratch, but I cannot figure out how to move a chapter from >> the book document and to the chapter file. When I select a chapter in >> the book I cannot cut it to the clipboard. Copy seems to work, but I >> cannot paste it in the new chapter document. Any suggestions? >> >> Best regards, >> Magnus >> > Magnus, > > Yes this does not work; we use a very effective workaround to do this: > > 1) create a new chapter from scratch > 2) use extended copy (Ctrl+Shift+MB1 for example) to copy all elements > from the first title down to the last element. > 3) In the new chapter, you select all elements (i.e. title+section) > and you replace them ( paste) by the previously copied selection > 4) save the new chapter > 5) Copy as reference > 6) Move into your original element, replace the chapter by the reference > > Hope this helps, > > > -- > XMLmind XML Editor Support List > xmleditor-support at xmlmind.com > http://www.xmlmind.com/mailman/listinfo/xmleditor-support -- Magnus G?fvert, PhD Phone: +46 46 286 2204 MODELON AB Fax: +46 46 286 2201 Ideon Science Park Email: magnus.gafvert at modelon.se SE-22370 Lund, Sweden WWW: http://www.modelon.se -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: magnus_gafvert.vcf Type: text/x-vcard Size: 321 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://www.xmlmind.com/pipermail/xmleditor-support/attachments/20091130/9313afb6/attachment.bin
