[Fwd: Re: Please help with abiword 2 and wordperfect files]

From: William Lachance (william.lachance@sympatico.ca)
Date: Fri Aug 22 2003 - 22:40:16 EDT

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    On Fri, 2003-08-22 at 08:25, msevior@physics.unimelb.edu.au wrote:
    > >
    > >
    > > ---------Included Message----------
    > >>Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2003
    > > 08:41:56 +0200
    > >>From: "Alberto Cabello Sanchez" <alberto@unex.es>
    > >>To:
    > > "Michael Braun" <mbraun@uci.edu>
    > >>Cc: <abiword-user@abisource.com>
    > >>
    > > Subject: Re: Please help with abiword 2 and wordperfect files
    > >>
    > >>On
    > > Fri, Aug 22, 2003 at 10:44:06AM -0700, Michael Braun wrote:
    > >>> I am
    > > using gentoo and have emerged abiword 1.99.4-r2. I also emerge
    > > libwpd
    > >
    > >>> and can not figure out how to open wordperfect files from inside
    > > a
    > > biword.
    > >>> Any assistance would be great. Thanks.
    > >>>
    > >>I think you
    > > have to install wordperfect import plugin, then go to
    > >>Tools -> Plugins
    > > and make sure wordperfect import plugin in active.
    > >>
    > >>Hope that helps
    > > you
    > >
    > > Where do I get the wordperfect import plugin? I've looked all
    > > over the
    > > web and I can't find a source for that. If anyone has a link I
    > > would
    > > greatly appreciate it.
    >
    > You need libwpd (available from the abiword CVS source tree) and the
    > wordperfect plugin filter available from the abiword plugins directory in
    > the abiword source tree.

    Quick correction: libwpd is not in the AbiWord CVS tree. It is hosted
    externally at http://libwpd.sf.net.

    -- 
    William Lachance <william.lachance@sympatico.ca>
    


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