Jean Hollis Weber wrote:
Gary Schnabl wrote:
Does anybody have any objections to having the frames used for the
OOoAuthors figures being replaced with tables--and not using frames
any longer for the OOoAuthors docs?
[...]
What effect will a change from frames to tables (for holding graphics
and their captions) have when our files are exported to Mediawiki
format for the OOo wiki? I haven't tried this, so I don't know if it
would be better or worse, but IMO any problems in converting to wiki
format are a more important consideration *for our books* than
problems converting to Word.
--Jean
Why should tables present problems?
One problem with frames is that their contents are embedded within and
are not as easy to manipulate after conversion to DOC. Frames in Word
DOC format also have similar characteristics in FrameMaker after being
imported into FrameMaker. Using tables generated in ODT, then converting
them to DOC, and then further importing them into FrameMaker worked fine
for me over the past months I've been doing that. OOo frames don't
convert as well into DOC, and then they cause FrameMaker to literally
bomb--requiring an abort of FrameMaker via the Windows Task Manager,
every time...
My goal is to demonstrate how OOo ODT files can coexist in the world
outside of OOo. That is important because that is how the world
currently works. Using incompatible ODT functions won't make friends
with others who also must deal with DOC files out of business or
professional considerations. I believe Andrew had some issues in a
similar vein. Or maybe I'm incorrect about that.
Gary
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