Importing HTML file, can it be mapped?

[eklisiewicz]

Hello, I have a large HTML file that was created as a LaTeX output. It has all the topics lumped together into one .htm file. I want to break it out into separate topics. Is there any way to do this through the import process, or must it be done manually? I thought there was as I thought I did it this way once before and remember mapping the imported styles to styles from my style sheet. But for the life of me, I cannot get this to work this way on subsequent tries. It merely copies the single file into my project.

Any help is appreciated.

Elizabeth

[Nita Beck]

I've never needed to import HTML files, but I was curious to check out the process. You're right that the Import > HTML feature doesn't offer a way to break up a single HTML file into multiple Flare topics, much less even to map its styles to styles that are present in the project.

But here's a thought. Open the HTML file in Word. I just tried this in Word 2010, and Word recognized the paragraphs set as headings. Then I saved the file as a Word document, and from there I could import that into Flare and break the large doc up into many topics based on the headings.

Post back if this idea has merit.

[eklisiewicz]

Hi Nita, What version of Word are you using? Because when I open my HTML file in word, it tells me:

The file contains custom XML elements which are no longer supported by Word. If you save this file, these custom XML elements will be removed permanently.

Since I don't have LaTeX, I have no idea what these custom elements are, but it makes me wonder if Word 2010 is a viable option for these conversions.

[Nita Beck]

As I mentioned in my original post, Word 2010.

Maybe there's some other similar option, such as OpenOffice.

[eklisiewicz]

Have you seen that XML error before?

[Nita Beck]

As I said, I've never needed to import the way you are, so I experimented just enough to offer a possible solution. When I did my little experiment using Word 2010, I did not get any XML errors. But I was importing something pretty short and simple, not something that sounds as complex as yours. Sorry...

[eklisiewicz]

I tried with Open Office and Word. word gives me errors, and Open Office gives me a bunch of code instead of a readable document. Thanks for the suggestions.