RL-inc Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 My engineer sends me schedules (shearwall, header, footing , etc.....) in word. I can copy the text and paste it into a CA Rich Text dialog box but when I click ok out of it shows up completely out of alignment. Please see attached pics for cut copy and paste process. SW1- copied directly from word to Rich Text SW2- shown on layout page after "ok" SW3- shown back in Rich Text after reopening Any suggestion would be great- hate to have to recreate the whole thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WendyatArtform Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 Your original format is very exact and specific. It might be easier to print it as a PDF and import that - surest way to maintain the look exactly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RL-inc Posted October 27, 2015 Author Share Posted October 27, 2015 I can - and have. Just seems like there should be a way to drag and drop and have it maintain the proper alignment. I am guessing I am missing something in the Rich Text dialog box but I have tried all I can think of Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_Carrick Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 Rob, I haven't worked with tables in the RTB. Is there a way to merge Columns and/or Cells? I've done that with HTML for Web Pages but I don't know if Chief has that capability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RL-inc Posted October 27, 2015 Author Share Posted October 27, 2015 I am probably not proficient enough with word to know if there is a setting I am missing on that end. I have attached the original doc here. Dent SWSchedule.doc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRAWZILLA Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 Try pasting with "paste special" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HamlinBC Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 hmmm...weird. Pasted just fine for me. I did try and change the width of the rich text box and it got all messed up. So I left the table in one text box and added a new one with the other info. If you change the width of your DBX then it changes the way that table displays also... Untitled 1.plan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RL-inc Posted October 27, 2015 Author Share Posted October 27, 2015 Tried paste special - same deal I tried it a couple more ways and still all jacked up. I do see how changing the size of the DBX changes the table display. Johnathan- it appears that he lines for the cell blocks in your version are different than the ones in the snips i posted- and i cannot edit or delete those individual cells, which would allow me to re-align the text as needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRAWZILLA Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 Are you pasting to a text box, worked perfect for me. everything like the original. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RL-inc Posted October 27, 2015 Author Share Posted October 27, 2015 Ya- open word doc. looks just like it does in the screen shot i attached group select all the text and table. open rich text box-right click- paste....looks fine click ok- all messed up this may just end uo being one of the great unsolved mysteries of my life i have to deal with Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRAWZILLA Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 here is a video showing how I do it http://screencast.com/t/fXeQh6PqFH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gawdzira Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 I did not have a problem with pasting. I am using Open Office but I don't suspect that matters. It may be in your Rich Text set up. See if yours matches mine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RL-inc Posted October 28, 2015 Author Share Posted October 28, 2015 Perry- Thanks for the video- that confirms that I am executing the process as all of you are. Must be something on my end in Word I guess. (I am using 2007 - that may be the issue.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRAWZILLA Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 I just have the word viewer only Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RL-inc Posted October 28, 2015 Author Share Posted October 28, 2015 Tried using just the viewer as well same result. Crazy- has to be a simple setting somewhere. I'll keep fiddling with it- Thanks for all the help Appreciated as always. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief_QA Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 Which version of chief? X6? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RL-inc Posted October 29, 2015 Author Share Posted October 29, 2015 Yes sir Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief_QA Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 In X6 it would be better to bring in as a PDF, in X7 we improved the bringing in tabbed formatted text from outside of Chief and you could do live text in X7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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