How to export highlighted text to Word/rtf/etc.

dcrocker · Post by **dcrocker** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 12:09 pm

I'm preparing an article for a newsletter that is produced in PDF via Word. I need to include some program extracts in it, with syntax highlighting. Is there any way I can load the program source file in TextPad (which will syntax-highlight it), then either export the file to DOC or RTF format, or copy the text to the clipboard in a way that will preserve at least bold and italic highlightin when I paste it into Word or WordPad?

dcrocker · Post by **dcrocker** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 12:27 pm

I've found one way to do this now, although it is a bit clumsy:

1. Open the file in TextPad and select the required text
2. Use Edit -> Copy Other -> As a HTML page
3. Create a new, empty document and paste the copied text into it
4. Save the new document as an HTML file
5. Open the HTML file in a browser
6. Select the text in the browser and copy it to the clipboard
7. Paste into Word

Is there an easier way?

Thomas Schremser · Post by **Thomas Schremser** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 12:41 pm

dcrocker wrote:Is there an easier way?

Unfortunately not. But you can vote for this feature here.