Many (10?) years ago, I started with Word to HTML (File|Save as|HTML). The result has about a 10 to 1 noise vs. info, but you can edit it by hand to rid yourself of the junk. Now I just start and finish with HTML. If today I am given a Word document I might "Save as" ASCII text and then edit it by hand into HTML.
On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 4:34 PM, Devon McCormick <devon...@gmail.com> wrote: > <Wandering a bit off-topic> A major problem with doing a good job of > putting things up on the wiki is the incompatibility of an easy > presentation format, like a word document, versus a wiki format. > > I'm currently reviving the SIGAPL web-page by adding links to relevant > articles and I shamelessly put a few of my own J-related ones in the > mix. I'm fond of the presentation I did for the functional > programming Meetup > (http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/DevonMcCormick/FunctionalJ) last year > but what I have up is 30 JPGs. The original is a Word doc and the > JPGs are simply screenshots of that - such is my aversion to > PowerPoint. > > I think it looks OK but the JPGs are opaque to web searches (and > there's some image degradation due to I-don't-know-what) - I really > need to put up the text of the material. But that's a lot of work, so > I haven't done it. > > </Wandering a bit off-topic> If anyone has good suggestions for this - > specifically Word to wiki - I'd love to hear it and it would make it > more likely that J conference talks will end up on the wiki in a > suitable format. > > I've done cut-and-paste from Word into "GUI mode" on the wiki. It > kind-of works, mostly, but leaves a horrific, uneditable mess in > wikispace if you have any tables. This is the best I've found but > it's not really very good, though it may be good enough. > > On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 6:54 PM, Eric Iverson <eric.b.iver...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > I don't think we'll organize anything formally before the conference. > > When we work out the detailed agenda for the conference we will > > encourage speakers to have relevant material to put up at the > > conference wiki after the fact. The success of that will depend on the > > energies of the speakers and the community. > > > > On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 5:40 PM, Devon McCormick <devon...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> On a similar topic - will there be any kind of print proceedings > >> available of talks? Maybe an electronic-only version after the > >> conference? You'd have to ask speakers to provide an e-copy. It > >> would be nice if people provided editable ones for proofing but less > >> work to provide access to PDFs (+ text for script files) on the J > >> wiki. > >> > >> On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 5:34 PM, Eric Iverson <eric.b.iver...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >>> I doubt there will be live streaming of the conference. There is some > >>> chance that there will be some recording and that will be made > >>> available after the conference as appropriate. > >>> > >>> On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 11:04 AM, Brian Schott <schott.br...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >>>> Having just read about the live streaming device below, and noticing > >>>> that the talks at the conference are not in parallel, makes me wonder > >>>> if there is any chance jsoftware would offer live streaming of the > >>>> talks? I'd pay US$50 for that. > >>>> > >>>> http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/17/livestream-broadcaster-hands-on/ > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> (B=) <-----my sig > >>>> Brian Schott > >>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>>> For information about J forums see > http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Devon McCormick, CFA > >> ^me^ at acm. > >> org is my > >> preferred e-mail > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > > -- > Devon McCormick, CFA > ^me^ at acm. > org is my > preferred e-mail > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
