Re: MS WORD DOCS issue

--- Dmitri <project1@sharedlog.com> wrote:

>
> sum1_lists@yahoo.com wrote:
>
> >--- Dmitri <project1@sharedlog.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >>Here is the problem I found using abiword 2.4.6
> >>
> >>when trying to convert ms word to html using --to=html
> >>if the file is created in Word 2003, then the program cannot
> extract
> >>embedded image, only the text and formatting.
> >>
> >>If I use save as in my Word 2003 and save as word 2000 doc, then
> >>abiword
> >>can convert it to html including extracting embedded images.
> >>
> >>The strange thing is that wvHtml program does not have this
> >>limitation
> >>and can convert Word 2003 with embedded images to html. The problem
> >>with
> >>wvHtml is that it does not preserve formatting as well as abiword.
> >>
> >>I think the problem must be in libgsf since the error message
> always
> >>mentions libgsf and also wvHtml does not use libgsf as far as I
> know.
> >>
> >>Whould it be possible for abiword NOT to use libgsf when loading ms
> >>word
> >>docs?
> >>
> >>Isn't libgsf doing the same thing as wv - deals with msole?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >If it's a positioned image (i.e. not an inline one), it won't be
> >converted to HTML:
> http://bugzilla.abisource.com/show_bug.cgi?id=9221
> >
> >
> >
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> What is a positioned image?
> in Word I just do insert -> image -> from file
>
> What is inline image?
>
>

Inline images can only be placed within lines of text, while positioned
images can be placed anywhere on the page (like text boxes).

 
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Received on Tue Mar 20 17:51:42 2007