Images not exported to docx

[Laércio Marques]

Hi, Simon 

I hope this email finds you well.

I'm writing to you today to inquire about the functionality of inserting images into yWriter projects and exporting them to DOCX format. I'm currently working on a novel and I'm using yWriter as my primary writing tool. I've been trying to incorporate images into my project using HTML tags, but I'm encountering an issue where the images are not being exported to the final DOCX file.

I understand that yWriter doesn't have native support for directly embedding images within the text, so I've been using HTML tags to define the image placement and formatting. However, when I export the project to DOCX, the images are not included in the resulting file.

I've tried various methods, including:

Enclosing the image path within<HTM <center><img src="Fig1.png" alt="image" /></center> /HTM>  tag.
Despite this attempt, the images remain absent from the exported DOCX file. I'm wondering if there's a specific approach or workaround that I'm missing to successfully embed images using HTML within yWriter projects and export them to DOCX format.

I would greatly appreciate any guidance or insights you can provide on this matter. I'm thoroughly impressed with yWriter's capabilities and its role in facilitating my writing process. Thank you for your continued dedication to developing such a valuable tool.

Sincerely,

Laercio

[Peter T.]

On Sunday, April 21, 2024 at 5:55:08 PM UTC+2 Laércio Marques wrote:

I understand that yWriter doesn't have native support for directly embedding images within the text, so I've been using HTML tags to define the image placement and formatting. However, when I export the project to DOCX, the images are not included in the resulting file.

I've tried various methods, including:

Enclosing the image path within<HTM <center><img src="Fig1.png" alt="image" /></center> /HTM>  tag.
Despite this attempt, the images remain absent from the exported DOCX file. I'm wondering if there's a specific approach or workaround that I'm missing to successfully embed images using HTML within yWriter projects and export them to DOCX format.

 Hi Laércio, 

 

I suspect that HTM-tagged text is not taken into account in the  DOCX  export.

What does work for me, however, is to export the whole thing as HTML and then convert it to  DOCX with Pandoc.

The command is like so:

pandoc my-project.html -o my-project.docx

Simply make sure that the path to the images is correct. The images will then be included in the DOCX file. 

I hope this helps. 

Cheers, 

Peter

 

[Ljmnunes]

Thanks!
I will try to convert to html first.

Laércio J M Nunes

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[Simon Haynes]

yWriter has export to LaTeX (which can be converted to PDF). This is what is intended for use with images, different font styles, layouts, etc for eventual print formats.

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[Ljmnunes]

Ideally, I would position images directly within the text for uninterrupted workflow. Post-editing works, but it's quite time-consuming. Perhaps future versions of the editor could consider image integration, as it's becoming an increasingly important feature.

Thanks

Laércio J M Nunes

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[Ljmnunes]

I discovered that the editor that I use is able to read HTML directly.

Laércio J M Nunes

Em dom., 21 de abr. de 2024 às 14:39, Peter T. <peter.pape...@gmail.com> escreveu:

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[Simon Haynes]

Normally, an ebook doesn't have images, or if it does there is no way to specify where they appear (so just including them in the html is fine)

In a professionally produced print book, images are positioned precisely with margins, alignment and text flow. The Microsoft Rich Text control (which is what yWriter uses) supports none of this. Therefore, there's no way to export to DocX or RTF with proper layout.

However, LaTeX does support this, and that's why LaTeX is preferred for outputting to PDF for printing.

yWriter was originally designed just to write the text of a novel. Then, in 2010 (10 years after yWriter was designed), ebooks started to gain traction so I added export to ebook.  Export to print was never going to be a thing, but then print on demand came along, so I added the LaTeX export for precise formatting, inclusion of images, text flow, headers, footers, footnotes, etc. (All via codes and the latex header file, not visual wysiwyg).

Not only that, but using global and project variables means you can reuse elements throughout your novel and change them all in one place, instead of (e.g.) resizing dozens or hundreds of photos in a document by 5% one by one.

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[Ljmnunes]

Understood!

Attached is a sample lesson plan I use for my electricity classes, which I teach to people with low incomes who cannot afford a technical course. I've been volunteering my time for the past 6 years and have helped over 50 individuals gain essential electrical skills. (sorry it is in Portuguese)

Thanks again!

Laércio J M Nunes

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[Simon Haynes]

Looks really good!

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[Peter T.]

This looks like a classic use case for LaTeX. Wouldn't it be easier to base your training materials on LaTeX templates from the beginning? If necessary with Lyx, or something?

Both handouts and presentations could be derived from this.