In Word 2003 I was able to create a document with the formatting I prefer (in particular, having the text justified to both margins), and then save it as a "text with formatting" file (which defaulted to a .asc extension). I could then bring the text into AutoCAD without having to format it again.
Word 2010 doesn't offer the "text with formatting" option. Anyone know if there's a way to do this in Word 2010?
Save as template will do it for you.
Templates, as I know them, deal with Word settings. What I'm looking for is a converter -- like the one that came with Word 2003 -- that saves the document as ASCII text, but preserves the justification. So far I've come up blank on my web searches.
I still have 2003 installed on an XP machine that I can fire up if need be, but I need a more robust solution going forward. MTEXT in AutoCAD doesn't seem to be doing the trick, either, so I'll keep looking.
Hi Jim
Try this and let me know if it works...
While in Word 2010...
- Go to File > Options > Advanced
- Scroll down to section "Cut, copy, and paste"
- Pasting between documents when style definitions conflict, select "Keep Text Only"
- Click on OK
Type some stuff in Word. Include bulleted or numbered lists and other formatting, then copy and paste into some other application.
Let me know if this works...if not I may have another idea.
Scott
That didn't work, but I found something that does: the original Word 2003 text converter. Unbeknownst to me, Microsoft removed this from Office due to an obscure security risk. However, the converter still works, as pointed out by a gentleman named Graham Mayor in response to the question I posed on the Microsoft Answers site. Mr. Mayor is a member of Microsoft's MVP Team, and he has a web page devoted to various Office fixes.
The converter, along with instructions for getting it properly associated with the registry, can be found here for those interested.
I figure as long as I'm using it only on files I generate, the security issue won't pertain.
