Andrew Ziem wrote: >>> libwps is a library made last year that allows OpenOffice.org, Abiword, >>> etc. to easily import Microsoft Works word processor documents (.wps) >>> with basic formatting. In the mainstream OpenOffice.org, libwps seems >>> to be stagnating waiting for legal approval. However, libwps is in >>> ooo-build, so NeoOffice and Ubuntu Feisty Fawn's OpenOffice.org already >>> include libwps. >> >> Do they also have a filter for Writer working? I talked with Fridrich >> some time ago and I understood him in the way that the filter is not >> done yet. Did I get a false impression? > > Fridrich wrote the integration with OpenOffice.org, and I have not tried > that part. The libwps itself is done for *basic* formatting for most > versions of MS Works: character formatting (font names, bold, italics, > underline, font sizes), various character sets, and page breaks. Other > features are not yet supported: paragraph formatting (which includes > alignment), pictures, tables, hyperlinks, headers, and footers. > > The status is on http://libwps.sourceforge.net which includes detailed > status, the source code, special reference documents, and links to > hundreds of sample documents.
Understood, I just wanted to clarify the point that (as the pure existence of libwps does not import anything into OOo) the OOo versions of Debian etc. most probably also don't have a Works filter for OOo. Just to avoid that interested people go for this version and then will become disappointed. I will ask Fridrich about the current state but I assume that he is currently busy with OOXML conversions. Thanks for clarification, Mathias -- Mathias Bauer (mba) - Project Lead OpenOffice.org Writer OpenOffice.org Engineering at Sun: http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS Please don't reply to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]". I use it for the OOo lists and only rarely read other mails sent to it. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
