Formatting code in word

[Hakan@exformedia.se]

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 

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> 24 maj 2022 kl. 22:37 skrev Mark Smith <marksmithhfx at gmail.com>:
> 
> 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. 
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>> On 24 May 2022, at 3:57 pm, Håkan Liljegren <hakan at exformedia.se> wrote:
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>> 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 <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> 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
>>> 
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