play script layout

exaltedwombat · 01-22-2013, 04:36 AM

Consider a section of text laid out like a play script - essentially two columns, the first containing a person's name, top-aligned, the second containing a block of text.

Any better idea than using HTML tables? It works, but it's very laborious. Slightly helped by dropping into a web editor program where I can construct the tables visually, then pasting code back into Sigil. But still laborious.

Unfortunately the Word doc original is laid out messily and inconsistently, so auto-conversion is doomed.

Toxaris · 01-22-2013, 05:00 AM

When I do a play, I usually utilize <dt>name</dt> and <dd>bla di bla</dd>

exaltedwombat · 01-22-2013, 07:55 AM

Can it be that easy? :-) I'll try when I get home. Does it cope well when the text runs to more than one line and, of course, the indent needs to be maintained?

Toxaris · 01-22-2013, 08:43 AM

As with all tags, style your heart away!

01-22-2013, 04:36 AM	#1
exaltedwombat Guru Posts: 878 Karma: 2457540 Join Date: Nov 2011 Device: none	play script layout Consider a section of text laid out like a play script - essentially two columns, the first containing a person's name, top-aligned, the second containing a block of text. Any better idea than using HTML tables? It works, but it's very laborious. Slightly helped by dropping into a web editor program where I can construct the tables visually, then pasting code back into Sigil. But still laborious. Unfortunately the Word doc original is laid out messily and inconsistently, so auto-conversion is doomed.

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Toxaris Wizard Posts: 4,520 Karma: 121692313 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Heemskerk, NL Device: PRS-T1, Kobo Touch, Kobo Aura	When I do a play, I usually utilize <dt>name</dt> and <dd>bla di bla</dd>

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exaltedwombat Guru Posts: 878 Karma: 2457540 Join Date: Nov 2011 Device: none	Can it be that easy? :-) I'll try when I get home. Does it cope well when the text runs to more than one line and, of course, the indent needs to be maintained?

01-22-2013, 08:43 AM	#4
Toxaris Wizard Posts: 4,520 Karma: 121692313 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Heemskerk, NL Device: PRS-T1, Kobo Touch, Kobo Aura	As with all tags, style your heart away!

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