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From: gandalf@apple.com (Martin Gannholm)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: Exporting styled text from HC 2.0
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Date: 18 Oct 90 20:12:28 GMT
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In article <1990Oct18.030722.21087@midway.uchicago.edu> 
tisue@tartarus.uchicago.edu (Seth Tisue) writes:
> Is there any way to import and/or export styled text
> (i.e., text with boldface, italics, etc.) in and out of HC?  For 
example, I'd
> like to be able to type a letter into a field and then save it to a word-
> processor-readable file without losing all the character formatting info.

There is no built-in way to do it directly from HyperTalk, but there is an 
XCMD callback that will return a styled TextEdit handle with the styled 
text in it. Using this one could write and XCMD that saved into any format.

As there are people working on doing this, keep your eyes and ears peeled 
for the shareware or commercial XCMDs...

Martin Gannholm
Apple Computer

Exclaimer!!!   I typed this myself = I speak for myself...