Help! Weird spacing between lines when I paste from MS-Word into Mnemosyne

[Nick Cross]

Can anyone help me?  How do I get pasted text from MS-Word to be single-spaced in Mnemosyne?

I did not see this in the forum discussions or in the documentation.

 

 

I use Microsoft Word 2007 to create the text needed for my cards.  I then copy the text from MS-Word and paste it into Mnemosyne to create the actual cards.  I do this because I use symbols {эă зĔ øə œ єõ} to help remember the French pronunciation.

 

One of the nice things about Mnemosyne 1.x was that I did not have to worry about matching the font.  I could create my text in Times Roman 11 and then drop it Mnemosyne.  Mnemosyne would make the necessary adjustments and it would magically appear as Arial 12.  

 

With Mnemosyne 2.0.1, I now need to match the font in MS-Word with the font in Mnemosyne.  Okay, I can live within using 16-point Microsoft San Serif font when creating the text.

 

However, what can I do about the weird spacing that Mnemosyne is putting between the lines?  I do not see an option when I go to "Card Appearance" under "Configure Mnemosyne".

 

I will give you a real example.  Within MS-Word, the line spacing for the following text is set to 1.  Spacing before a paragraph is 0 pt.  Spacing after a paragrah is 0 pt.

 

This is how it looks in MS-Word:

(a) food

Note: foodstuffs, processed

On range certains … dans le réfrigérateur.

SYN : les provisions, la nourriture (food in general or nourishment), les plat (dishes)

un aliment

{a/li/mă}

Note: countable in French

Note: you need aliments to make nourriture or cuisine.

This is how the same text looks after I copy-and-paste into Mnemosyne:

(a) food

Note: foodstuffs, processed

On range certains … dans le réfrigérateur.

SYN : les provisions, la nourriture (food in general or nourishment), les plat (dishes)

un aliment

{a/li/mă}

Note: countable in French 

Note: you need aliments to make nourriture or cuisine.

 

How do I get my text to be single-spaced in Mnemosyne?

 

THANKS

[Peter Bienstman]

At the moment copy and paste keeps the formatting, but only when it's
displayed in the edit box. If you choose 'preview card', you'll see that
what has been pasted was in fact interpreted as plain text, and the card
is formatted as you've set in 'card appearance'

In a future version, I will strip the formatting from pasting.

Hope this helps,

Peter

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[Nick Cross]

Thanks. 

 

I also just want to say thank you for creating Mnemosyne.  Growing up, I struggled with languages and nearly failed French in high school despite working really, really hard.  As a result, I believed that I was someone who was just not good at languages.  Twenty years later, I needed to pass a French test in order to keep my job.  Because of Mnemosyne, I passed this test and I have since continued my French studies.  I use Mnemosyne every day.  Three years later, I am now at the highest level of French for people who work in the Canadian civil service.  I now lead a French-speaking team!  This is unbelievable.

 

THANKS

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[Scott Youngman]

That is a wonderful testimony, Nick; really beautiful. Thank you for sharing it.

[Peter Bienstman]

Thanks for the kind words!

Although, for your highest level French, I'm sure the dominating
factor was your hard work :-)

Peter