Re: PageMaker/Quark to db

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1999


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 23004
interpreted = N
texte = 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 > > > > > Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: PageMaker/Quark to db (John Hill 1999)
  2. Re: PageMaker/Quark to db (Julian Clayton 1999)
  3. PageMaker/Quark to db (Tim Taylor 1999)
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 > > > > > Julian Clayton

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