Hi guys, I sat down this weekend trying to import an image from applications such as Inkscape, Karbon16 and Xara Extreme into OpenOffice. The results you find here: http://www.linuxrising.org/importsvg/
The sad part was that while everyone else have good SVG support, this support is non-existant in OpenOffice. What makes matters worse is that all the other formats claimed supported by all these applications where broken or only partially done. Whats more I am quite certain that even if Inkscape for instance did perfect Adobe Illustrator export or EPS the OO import filter would still leave us wanting. I looked at: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=2497 And it seems there is no firm plans on getting SVG support into OpenOffice. My goal here is to make you aware that OpenOffice is making itself an island in terms of file import by not supporting SVG properly. And unlike the case with presentation, spreadsheet and wordprocessing SVG already provides the open, free and standarized file format in terms of vector graphics which is already widely implemented elsewhere, so the chances of a widespread adoption of OOD format is slim. So please try to give SVG import in OO a higher priority as plans are laid for going forward. Be aware that with SVG import I mean the ability to import the image as a vector graphics and continue editing on it inside OpenOffice. SVG export is of course also a must in order to support passing graphics back and forth between OpenOffice and the other graphics applications. Christian
