html how to: format italics, bold and underline in word documents

[anr]

I first learned this trick a few years ago in a comment on svilleficrecs journal, and it's been an awesome time saver ever since. Call it the "how to format a fic for posting in less than 30 seconds no matter the story length or amount of formatting" trick.

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Open document (eg, fic) in Word and open "replace all" window (usually: CTRL-H or menu Edit > Replace).

2. With the cursor in the "Find what" box, turn on the format you want to identify (eg, CTRL-I for italics).

3. With the cursor in the "Replace with" box:
    a. turn on the format you want to identify;
    b. type in the HTML open tag for the font;
    c. press SHIFT-6 and then SHIFT-7;
    d. type in the HTML closing tag for the font.
For example: ^&

4. Click REPLACE ALL button. Word will now place HTML codes around all the font formatting in your story automatically.

5. If necessary, repeat process for bold (CTRL-B) and underline (CTRL-U) formatting, etc.



ADDITIONAL

A. To turn off the format in the "Find what" or "Replace with" boxes, press CTRL-I two more times (1st press looks for that formatting, 2nd press looks for everything EXCEPT that formatting, 3rd press turns it off).

B. To turn on/off formatting without using the keyboard (eg, the CTRL key), click MORE button, click FORMAT button, click FONT, select/unselect formatting.

C. For instructions on how to do the above in OpenOffice, go here.

D. For instructions on how to change double-spacing to single (and vice versa) in 30 seconds or less, go here.