Use the Post-Processing Cleanup tools when preparing final files for import into another application, export, or PDF conversion.

Applies to all eXtyles products:

On this page

1 Post-Processing Cleanup Operations
2 Recommended Settings for a Word-to-PDF Workflow
3 Dialog Tools

In this section

Some options in Post-Processing Cleanup should not be run on files that will be exported from Word to XML with eXtyles. They should only be run if the eXtyles Word file is to be directly imported into another application or exported as a PDF.

To run Post-Processing cleanup:

Select eXtyles > Post-Processing Cleanup.
You will see the Post-Processing Cleanup dialog appears.
Check the boxes of the operations you want included in the process and click OK.

Check a box only if you’re sure it’s necessary, especially if you’re exporting to valid XML afterward.

Post-Processing Cleanup Operations

As is visible in the above screenshot, Post-Processing Cleanup, can perform a number of operations to help you format your document for production.

These operations include:

Recommended Settings for a Word-to-PDF Workflow

If your organization publishes PDFs from Word – or you use a workflow that requires the removal of all eXtyles character styles and colors – then you will find the following settings helpful in cleaning up your document after eXtyles processing.

Remove Word Text Highlights: This removes all colored highlighting, such as that applied during Auto-Redact
Remove Word Text Shading: This removes all text shading, such as the colored shading applied to references, citations, and authors
Convert User-Defined Character Styles to Face Markup: This removes the character styles, such as those applied references, citations, and authors, while preserving face markup such as italics and bold.
Remove eXtyles Tags: This removes fielded tags, such as <jrn> in a reference list.

Dialog Tools

Post-Processing Cleanup has three buttons to rapidly create default settings:

Set All: Set all options in the dialog to active
Clear All: Clear all options in the dialog

Reset: Resets the default check boxes of the dialog