-
1. Re: Xpress tags
BobLevine Jan 25, 2010 7:46 AM (in response to Barb Wentzell)Why not switch to InCopy?
Bob
-
2. Re: Xpress tags
Barb Wentzell Jan 25, 2010 8:04 AM (in response to BobLevine)Bob
We will probably switch to InCopy sometime but that means updating all the editorial computers, buying more software and training the staff. We're hoping to find a cheaper alternative that will work for the time being, then, hopefully soon, be able to update our computers and after that our software.
Barb
-
3. Re: Xpress tags
BobLevine Jan 25, 2010 8:12 AM (in response to Barb Wentzell)Sorry, but I really don't know enough about your set up to help. Hopefully someone else will be along.
Bob
-
4. Re: Xpress tags
P Spier Jan 25, 2010 8:27 AM (in response to Barb Wentzell)I suspect you could have a script written that would find text between tags, apply the appropriate formatting and remove the tags. Peter Kahrel discusses how to do this type of GREP search in his PDF publication.
-
5. Re: Xpress tags
Barb Wentzell Jan 25, 2010 8:56 AM (in response to P Spier)Thanks for the suggestion
I don't understand why this isn't something that InDesign 4 can't do. You'd think that when programmers improve their software with new features and better ways of doing things, they wouldn't mess up some of the basic things like importing text.
Hate to say it, but at times like this, I miss Quark.
Barb
-
6. Re: Xpress tags
P Spier Jan 25, 2010 9:02 AM (in response to Barb Wentzell)I wasn't aware that ID EVER could read Xpress tags, so perhaps this was functionality added by your other program. ID has it's own flavor of tagged text, though, that might be of use.
-
7. Re: Xpress tags
Barb Wentzell Jan 25, 2010 10:16 AM (in response to P Spier)For the time being we have to use NewsEdit where one of the Save As options is Xpresstags (filename.xtg). You can place this file in CS2 and it retains all formatting.
What programs does Indesigns tagged text work with?
Barb
-
8. Re: Xpress tags
P Spier Jan 25, 2010 11:27 AM (in response to Barb Wentzell)Are you asking about what programs besides InDesign or InCopy would generate ID tagged text? That I don't know. I'm just saying that there is a language for tags that ID can understand and interpret on import leaving you with fromatted text and no tags. If you know the equivalent tags between the two systems, for exapmple, a simple series of find/change operations in a text editor might be all you would need to convert the xtags into something you can use.


