Full Version: Technical Help Needed With Contest
I'm trying to submit my entry to Tisoz's 2009 contest, but when I cut and paste it from a DOC file into a Dumpshock PM, I lose the italics. Does anyone know how to solve that problem?
You probably can't. Word (and other word processors) handle italics differently from web sites. You could convert it to a PDF, put it online somewhere, and then PM Tisoz a link to that PDF. That would retain the formatting you want, but I'm not sure if it violates the rules of his contest.
QUOTE (Zen Shooter01 @ Sep 1 2009, 03:38 PM) 
I'm trying to submit my entry to Tisoz's 2009 contest, but when I cut and paste it from a DOC file into a Dumpshock PM, I lose the italics. Does anyone know how to solve that problem?
I don't know if this will work, but try it anyway.
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Save your document as HTML. Then open it in something older that only does text, like NotePad. Search and Replace all instances of "<i>" with "<i>[i]" and all instances of "</i>" with "[/i]</i>".
I think that's right. If not, check one of the words that you know is in italics, and then check what the <...> bits either side of it are.
Once you're done, re-open it in Word or in a browser, and copy-paste it. Hopefully it will have the stuff you need in it to make it work on the boards now.
HOWEVER, I don't know if tisoz can copy and paste it from a PM into a forum post and preserve the italics, so you might want to email it to him with your newly added
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