Well, my best option until now has been using rtf format rather than M$ Word format. Still not perfect, and I have some problems with tables of content, but it is better than trying to load a native Word format.
-Manuel. -----Original Message----- From: Ryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2002 19:22:17 +0000 Subject: Decent Word / Excel Conversion: Not yet? > I've been somewhat disappointed with the quality of the conversion of > Office documents into native *nix documents by most of the decent GUI > apps > (Kword, Staroffice, Openoffice, etc.). > > Is everyone with me on this? It's a current barrier holding me back > from a > complete dump of everything M$, and I know each new version of the MS > Office data formats incorporates an even more closed, corrupted, arcane > (and unstable!) system to prevent easy translation. > > I'm sure M$ doesn't want to repeat the mistakes of Samba, but if RedHat > really wants to take over the desktop market share, isn't decent > document > import one of the first requirements in a sea of nonstop incoming > .doc's on > email (another issue)? > > If anyone's found an import that can handle all the highly used > features in > MS Word properly (tables, numbering, footnotes, and redline are a > start), > I'd certainly like to be corrected on my appraisal of the problem! > > Of course, I don't intend to launch the "why import when you can use > open > source?" question, because most people don't have a choice: M$ > documents > are (sadly) not yet extinct. But maybe a good import filter could help > keep their population under control until the old monopoly fades away. > > Ryan > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
