Re: MS WORD DOCS issue

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

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> >>>--- Dmitri <project1@sharedlog.com> wrote:
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> >>>>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?
> >>
> >>
> >>
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> >
> >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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> I still now sure what it means. My image was positioned under the
> last
> line of text.
> there was nothing under the image.
>
> Should I try to include more text after the image?
>

To check if it's an inline image:
- Open the file in AbiWord
- Select the image
- Format > Image
- Check to see if the "no text wrapping" option (i.e. the top one) is selected

 
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Received on Tue Mar 20 18:37:37 2007