ConnectedText; any case studies?

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Posted by Eduardo Mauro
Feb 24, 2012 at 01:18 PM

Dr Andus wrote:
>I have only just begun exploring CT, so I apologise if this question is too basic. But if
>you use CT as a writing tool (e.g. to write a book), and then you export it as a bunch of
>.txt files, does it mean you have to then manually go and remove every single mark-up
>from the text? That would seem to me like an awful big hassle… Is there any way of
>avoiding that?

Some users export the content of a project to HTML files and then import them in Word (or any other writing tool which accepts HTML). You can even export to a single HTML file. Nonetheless, some editing will be required but no markup commands will be present.

Posted by Franz Grieser
Feb 24, 2012 at 01:34 PM

Hi Eduardo.

Do you have any plans to add a plugin to export notes to Word DOC/DOCX or OpenOffice ODT files, maybe even adding headline styles to the Word/OpenOffice files? I.e. something comparable to the OpenOffice Export plugin for Dokuwiki (http://www.dokuwiki.org/plugin:odt).

Best regards, Franz

Posted by Eduardo Mauro
Feb 24, 2012 at 05:46 PM

Hi Franz

We are testing a new component that can generate RTF files from HTML files. So far it seems to work well.

>Do you have any plans to add a plugin to export notes to Word DOC/DOCX or
>OpenOffice ODT files, maybe even adding headline styles to the Word/OpenOffice
>files? I.e. something comparable to the OpenOffice Export plugin for Dokuwiki
>(http://www.dokuwiki.org/plugin:odt).
> >Best regards, Franz

Posted by Franz Grieser
Feb 24, 2012 at 05:54 PM

Thanks for the quick response, Mauro.

RTF is not 100% what I need (as RTF does not support stylesheets) but would be a big step forward for me.
Can you already say when this feature will be integrated?

Regards, Franz

Posted by Daly de Gagne
Feb 25, 2012 at 05:31 PM

Steve, I’ve long enjoyed Manfred Kuhn’s blog. While reviewing it pursuant to your reference to his CT article (which is very good), I came across a delightful post he made about the relationship between reading and writing. If the points in that post were made more often - if indeed they are made at all - in high school classes we would have people who are better readers, writers, and thinkers.

Here’s the link: http://takingnotenow.blogspot.com/2012/02/reading-and-writing.html

Manfred begins his post with a very eloquent quote from E. H. Carr’s provocative book What Is History?

If I try here to summarize the post I will do a disservice to both E. H. and to Manfred, so instead, I hope readers here will use the above link to read the post.

Daly

Stephen Zeoli wrote:

>I do agree. In case you didn’t see it, Glen Coultard (who I contributes to this
>forum) put together a video showing how he uses CT for academic purposes. You can find
>it here:
> >http://www.connectedtext.com/movies.php
> >Also, Manfred Kuhn, who
>blogs at Taking Note, has a long article about using CT for research, which you can find
>here:
> >http://www.connectedtext.com/manfred.php
> >Either of these resources
>can be a little intimidating, because of the advanced CT features they talk about, but
>they are both interesting. And remember than you don’t need to dive into the power
>features right away. At its most basic, CT is a note card filing system.
> >Steve Z.

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