WebPlus Essentials User Guide - Serif

76 Working with Text
To import text from a file:
1. (Optional) If using an existing empty text frame, select the frame. If
inserting text into a populated text frame, click for an insertion point
(or select a portion of text to be replaced).
2. Choose Text File... from the Insert menu.
3. From the Open dialog, select the format of the source file to be
imported and locate the file itself.
4. Check the Retain Format box to retain the source file's formatting
styles. Uncheck the box to discard this information. In either case,
WebPlus will preserve basic character properties like italic, bold, and
underline, and paragraph properties like alignment (left, center, right,
justified).
5. Check the Ignore Line Wrapping box to ignore returns in the source
text—that is, only if the file has been saved with a carriage return at
the end of every line, and you want to strip off these extra returns.
Otherwise, leave the box unchecked.
6. Click Open.
7. The text will be imported into the pre-selected text object or a new
text frame. If all of the imported text cannot fit into the active text
frame you'll be prompted via dialog. You can either create extra
frames to accommodate overflow text (click Yes) or just overflow the
text into a hidden overflow area (click No).
Understanding text frames
Typically, text in WebPlus goes into text frames, which work equally well as
containers for single words, standalone paragraphs, or multipage articles or
chapter text. You can also use artistic text for standalone text with special
effects, or table text (see Creating text-based tables on p. 107) for row-andcolumn
displays.