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    Posted by arnaudbouchard  · 31-10-2017 - 06:39

    Hi there,

    We are working with docx templates and looking for a way to highlight a particular block of text instead of removing it.

    For example, we might have a docx template with a paragraph enclosed in block placeholders:

    $BLOCK_varName$

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$BLOCK_varName$

    But instead of using:

    $docx->deleteTemplateBlock('varName')

    We want to highlight this text in a different color.

    How would you do this?

     

    Thanks in advance,

    Arnaud

    Posted by admin  · 31-10-2017 - 07:01

    Hello,

    What version and license of phpdocx are you using? You can higlight keywords using the searchAndHighlight method, or use DOCXPath to highlight a whole paragraph (or multiple contents). Both features are available in Advanced and Premium licenses.

    Regards.

    Posted by arnaudbouchard  · 01-11-2017 - 01:05

    I am using the 7.5 version, Advanced license.

    From what I understand the searchAndHighlight function only works for a know string of text. In my case, I want to highligh a block of text contained between two $BLOCK_xxx$ placeholders. There could be multiple block of texts enclosed with these placeholders as well in the template, and my script doesn't know in advance what the text inside will be.

    Posted by admin  · 01-11-2017 - 09:30

    Hello,

    You can use DOCXPath to insert a highlight tag to all w:rPr tags surrounded by the block placeholders.

    To accomplish this you need to use a customQuery with the insertWordFragment method.

    DOCXCustomizer, available only in Premium licenses, is the easiest way to accomplish what you need, as it allows to change DOCX styles on-the-fly.

    As your username doesn't have any license tied, please send to contact[at]phpdocx.com the username or email of the user that has purchased the license.

    Regards.