Import RTF-file to an existing topic using available RTF-chapter-structure as sub-topics

[Rosenberg]

Hello Help and Manual-Team,

When I import an RTF file into any topic, all of the text is imported into the current selected topic.
So far it works fine.
But the existing chapter structure inside the RTF file is ignored.
How can be used the available chapter structure stored in the RTF file as subordinated topics to the current topic?
Thanks for an information about this.

[Rosenberg]

Is it possible on file-menu import to set an option to define the topic to which the RTF-import is stored to?
This way it would be easy to get existing chapter-structure of RTF-file as sub-topics to the selected topic.

[Tim Green]

Hi Klemens,

The trick here is to use the Import option in the File menu, not the single topic import option. Then it will import the structure of the RTF file, provided that the standard Word Heading 1 ... Heading 6 styles are used for the outline headings (HM supports a maximum of 6 levels).

[Simon_Dismore]

standard Word Heading 1 ... Heading 6 styles are used for the outline headings.

Actually I think H+M uses the outline level of styles, not their names. Of course for Heading 1 ... Heading 6 the outline levels are 1 .. 6.

But there's nothing to stop you assigning outline levels to any other paragraph style — you're not forced to use the built-in heading styles.

[screenshot] Word paragraph outline level dropdown list.png

[Tim Green]

Hi Simon,

Actually I think H+M uses the outline level of styles, not their names. Of course for Heading 1 ... Heading 6 the outline levels are 1 .. 6.
But there's nothing to stop you assigning outline levels to any other paragraph style — you're not forced to use the built-in heading styles.

Thanks for this information. I stopped trusting Word for anything longer than a grocery list many years ago out of painful experience of it repeatedly mangling and completely losing work and only ever touch it for testing, so my knowledge of its current state of disarray is relatively limited.

[Rosenberg]

Hi Tim,
I do know the import option on file-menu.
But there is no posibility to set the root-topic to which the RTF-import is appened to using the given structure to that topic as subtopics.
After import an RTF-file, I do have manually to move all impored topics to that topic I want to append to - this takes a lot of work!
This would be an easy option to support by very less effort on development but spend a great profit!
Kind regards
Klemens

[Tim Green]

Hi Klemens,

You can cut and paste multiple topics in the TOC. Select with CTRL+Click and SHIFT+Click, cut and paste with CTRL+X and CTRL+V or the right-click context menu.

[Rosenberg]

Hi Tim,
thank you that works fine.
Only it meens an extra step while importing-process.
Although I know the topic to add to the importing data bevor starting the import-process.
Well so far it works.
Kind regards
Klemens