Re: Getting stuff from BrainStorm to Word, etc.

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Posted by stephenz
2005-08-10 11:01:37

> I didn’t quite get the wisdom of Ctrl-T. Could somebody explain to me, what the idea behind that functionality is?

This is just another way of moving items quickly from one location in a model to another. They call it mark and throw. You mark the place in the model you would like to move items to (click between the icon and the text, you’ll get a little box to appear), then you throw items to that location using Ctrl-T. I don’t often use this mode of transfer except for when I want to move several items to one particular spot.

> how do I get the stuff from BrainStorm to Word?

Brainstorm comes with a template for word that will interpret your indented model. I have never used this so I can’t fill you in on how to do it, but here is what the help file says about it:

“We also put a Word template, called bsw.dot, into your BrainStorm folder in Program Files. If you know your way around Word, you can use this to import a BrainStorm model. The template contains nine header styles and a couple of others. When you press Shift+Ctrl+O, the embedded macro converts BrainStorm’s output text into a structured Word document.

“Normally, if you have elected to ‘show hidden files’ in Explorer, you will put the template in this directory:

“My computer/ [Local disk - usually c:]/ Documents and settings/ [User name]/ Application Data/ Templates

“(We regret to say that you’re on your own if you want to use this method for working with Word. The bsw.dot file is unsigned, which can make for interesting installation problems in Word 2003. Other versions of word are happy if you pop the bsw.dot file into your regular template directory then select it with File/New. You may have to lower your security settings then reload Word in order to install the bsw.dot file.)

“You’ll possibly be relieved to hear that Word, and many other programs, will also make sense of files published using the simple outline option of the Publish HTML command.”

Hope that is clear.

Steve Z.

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