Re: PageMaker/Quark to db

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1999

It keeps the original formatting. numero = 23006
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texte = This is a very simple solution, but might be a start, try using the tagged import/export capabililties. This at least gives you a well formatted, text-only, version of your Quark doc which you could then convert to a database. Obviously this would require some additional work, but wouldn't be too hard to streamline or automate in many situations. Let me know personally (johnh@smithmicro.com) if you'd like to discuss more specific options.John.>If the document is uniformly structured (as I guess it should be if it is>databaseable) then you could get your clients to construct their documents>using only style sheets for text formatting. You can then run a script or a>manual search-and-replace on the tagged text file to structure it as a>database.>>If you find a Quark to database utility, please tell us.>>Julian Clayton>>---------->>From: Tim Taylor >>To: WebDNA-Talk@smithmicro.com>>Subject: PageMaker/Quark to db>>Date: Wed, Jan 27, 1999, 12:58 am>>>>>Hi all>>I know this is a little off topic, but we've noticed that most clients want>>to present us with a quark or page-maker files to build their prodjects.>>Extrating that info and dropping into a db is takeing 4 times longer than>>building the actual catalog. Does anyone know of a utility that can>>capture these files and convert them into something thats easier to drop>>into filemaker or excell. I've had some success with requesting pdf's,>>cutting and pasting into text files text files and cutting pasteing from>>there, but it is still a bear. Anyone with any creative solutions?>>>>Tim Taylor>>Webmaster>>http://www.growzone.com>>Tim@versa.com>>t h e s i t e f o r t h e>>g r e e n i n d u s t r y>>1.888.800.5904>>>>>>>>>> John A. Hill Pacific Coast SoftwareeCommerce / Web Developer Tools http://www.smithmicro.com Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

Re: PageMaker/Quark to db (John Hill 1999)
Re: PageMaker/Quark to db (Julian Clayton 1999)
PageMaker/Quark to db (Tim Taylor 1999)

This is a very simple solution, but might be a start, try using the tagged import/export capabililties. This at least gives you a well formatted, text-only, version of your Quark doc which you could then convert to a database. Obviously this would require some additional work, but wouldn't be too hard to streamline or automate in many situations. Let me know personally (johnh@smithmicro.com) if you'd like to discuss more specific options.John.>If the document is uniformly structured (as I guess it should be if it is>databaseable) then you could get your clients to construct their documents>using only style sheets for text formatting. You can then run a script or a>manual search-and-replace on the tagged text file to structure it as a>database.>>If you find a Quark to database utility, please tell us.>>Julian Clayton>>---------->>From: Tim Taylor >>To: WebDNA-Talk@smithmicro.com>>Subject: PageMaker/Quark to db>>Date: Wed, Jan 27, 1999, 12:58 am>>>>>Hi all>>I know this is a little off topic, but we've noticed that most clients want>>to present us with a quark or page-maker files to build their prodjects.>>Extrating that info and dropping into a db is takeing 4 times longer than>>building the actual catalog. Does anyone know of a utility that can>>capture these files and convert them into something thats easier to drop>>into filemaker or excell. I've had some success with requesting pdf's,>>cutting and pasting into text files text files and cutting pasteing from>>there, but it is still a bear. Anyone with any creative solutions?>>>>Tim Taylor>>Webmaster>>http://www.growzone.com>>Tim@versa.com>>t h e s i t e f o r t h e>>g r e e n i n d u s t r y>>1.888.800.5904>>>>>>>>>> John A. Hill Pacific Coast SoftwareeCommerce / Web Developer Tools http://www.smithmicro.com John Hill

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