eliminate styles for docx

eliminate styles for docx

[Chris Corbett]

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I'm a pandoc newbie and I've searched the group, but haven't found out how 
to do what I want to do.

I have a business application that is producing text file reports that are 
sent to the printer using enscript which basically is sending it using a 
single non-proportional font.   The code producing the report ensures that 
everything has the correct alignment up by having the right amount of 
spaces between each column.

I have a requirement to convert this report to a docx file because we want 
to have the ability to draw a signature on it.  So I'm using pandoc to do 
that conversion.  But when I do that, I end up with a document with 
multiple styles and its messing up all of the alignment.

I've just spent the last couple of hours manipulating all of the styles 
setup within my document.   But I'm not getting very far, very fast.  Is 
there a way that I can add a tag to my input file to force pandoc to use a 
single style for everything?  I'm not sure what is polite on this group, so 
I'm not attaching anything.  But I would be happy to do so if it would help 
anyone help me.

Thanks!


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Re: eliminate styles for docx

[John MacFarlane]

What format are you converting from?
Simplest thing would be to put the whole thing in a code
block (except the signature); then it will all be monospace in Word.

Chris Corbett <chrisacorbett-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> writes:

> I'm a pandoc newbie and I've searched the group, but haven't found out how 
> to do what I want to do.
>
> I have a business application that is producing text file reports that are 
> sent to the printer using enscript which basically is sending it using a 
> single non-proportional font.   The code producing the report ensures that 
> everything has the correct alignment up by having the right amount of 
> spaces between each column.
>
> I have a requirement to convert this report to a docx file because we want 
> to have the ability to draw a signature on it.  So I'm using pandoc to do 
> that conversion.  But when I do that, I end up with a document with 
> multiple styles and its messing up all of the alignment.
>
> I've just spent the last couple of hours manipulating all of the styles 
> setup within my document.   But I'm not getting very far, very fast.  Is 
> there a way that I can add a tag to my input file to force pandoc to use a 
> single style for everything?  I'm not sure what is polite on this group, so 
> I'm not attaching anything.  But I would be happy to do so if it would help 
> anyone help me.
>
> Thanks!
>
>
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Re: eliminate styles for docx

[Chris Corbett]

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I am converting from a simple Unix text file.  What you are suggesting
seems exactly what I need.   I searched the docs for code block.  And I
think if I just put ~~~ at the top and end of the file, I should be good.
Please let me know if there is a better way to do this.  Thanks!

On Sat, Sep 21, 2019 at 12:53 PM John MacFarlane <jgm-TVLZxgkOlNX2fBVCVOL8/A@public.gmane.org> wrote:

>
> What format are you converting from?
> Simplest thing would be to put the whole thing in a code
> block (except the signature); then it will all be monospace in Word.
>
> Chris Corbett <chrisacorbett-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> writes:
>
> > I'm a pandoc newbie and I've searched the group, but haven't found out
> how
> > to do what I want to do.
> >
> > I have a business application that is producing text file reports that
> are
> > sent to the printer using enscript which basically is sending it using a
> > single non-proportional font.   The code producing the report ensures
> that
> > everything has the correct alignment up by having the right amount of
> > spaces between each column.
> >
> > I have a requirement to convert this report to a docx file because we
> want
> > to have the ability to draw a signature on it.  So I'm using pandoc to
> do
> > that conversion.  But when I do that, I end up with a document with
> > multiple styles and its messing up all of the alignment.
> >
> > I've just spent the last couple of hours manipulating all of the styles
> > setup within my document.   But I'm not getting very far, very fast.  Is
> > there a way that I can add a tag to my input file to force pandoc to use
> a
> > single style for everything?  I'm not sure what is polite on this group,
> so
> > I'm not attaching anything.  But I would be happy to do so if it would
> help
> > anyone help me.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> >
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Re: eliminate styles for docx

[John Muccigrosso]

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Silly question maybe, but what happens if you just put a ".docx" extension 
on the text file? On my Mac with version 11 of Word, it asks what line 
endings to use and then just opens as monospaced text.

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Re: eliminate styles for docx

[Emmanuel Charpentier]

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From the goddamn' documentation <https://pandoc.org/MANUAL.html>:

   - -B FILE, --include-before-body=FILE|URL
   
Include contents of FILE, verbatim, at the beginning of the document body 
(e.g. after the <body> tag in HTML, or the \begin{document} command in 
LaTeX). This can be used to include navigation bars or banners in HTML 
documents. This option can be used repeatedly to include multiple files. 
They will be included in the order specified. Implies --standalone.


   - -A FILE, --include-after-body=FILE|URL
   
Include contents of FILE, verbatim, at the end of the document body (before 
the </body> tag in HTML, or the \end{document} command in LaTeX). This 
option can be used repeatedly to include multiple files. They will be 
included in the order specified. Implies --standalone.


with the corresponding "structural variables":

   - include-before
   
contents specified by -B/--include-before-body (may have multiple values)


   - include-after
   
contents specified by -A/--include-after-body (may have multiple values)


This may do the trick.

Le vendredi 20 septembre 2019 22:35:19 UTC+2, Chris Corbett a écrit :
>
> I'm a pandoc newbie and I've searched the group, but haven't found out how 
> to do what I want to do.
>
> I have a business application that is producing text file reports that are 
> sent to the printer using enscript which basically is sending it using a 
> single non-proportional font.   The code producing the report ensures that 
> everything has the correct alignment up by having the right amount of 
> spaces between each column.
>
> I have a requirement to convert this report to a docx file because we want 
> to have the ability to draw a signature on it.  So I'm using pandoc to do 
> that conversion.  But when I do that, I end up with a document with 
> multiple styles and its messing up all of the alignment.
>
> I've just spent the last couple of hours manipulating all of the styles 
> setup within my document.   But I'm not getting very far, very fast.  Is 
> there a way that I can add a tag to my input file to force pandoc to use a 
> single style for everything?  I'm not sure what is polite on this group, so 
> I'm not attaching anything.  But I would be happy to do so if it would help 
> anyone help me.
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>

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Re: eliminate styles for docx

[Chris Corbett]

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I wanted to thank everyone for their answers.  The solution I went with is 
to add ~~~ at the beginning and end of the text file.  And then I just had 
to change the font and font size for one style within the reference docx.   

On Friday, September 20, 2019 at 3:35:19 PM UTC-5, Chris Corbett wrote:
>
> I'm a pandoc newbie and I've searched the group, but haven't found out how 
> to do what I want to do.
>
> I have a business application that is producing text file reports that are 
> sent to the printer using enscript which basically is sending it using a 
> single non-proportional font.   The code producing the report ensures that 
> everything has the correct alignment up by having the right amount of 
> spaces between each column.
>
> I have a requirement to convert this report to a docx file because we want 
> to have the ability to draw a signature on it.  So I'm using pandoc to do 
> that conversion.  But when I do that, I end up with a document with 
> multiple styles and its messing up all of the alignment.
>
> I've just spent the last couple of hours manipulating all of the styles 
> setup within my document.   But I'm not getting very far, very fast.  Is 
> there a way that I can add a tag to my input file to force pandoc to use a 
> single style for everything?  I'm not sure what is polite on this group, so 
> I'm not attaching anything.  But I would be happy to do so if it would help 
> anyone help me.
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>

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