Thanks Richard, that sounds like a possibility. I'm using iPages to create the help text but I think it is capable of saving a file in Word format although not sure how good a job it does. I guess I'll give it a whirl with WordLib (hopefully there's a trial available) and see what happens.
I'm not against typing into LC fields, just finding that there's less work involved in using a word processor that is built to deal with formatting, spell checking and inserting graphics that doing all that in native LC. Pete On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 11:30 AM, Richard Gaskin <ambassa...@fourthworld.com > wrote: > Pete wrote: > >> I'm trying to decide how to supply the help text for an application and >> wondering what tools people are using to creat help files. >> >> I'm finding that it is much easier to use a word processor to write the >> help text and graphics than trying to do it within the confines of LC text >> fields. I can't leave the help text as a separate file because that would >> require the user to have the same wp program I used to create it. I can >> create a pdf version of it to get round that but I'm wondering if there is >> some way of importing the help text into LC, retaining all the formatting >> and graphics. Is it possible to open a pdf file and display within an LC >> application without starting a separate pdf viewer program? >> > > I enjoy typing in LiveCode fields myself, but I'm funny that way. :) > > If you like using Word you'll love Curry Kenworthy's WordLib for importing > content from Word and OpenOffice/Libre Office into LiveCode: > <http://www.runrev.com/store/**product/word-lib-1-3-0/<http://www.runrev.com/store/product/word-lib-1-3-0/> > > > > He's done an amazingly thorough job of recreating every element in doc, > docx, and odt files that can be represented in LiveCode fields. And he's > hard at work on a new version that takes full advantage of LC 5.5's new > field object capabilities. > > For professional devs he also offers an option to acquire limited rights > to the source for an additional fee. This is a must-have for myself and > my clients, and pretty much every other pro dev who need to consider code > base longevity, and his source fee was more than reasonable. > > Curry's support has been exemplary, and his willingness to work with > suggestions for new features and enhancements is an inspiration for all of > us tools vendors. > > -- > Richard Gaskin > Fourth World > LiveCode training and consulting: http://www.fourthworld.com > Webzine for LiveCode developers: http://www.LiveCodeJournal.com > LiveCode Journal blog: > http://LiveCodejournal.com/**blog.irv<http://LiveCodejournal.com/blog.irv> > > > ______________________________**_________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/**mailman/listinfo/use-livecode<http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode> > > -- Pete Molly's Revenge <http://www.mollysrevenge.com> _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
