There are 3 ways to convert content

Attach button on LeaderGuide Pro ribbon

  1. Attach to a New Blank Document

  2. Attach to an existing document

  3. Click Parts > Convert to LGPro Format

Convert to LGPro Format function under Parts button on LeaderGuide Pro ribbon

Good to Know

You will be creating a reusable Content Part — no matter which method you use

A Content Part consists of:

  • either a Module and its Lessons

  • or just a Lesson or series of Lessons

You will be able to use Librarian on the LGPro ribbon to:

  • import your Content Part into any LeaderGuide Pro document.

LeaderGuide Pro Librarian dropdown menu

How to Attach — Ways 1 & 2

Attach button on LeaderGuide Pro ribbon

Step One

  1. Open the Word document to convert or place a New Blank document on your screen

  2. If attaching to an existing document, we recommend that you

    • Save the file with a new name

    • Use Ctrl+A to Select All

    • Click Clear All Formatting on Word’s Home ribbon

  3. Click the LeaderGuide Pro tab along the top of your screen to bring up the LGPro ribbon

  4. Click Attach in the Start group at the left end of the LGPro ribbon

  5. Use the Attach dialog box to set up your Content Part, as described in Step Two

Step Two

  1. Select the type of guidebook the converted content is intended for

  2. Choose the Lesson page layout: two-column or three-column

  3. Choose the Collection to use

  4. Click OK

  5. Save your file when prompted

  6. Say Yes to the question asking if you want to replace all Block Icons and match those in the new Collection

  7. Click OK in the message telling you the action has been completed successfully.

Attach button in Start group on LeaderGuide Pro ribbon
Attach dialog box - annotated

How to use Convert to LGPro Format — Way 3

Parts button on LeaderGuide Pro ribbon

Step One

  1. Open the Word document to convert and place on your screen

  2. Click the LeaderGuide Pro tab along the top of your screen to bring up the LGPro ribbon

  3. Click Parts in the Customize group at the right end of the LGPro ribbon

  4. Click Convert to LGPro Format tin the Parts button drop-down menu

  5. Use the Convert dialog box to set up your conversion, as described in Step Two

Step Two

In the Convert to LGPro Formatting dialog box:

  1. Indicate if there is a cover page to be removed

  2. Choose to allow or not allow LGPro to change the styles of Captions, Endnotes and Footnotes in the document being converted

  3. Click Run

About the Convert to LGPro Formatting process

Use this function to begin the conversion of a former Facilitator Guide, or any large document, into the LeaderGuide Pro format. It removes the source document's formatting that would be incompatible with the LeaderGuide Pro format, including:

  • REMOVE COVER PAGE — This removes the first page of the source document. Only run it if the document contains a cover page.

  • REMOVE HEADERS AND FOOTERS — This removes all existing headers and footers in the source document.

  • REMOVE PAGE AND SECTION BREAKS — This removes all Page, Section, and Column Breaks from the source document.

  • CONVERT STYLES — This converts the styles in the document as follows:

    • Normal style to LGP Text style

    • Heading 1 style to LGP Module Name style

    • Heading 2 style to LGP Lesson Name style

    • List Paragraph & Numbered styles to LGP Bullet & LGP Number styles

      • Simple Bulleted Lists are converted to the LGP Bullet 1 style and Simple Numbered lists are converted the LGP Number 1 style.

      • Since it is impossible to determine if a multilevel list is using pure numbering or a combination of numbers, letters and other symbols, all multilevel lists are converted to the multilevel LGP Bullet List style. Final formatting of multilevel list must occur after the content is inside a LeaderGuide Pro document.

  • EXTRACT TEXT BOX CONTENT — Text and other graphics that are inside text boxes are extracted and placed separately on individual paragraphs in the conversion document. The original text box is deleted. Floating text boxes are not used in a LeaderGuide Pro formatted document.

  • REMOVE TOC (Table of Contents) — This remove a document's Table of Contents if it was created using one of Word's built-in TOC formats. Manually created TOCs must be deleted by hand.

  • REMOVE COLUMNS — This converts any multi-column page layouts of the source document into a single column layout. Multi-column page layouts are not compatible with LeaderGuide Pro's multi-column table layout structure.

  • CONVERT FLOATING SHAPES — Shapes and images that have wrapping text (floating shapes) are converted to inline. This facilitates their insertion into LeaderGuide Pro content blocks.

  • EXTRACT TABLE CONTENT — All tables in the source document are converted to text. Table row content is separated by paragraph marks.

Convert to LGPro Format function under Parts button on LeaderGuide Pro ribbon
Convert to LGPro Format dialog box - annotated

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