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Is there a way of using Export[] method to take a text with colors (using Style) and then export to file, such that when I open that file the text shows with the correct color?

I'm trying to export a list of strings with some styles to be read in a text processor such as Microsoft Word.

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    $\begingroup$ For starters you need so specify a file type that supports colors. pdf , html ? depends of what you are trying to do. $\endgroup$
    – george2079
    May 6, 2015 at 18:36
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    $\begingroup$ RTF format might be a good choice for opening in Word $\endgroup$
    – Simon Woods
    May 6, 2015 at 18:54
  • $\begingroup$ Yeah, I think the same, but it is not woking, could you put some example, please. $\endgroup$
    – Jonathan Prieto-Cubides
    May 6, 2015 at 18:55

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This seems to work:

list = Style @@@ ColorData["Crayola", "ColorRules"];

Export["test.rtf", Cell[BoxData @ ToBoxes @ #, "Output"] & /@ list]
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  • $\begingroup$ thanks, but it doesn't work too. Do you run it on OSX? I'm guessing that it could be a bug or something weird. $\endgroup$
    – Jonathan Prieto-Cubides
    May 6, 2015 at 21:15
  • $\begingroup$ @d555, no I'm using Windows. Looks like you have a Mac specific bug... $\endgroup$
    – Simon Woods
    May 6, 2015 at 21:17
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The challenge for me was concatenating styled strings. To concatenated the styled text for output, just put a space between them. With that the styles export successfully:

    Export["test.rtf", 
        Style["Arff", Red] Style["Meow", Blue]
    ]

That made the text is colored correctly when opened with Word on Windows. You can also try:

    Export["test.html", 
      Style["Arff", Red] Style["Meow", Blue]
    ]

Which might work cross platform - this file loaded okay in the IE, but not Word.

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  • $\begingroup$ Actually, your example it doesn't work too. I'm using Mathematica 10.1 on OS X 10.10 $\endgroup$
    – Jonathan Prieto-Cubides
    May 6, 2015 at 19:22
  • $\begingroup$ I am using 10.1, but on Windows. I will try using an HTML file as the export... $\endgroup$
    – xsk8rat
    May 6, 2015 at 19:28
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    $\begingroup$ the syntax here cant be right. $\endgroup$
    – george2079
    May 27, 2015 at 1:23

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