Supported Template Formats: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 15:44, 29 November 2024

ContactsLaw supports a number of different formats for the body of a document template. Different formats offer slightly different capabilities.


	Content Markers	Formatting	Fragments	Styles	Emails	Text Messages
Markdown (`.md`)	✓	✓	✓		✓
Microsoft Word (`.docx`, `.docm`, `.dotx`, `.dotm`)	✓	✓		✓
Microsoft Excel (`.xlsx`, `.xlsm`, `.xltx`, `.xltm`)	✓	✓
Portable Document Format (`.pdf`)	Form fields only
Plain Text (`.txt`)	✓				✓	✓
ABA/Cemtext Direct Entry File	Fixed fields
eLodgment Data File (Magistrates Court of WA)	Fixed fields

Attachment functionality depends on the output format:

Email Message (.eml)
- Attachments can be inline or otherwise
- Inline image attachments are only included if they appear within the message body
- Inline Cascading Style Sheet (.css) attachments are incorporated into the message body
- All other inline attachments are ignored
Markdown (.md)
- All attachments must be inline
- Only images can be attached
- Images link to the DMS App (as they cannot be embedded)
Microsoft Word (.docx, .docm, .dotx, .dotm)
- All attachments must be inline
- Only images can be attached

Attachment functionality is the same regardless of the output format:

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+== Attachments ==
+=== Markdown (<code>.md</code>) ===
+Attachment functionality depends on the output format:
+* '''Email Message (<code>.eml</code>)'''
+** Attachments can be inline or otherwise
+** Inline image attachments are only included if they appear within the message body
+** Inline ''Cascading Style Sheet'' (<code>.css</code>) attachments are incorporated into the message body
+** All other inline attachments are ignored
+* '''Markdown (<code>.md</code>)'''
+** All attachments must be inline
+** Only images can be attached
+** Images link to the [[DMS App]] (as they cannot be embedded)
+* '''Microsoft Word (<code>.docx</code>, <code>.docm</code>, <code>.dotx</code>, <code>.dotm</code>)'''
+** All attachments must be inline
+** Only images can be attached
+=== Microsoft Word (<code>.docx</code>, <code>.docm</code>, <code>.dotx</code>, <code>.dotm</code>) ===
+Attachment functionality is the same regardless of the output format:
+* All attachments must be inline
+* Only images can be attached