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Art_in_MT

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Aug 15, 2009, 4:57:52 PM8/15/09
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[BUG?/WAD?/ID-10-T?] & [Feature Request]

Not sure if this is a bug, works-as-designed, or an ID10T error.

I'm importing a half-complete novel into yWriter. It was started in
Open Office.
I marked scenes, saved my first chapter file as an RTF, and imported
it into a new yWriter Project:
BUG/(WAD?)
** The "C" in "Chapter" became a one character Preface. Easily
deleted, but not sure why I got it. I checked the RTF file and don't
SEE any characters in front of "Chapter". (Truth in reporting - I
didn't dig out a Hex viewer and look at the file).

Feature request:
How about a way to import multiple chapters and append them to the end
of the Project? (I merged chapters one by one for a while, but then
ran into a file with TWO chapters in it. I then found there was no way
to import multiple chapters in the same file into an EXISTING Project.
I eventually merged ALL remaining chapters in OO, exported to RTF, and
ran this monster into a NEW yWriter project. This project merged fine
with the original Project - BUT required renumbering chapters all by
hand.)


PS - This multi-chapter file also created a Preface containing only
the letter "C".

AND - Thanks for the Amazing product and all the friendly help here
(Not to mention the fun book and Magazine).

Pat

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Aug 15, 2009, 6:17:00 PM8/15/09
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Just so Simon knows it's not a unique quirk, that happened to me also
when I imported my RTF novel document into yWriter. I got the one
chapter with nothing in it but the "C" and it was titled Prologue in
the details panel at the left. That worked out okay for me actually,
as my first chapter really *was* a prologue, and I had just renamed it
"Chapter 1" to fit with the program's requirements for importing
stuff. I simply copied and pasted that text from the next chapter
(which was correctly named Chapter 1) and pasted into the Prologue
chapter.

P

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