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> I'm using DWMX2004, W2K, Microsoft Word 2000 and am trying to import word
> files and preserve the formatting of the document. (bold, italic,
> paragraphs) I thought I could copy and paste the text into DWMX, but the
> formatting is lost. Also, File>Import>Word Document is greyed out in both
> code and design view. Is there something I need to install to allow me to
> import word documents?
> TIA,
> --Rayne
>
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> Try copy and paste.
>
> How large is the Word file?
>
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> "Rayne" <rayne@hal-pc.org> wrote in message
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> Thanks for the reply, but I said I tried copy and paste and the formatting
> was lost. It was just a paragraph. Also, the import word document command

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> greyed out in all views. My questions are:
> 1. Does DWMX keep the formatting of pasted text (bold, italic, color, etc)
> from word or is the documentation incorrect? If so, is there anything
> special I have to do besides making sure I get the last paragraph mark?
> 2. How do I make the import word document command available.
> Thanks for the help.
> --Rayne
>
>
> "Murray *TMM*" <forums@HAHAgreat-web-sights.com> wrote in message
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> Rayne:
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> When I copy and paste from Word or Excel into DMX2004 most (all?) of the
> formatting is retained, and the code produced actually is quite

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> I have to do nothing special to get this.
>
> I know that there is a size limitation of the source file, however, and
> that's why I asked that question - how big is it? I think it will not

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> on anything > 150K, but I could be wrong....
>
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> "Rayne" <rayne@hal-pc.org> wrote in message
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> OK, thanks. Copy and paste doesn't retain the formatting for me even if I
> just paste one sentence. But, even more perplexing is that the import word
> document is greyed out. Any ideas why?
> --Rayne
>
>
> "Murray *TMM*" <forums@HAHAgreat-web-sights.com> wrote in message
> news:btn5qg$llj$1@forums.macromedia.com...
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> The word document is 29k, just under 2 pages. I'm sorry I didn't say that
> sooner. I didn't undrstand why the size of the document would affect

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> the command is greyed out or not. The pasted text was one sentence, 10
> words.
> --Rayne
>
> "Murray *TMM*" <forums@HAHAgreat-web-sights.com> wrote in message
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> <ahem>
>
> HOW BIG IS THE WORD DOCUMENT?
>
> </ahem>
>
> Anyhow - I have no clue why it's not enabled for you. But it seems to me
> that there was another post here in the last several weeks about the same
> thing and the solution was to reinstall....
>
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> "Rayne" <rayne@hal-pc.org> wrote in message
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> Have you tried a reinstall?
>
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> "Rayne" <rayne@hal-pc.org> wrote in message
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> Fixed it by upgrading to Office XP 2003. Now, the import word document
> command is available and pasted text retains the formatting. Thanks for

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> help.
> --Rayne
>
> "Murray *TMM*" <forums@HAHAgreat-web-sights.com> wrote in message
> news:bts3l9$lhk$1@forums.macromedia.com...
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> Rayne:
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> That's a new one. I guess DMX is smart enough to look for the required

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> files!
>
> I'm glad you explained this...
>
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> "Rayne" <rayne@hal-pc.org> wrote in message
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> To explain even further... The document I was trying to import was a word
> 2000 file. But, on that machine, I had installed Office 97. It looks like
> DWMX2004 needs Office 2000 or higher installed to work.
> --Rayne
>
> "Murray *TMM*" <forums@HAHAgreat-web-sights.com> wrote in message
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