Just use your local installation of Word to convert it to Word 2003 and Then use the same way to convert it ;)
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jay Askren Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 8:24 PM To: LDS Open Source Software Subject: Re: [Ldsoss] Suggestions for web site Bill's email mentioned some libraries in Java to parse Word Documents. I'm thinking about writing a genealogy search engine in the future, and that would come in handy. Does anyone have a link to the specific project on source forge? I searched source forge and all I could find was a library that parses Word 2003 and above. I'd like to find something that could also parse older Word documents. Jay Bill Pringle wrote: > I was looking through my old files and came across this list of > suggestions that I created shortly after the web sites went live. > Some things have been done, and some we have been discussing recently, > so I thought I would add this to the mix: > > ***************************************************************** > > Suggestions for Official LDS Web Site > > Display more personal information & customization > ================================================= > > Birthdays - omit birth year for adults > consider adding this as a page to the site - upcoming > birthdays (and recent ones) > Cell Phone, Work Phone, and Pagers should be displayed as part of > member directory > (But user can opt to suppress this information) > Add ability to enter a short bio for each member. > This might allow people to use the site to get to know others > in the Stake > Add a "Contact Us" option so that members of other Stakes can contact > the stake or ward. > (We had a family who was moving, and I wanted to alert their > new stake/ward, but couldn't) > Add a section for members in the Military, similar to missionaries. > Change error message for unauthorized Administrator > The current message is a good explanation, but a larger text > above it saying something like: > "This option is limited to Site Administrators" might > be less confusing. > You could also use this link to allow the user to configure > their profile. > > Make it easier for HTML formatting > ================================== > > Add option switch for textarea input boxes to suppress adding <br> > tags for each CR-LF. > Adding breaks might be useful during initial entry, but when > making changes, it can confuse novice users when they go back and try > to revise their text. Also, it makes it harder for experienced web > designers to use HTML to format articles. > It is much harder to debug HTML if you can't indent tags to > indicate structure > BTW - <br> tags should really be <br /> to be XHTML compliant. > > Use of Style Sheets > Consider publishing existing styles (featurestext, > featurestitle, etc.) > Consider adding P and TD entries for the existing styles so > that <span> isn't needed > Allow administrator to create their own stylesheet. Include > content of stylesheet between <style> and </style> tags within the > <head>. This will make it easier for administrators to produce > consistent looking pages > > Allow administrator to specify "visitors" to site > Administrator can enter list of Membership numbers of people > who can enter the site. This will allow people to keep in touch with > former wards, children at school can visit home ward site, etc. > Visitor entries can have an expiration date if desired > > Ability to upload information in addition to keyboard input via browser. > For example, calendar items and ward positions could be > prepared offline first, and then uploaded to the database using some > sort of standard format (e.g., CSV or XML?) > Articles could be prepared locally, and then uploaded as a > single file. > There are Java classes on www.sourceforge.org to extract text > from MS-Word documents, which could help with this. > > Ability to download information to local computer > For example, the ability to download certain information into > Excel spreadsheets > Examples could be upcoming events, birthdays, etc. > This information could then be incorporated into newsletters, > e-mails, etc. > (Downloading to Excel is easy - just set content type & write > an HTML table.) > > Misc. > ===== > > Provide listing of most recent registered users so that the administrator > can see who has signed up recently. > > Provide listing of recent visitors so that the administrator can tell > who is using the site. > > > > > --- > Bill Pringle > work: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.unisysfsp.com > http://www.unisys.com > home/school: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.personal.psu.edu/~wrp103 > http://CherylWheeler.com > > _______________________________________________ > Ldsoss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ldsoss.org/mailman/listinfo/ldsoss > _______________________________________________ Ldsoss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ldsoss.org/mailman/listinfo/ldsoss _______________________________________________ Ldsoss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ldsoss.org/mailman/listinfo/ldsoss
