[WikiEducator] Re: Google Docs download feature to Open Office; possible for Mediawiki?
Randy, I think you miss understood my point. I agree one hundred percent with the fact that a one-step solution is better than two steps. What I meant was IF you are going to do it in two steps it would be better to export the Google Docs file as ODT instead of MS Word. Because when you open MS Word in OpenOffice it is actually doing a hidden third step, a conversion from MS Word to ODT. Regards, John http://www.wikieducator.org/User:JohnWS http://johnsearth.blogspot.com From: Randy Fisher wikira...@gmail.com To: wikieducator@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, August 3, 2009 12:36:50 PM Subject: [WikiEducator] Re: Google Docs download feature to Open Office; possible for Mediawiki? Hi John, Thanks - I am aware of this. As I have been converting docs for the Community Media space, I have found that my old Pentium III computer cannot handle medium-size doc exports into Mediawiki from Open Officemy Core2Duo laptop handles it no problem. Trouble is, many folks (particularly in the developing world) may not have access to this type of computing power. So, a 'one-step' would be preferable to the 'two-step', in my view. - Randy On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 10:19 PM, john stampe jwsta...@yahoo.com wrote: Done! One thought did appear to me as I wrote this. You can export Google Docs directly as an OpenOffice document. That saves one source of error (doc to odt). John http://www.wikieducator.org/User:JohnWS http://johnsearth.blogspot.com From: Randy Fisher wikira...@gmail.com To: wikieducator@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2009 6:03:56 PM Subject: [WikiEducator] Re: Google Docs download feature to Open Office; possible for Mediawiki? Hi John, Great idea - OK, I've done so.now, I need your support - and our Community's support. http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Google+Docs/thread?tid=673817f9f1e15b7ehl=en Can you post your support under this thread? - Randy On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 2:01 AM, john stampe jwsta...@yahoo.com wrote: Does anyone have ideas about how to go about this - pitching to Google that it's in their interest to do enable this functionality? I would suggest you post a request on the Google Docs forum: http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Google+Docs?hl=en Cheers, John http://www.wikieducator.org/User:JohnWS http://johnsearth.blogspot.com From: Randy Fisher wikira...@gmail.com To: WikiEducator wikieducator@googlegroups.com Cc: e...@wikimedia.org Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 1:35:59 AM Subject: [WikiEducator] Google Docs download feature to Open Office; possible for Mediawiki? Hi Everyone, I've been using Google Docs to download MS Word documents straight into Open Office. (There's a conversion feature that downloads docs into pdf, html, text and word. If there was an option to do it directly from Google Docs into Mediawiki syntax, that would be great. Does anyone have ideas about how to go about this - pitching to Google that it's in their interest to do enable this functionality? It would save lots of time BTW: I've noticed you tend to need a fair bit of RAM to convert larger documents from Open Office directly into mediawiki syntax, and if Google could do it for us, so much the better. PS. I've documented the uploading process - http://www.wikieducator.org/Community_Media/Uploading_Content - Randy -- Randy Fisher MA, OMD * Change Management, Learning Performance * Stakeholder Engagement, Virtual Collaboration Communities of Practice * Organization Design Development * Coaching Facilitation * E-Learning + 1 604.684.2275 (Pacific Time) wikira...@gmail.com http://www.wikieducator.org - Member, WikiEducator Community Council http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Randyfisher Skype: wikirandy Open Education is a Sustainable Renewable Resource. -- Randy Fisher MA, OMD * Change Management, Learning Performance * Stakeholder Engagement, Virtual Collaboration Communities of Practice * Organization Design Development * Coaching Facilitation * E-Learning + 1 604.684.2275 (Pacific Time) wikira...@gmail.com http://www.wikieducator.org - Member, WikiEducator Community Council http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Randyfisher Skype: wikirandy Open Education is a Sustainable Renewable Resource. -- Randy Fisher MA, OMD * Change Management, Learning Performance * Stakeholder Engagement, Virtual Collaboration Communities of Practice * Organization Design Development * Coaching Facilitation * E-Learning + 1 604.684.2275 (Pacific Time) wikira...@gmail.com http://www.wikieducator.org - Member, WikiEducator Community Council http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Randyfisher Skype: wikirandy Open Education is a Sustainable Renewable Resource. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You
[WikiEducator] Re: Google Docs download feature to Open Office; possible for Mediawiki?
John, Oh yes, of course. - Randy On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 11:07 PM, john stampe jwsta...@yahoo.com wrote: Randy, I think you miss understood my point. I agree one hundred percent with the fact that a one-step solution is better than two steps. What I meant was IF you are going to do it in two steps it would be better to export the Google Docs file as ODT instead of MS Word. Because when you open MS Word in OpenOffice it is actually doing a hidden third step, a conversion from MS Word to ODT. Regards, John http://www.wikieducator.org/User:JohnWS http://johnsearth.blogspot.com -- *From:* Randy Fisher wikira...@gmail.com *To:* wikieducator@googlegroups.com *Sent:* Monday, August 3, 2009 12:36:50 PM *Subject:* [WikiEducator] Re: Google Docs download feature to Open Office; possible for Mediawiki? Hi John, Thanks - I am aware of this. As I have been converting docs for the Community Media space, I have found that my old Pentium III computer cannot handle medium-size doc exports into Mediawiki from Open Officemy Core2Duo laptop handles it no problem. Trouble is, many folks (particularly in the developing world) may not have access to this type of computing power. So, a 'one-step' would be preferable to the 'two-step', in my view. - Randy On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 10:19 PM, john stampe jwsta...@yahoo.com wrote: Done! One thought did appear to me as I wrote this. You can export Google Docs directly as an OpenOffice document. That saves one source of error (doc to odt). John http://www.wikieducator.org/User:JohnWS http://johnsearth.blogspot.com -- *From:* Randy Fisher wikira...@gmail.com *To:* wikieducator@googlegroups.com *Sent:* Thursday, July 30, 2009 6:03:56 PM *Subject:* [WikiEducator] Re: Google Docs download feature to Open Office; possible for Mediawiki? Hi John, Great idea - OK, I've done so.now, I need your support - and our Community's support. http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Google+Docs/thread?tid=673817f9f1e15b7ehl=en Can you post your support under this thread? - Randy On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 2:01 AM, john stampe jwsta...@yahoo.com wrote: *Does anyone have ideas about how to go about this - pitching to Google that it's in their interest to do enable this functionality?* I would suggest you post a request on the Google Docs forum: http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Google+Docs?hl=en Cheers, John http://www.wikieducator.org/User:JohnWS http://johnsearth.blogspot.com -- *From:* Randy Fisher wikira...@gmail.com *To:* WikiEducator wikieducator@googlegroups.com *Cc:* e...@wikimedia.org *Sent:* Wednesday, July 29, 2009 1:35:59 AM *Subject:* [WikiEducator] Google Docs download feature to Open Office; possible for Mediawiki? Hi Everyone, I've been using Google Docs to download MS Word documents straight into Open Office. (There's a conversion feature that downloads docs into pdf, html, text and word. If there was an option to do it directly from Google Docs into Mediawiki syntax, that would be great. *Does anyone have ideas about how to go about this - pitching to Google that it's in their interest to do enable this functionality?* It would save lots of time BTW: I've noticed you tend to need a fair bit of RAM to convert larger documents from Open Office directly into mediawiki syntax, and if Google could do it for us, so much the better. PS. I've documented the uploading process - http://www.wikieducator.org/Community_Media/Uploading_Content - Randy -- Randy Fisher MA, OMD * Change Management, Learning Performance * Stakeholder Engagement, Virtual Collaboration Communities of Practice * Organization Design Development * Coaching Facilitation * E-Learning + 1 604.684.2275 (Pacific Time) wikira...@gmail.com http://www.wikieducator.org - Member, WikiEducator Community Council http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Randyfisher Skype: wikirandy Open Education is a Sustainable Renewable Resource. -- Randy Fisher MA, OMD * Change Management, Learning Performance * Stakeholder Engagement, Virtual Collaboration Communities of Practice * Organization Design Development * Coaching Facilitation * E-Learning + 1 604.684.2275 (Pacific Time) wikira...@gmail.com http://www.wikieducator.org - Member, WikiEducator Community Council http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Randyfisher Skype: wikirandy Open Education is a Sustainable Renewable Resource. -- Randy Fisher MA, OMD * Change Management, Learning Performance * Stakeholder Engagement, Virtual Collaboration Communities of Practice * Organization Design Development * Coaching Facilitation * E-Learning + 1 604.684.2275 (Pacific Time) wikira...@gmail.com http://www.wikieducator.org - Member, WikiEducator Community Council http
[WikiEducator] Re: Google Docs download feature to Open Office; possible for Mediawiki?
Done! One thought did appear to me as I wrote this. You can export Google Docs directly as an OpenOffice document. That saves one source of error (doc to odt). John http://www.wikieducator.org/User:JohnWS http://johnsearth.blogspot.com From: Randy Fisher wikira...@gmail.com To: wikieducator@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2009 6:03:56 PM Subject: [WikiEducator] Re: Google Docs download feature to Open Office; possible for Mediawiki? Hi John, Great idea - OK, I've done so.now, I need your support - and our Community's support. http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Google+Docs/thread?tid=673817f9f1e15b7ehl=en Can you post your support under this thread? - Randy On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 2:01 AM, john stampe jwsta...@yahoo.com wrote: Does anyone have ideas about how to go about this - pitching to Google that it's in their interest to do enable this functionality? I would suggest you post a request on the Google Docs forum: http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Google+Docs?hl=en Cheers, John http://www.wikieducator.org/User:JohnWS http://johnsearth.blogspot.com From: Randy Fisher wikira...@gmail.com To: WikiEducator wikieducator@googlegroups.com Cc: e...@wikimedia.org Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 1:35:59 AM Subject: [WikiEducator] Google Docs download feature to Open Office; possible for Mediawiki? Hi Everyone, I've been using Google Docs to download MS Word documents straight into Open Office. (There's a conversion feature that downloads docs into pdf, html, text and word. If there was an option to do it directly from Google Docs into Mediawiki syntax, that would be great. Does anyone have ideas about how to go about this - pitching to Google that it's in their interest to do enable this functionality? It would save lots of time BTW: I've noticed you tend to need a fair bit of RAM to convert larger documents from Open Office directly into mediawiki syntax, and if Google could do it for us, so much the better. PS. I've documented the uploading process - http://www.wikieducator.org/Community_Media/Uploading_Content - Randy -- Randy Fisher MA, OMD * Change Management, Learning Performance * Stakeholder Engagement, Virtual Collaboration Communities of Practice * Organization Design Development * Coaching Facilitation * E-Learning + 1 604.684.2275 (Pacific Time) wikira...@gmail.com http://www.wikieducator.org - Member, WikiEducator Community Council http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Randyfisher Skype: wikirandy Open Education is a Sustainable Renewable Resource. -- Randy Fisher MA, OMD * Change Management, Learning Performance * Stakeholder Engagement, Virtual Collaboration Communities of Practice * Organization Design Development * Coaching Facilitation * E-Learning + 1 604.684.2275 (Pacific Time) wikira...@gmail.com http://www.wikieducator.org - Member, WikiEducator Community Council http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Randyfisher Skype: wikirandy Open Education is a Sustainable Renewable Resource. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[WikiEducator] Re: Google Docs download feature to Open Office; possible for Mediawiki?
Hi John, Thanks - I am aware of this. As I have been converting docs for the Community Media space, I have found that my old Pentium III computer cannot handle medium-size doc exports into Mediawiki from Open Officemy Core2Duo laptop handles it no problem. Trouble is, many folks (particularly in the developing world) may not have access to this type of computing power. So, a 'one-step' would be preferable to the 'two-step', in my view. - Randy On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 10:19 PM, john stampe jwsta...@yahoo.com wrote: Done! One thought did appear to me as I wrote this. You can export Google Docs directly as an OpenOffice document. That saves one source of error (doc to odt). John http://www.wikieducator.org/User:JohnWS http://johnsearth.blogspot.com -- *From:* Randy Fisher wikira...@gmail.com *To:* wikieducator@googlegroups.com *Sent:* Thursday, July 30, 2009 6:03:56 PM *Subject:* [WikiEducator] Re: Google Docs download feature to Open Office; possible for Mediawiki? Hi John, Great idea - OK, I've done so.now, I need your support - and our Community's support. http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Google+Docs/thread?tid=673817f9f1e15b7ehl=en Can you post your support under this thread? - Randy On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 2:01 AM, john stampe jwsta...@yahoo.com wrote: *Does anyone have ideas about how to go about this - pitching to Google that it's in their interest to do enable this functionality?* I would suggest you post a request on the Google Docs forum: http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Google+Docs?hl=en Cheers, John http://www.wikieducator.org/User:JohnWS http://johnsearth.blogspot.com -- *From:* Randy Fisher wikira...@gmail.com *To:* WikiEducator wikieducator@googlegroups.com *Cc:* e...@wikimedia.org *Sent:* Wednesday, July 29, 2009 1:35:59 AM *Subject:* [WikiEducator] Google Docs download feature to Open Office; possible for Mediawiki? Hi Everyone, I've been using Google Docs to download MS Word documents straight into Open Office. (There's a conversion feature that downloads docs into pdf, html, text and word. If there was an option to do it directly from Google Docs into Mediawiki syntax, that would be great. *Does anyone have ideas about how to go about this - pitching to Google that it's in their interest to do enable this functionality?* It would save lots of time BTW: I've noticed you tend to need a fair bit of RAM to convert larger documents from Open Office directly into mediawiki syntax, and if Google could do it for us, so much the better. PS. I've documented the uploading process - http://www.wikieducator.org/Community_Media/Uploading_Content - Randy -- Randy Fisher MA, OMD * Change Management, Learning Performance * Stakeholder Engagement, Virtual Collaboration Communities of Practice * Organization Design Development * Coaching Facilitation * E-Learning + 1 604.684.2275 (Pacific Time) wikira...@gmail.com http://www.wikieducator.org - Member, WikiEducator Community Council http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Randyfisher Skype: wikirandy Open Education is a Sustainable Renewable Resource. -- Randy Fisher MA, OMD * Change Management, Learning Performance * Stakeholder Engagement, Virtual Collaboration Communities of Practice * Organization Design Development * Coaching Facilitation * E-Learning + 1 604.684.2275 (Pacific Time) wikira...@gmail.com http://www.wikieducator.org - Member, WikiEducator Community Council http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Randyfisher Skype: wikirandy Open Education is a Sustainable Renewable Resource. -- Randy Fisher MA, OMD * Change Management, Learning Performance * Stakeholder Engagement, Virtual Collaboration Communities of Practice * Organization Design Development * Coaching Facilitation * E-Learning + 1 604.684.2275 (Pacific Time) wikira...@gmail.com http://www.wikieducator.org - Member, WikiEducator Community Council http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Randyfisher Skype: wikirandy Open Education is a Sustainable Renewable Resource. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[WikiEducator] Re: Google Docs download feature to Open Office; possible for Mediawiki?
Does anyone have ideas about how to go about this - pitching to Google that it's in their interest to do enable this functionality? I would suggest you post a request on the Google Docs forum: http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Google+Docs?hl=en Cheers, John http://www.wikieducator.org/User:JohnWS http://johnsearth.blogspot.com From: Randy Fisher wikira...@gmail.com To: WikiEducator wikieducator@googlegroups.com Cc: e...@wikimedia.org Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 1:35:59 AM Subject: [WikiEducator] Google Docs download feature to Open Office; possible for Mediawiki? Hi Everyone, I've been using Google Docs to download MS Word documents straight into Open Office. (There's a conversion feature that downloads docs into pdf, html, text and word. If there was an option to do it directly from Google Docs into Mediawiki syntax, that would be great. Does anyone have ideas about how to go about this - pitching to Google that it's in their interest to do enable this functionality? It would save lots of time BTW: I've noticed you tend to need a fair bit of RAM to convert larger documents from Open Office directly into mediawiki syntax, and if Google could do it for us, so much the better. PS. I've documented the uploading process - http://www.wikieducator.org/Community_Media/Uploading_Content - Randy -- Randy Fisher MA, OMD * Change Management, Learning Performance * Stakeholder Engagement, Virtual Collaboration Communities of Practice * Organization Design Development * Coaching Facilitation * E-Learning + 1 604.684.2275 (Pacific Time) wikira...@gmail.com http://www.wikieducator.org - Member, WikiEducator Community Council http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Randyfisher Skype: wikirandy Open Education is a Sustainable Renewable Resource. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[WikiEducator] Re: Google Docs download feature to Open Office; possible for Mediawiki?
Hi John, Great idea - OK, I've done so.now, I need your support - and our Community's support. http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Google+Docs/thread?tid=673817f9f1e15b7ehl=en Can you post your support under this thread? - Randy On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 2:01 AM, john stampe jwsta...@yahoo.com wrote: *Does anyone have ideas about how to go about this - pitching to Google that it's in their interest to do enable this functionality?* I would suggest you post a request on the Google Docs forum: http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Google+Docs?hl=en Cheers, John http://www.wikieducator.org/User:JohnWS http://johnsearth.blogspot.com -- *From:* Randy Fisher wikira...@gmail.com *To:* WikiEducator wikieducator@googlegroups.com *Cc:* e...@wikimedia.org *Sent:* Wednesday, July 29, 2009 1:35:59 AM *Subject:* [WikiEducator] Google Docs download feature to Open Office; possible for Mediawiki? Hi Everyone, I've been using Google Docs to download MS Word documents straight into Open Office. (There's a conversion feature that downloads docs into pdf, html, text and word. If there was an option to do it directly from Google Docs into Mediawiki syntax, that would be great. *Does anyone have ideas about how to go about this - pitching to Google that it's in their interest to do enable this functionality?* It would save lots of time BTW: I've noticed you tend to need a fair bit of RAM to convert larger documents from Open Office directly into mediawiki syntax, and if Google could do it for us, so much the better. PS. I've documented the uploading process - http://www.wikieducator.org/Community_Media/Uploading_Content - Randy -- Randy Fisher MA, OMD * Change Management, Learning Performance * Stakeholder Engagement, Virtual Collaboration Communities of Practice * Organization Design Development * Coaching Facilitation * E-Learning + 1 604.684.2275 (Pacific Time) wikira...@gmail.com http://www.wikieducator.org - Member, WikiEducator Community Council http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Randyfisher Skype: wikirandy Open Education is a Sustainable Renewable Resource. -- Randy Fisher MA, OMD * Change Management, Learning Performance * Stakeholder Engagement, Virtual Collaboration Communities of Practice * Organization Design Development * Coaching Facilitation * E-Learning + 1 604.684.2275 (Pacific Time) wikira...@gmail.com http://www.wikieducator.org - Member, WikiEducator Community Council http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Randyfisher Skype: wikirandy Open Education is a Sustainable Renewable Resource. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[WikiEducator] Re: Google Docs download feature to Open Office; possible for Mediawiki?
Hi Randy I download Google Docs files to my Ubuntu desktop as .odt, then open the file on my computer, select the contents, select-copy them the directly paste in Edit mode on my userpage in WikiEducator. It simply works! warm wishes Gita - Dr. Gita Mathur gita.mat...@gmail.com Associate Professor of Botany Gargi College (University of Delhi) Siri Fort Road, New Delhi 110049 skype:gitamathur Web: http://wikieducator.org/User:Gita_Mathur http://wikieducator.org/India http://www.slideshare.net/Gita_Mathur http://wikieducator.org/EL4C26 http://wikieducator.org/EL4C27 On Tue, 2009-07-28 at 11:35 -0700, Randy Fisher wrote: Hi Everyone, I've been using Google Docs to download MS Word documents straight into Open Office. (There's a conversion feature that downloads docs into pdf, html, text and word. If there was an option to do it directly from Google Docs into Mediawiki syntax, that would be great. Does anyone have ideas about how to go about this - pitching to Google that it's in their interest to do enable this functionality? It would save lots of time BTW: I've noticed you tend to need a fair bit of RAM to convert larger documents from Open Office directly into mediawiki syntax, and if Google could do it for us, so much the better. PS. I've documented the uploading process - http://www.wikieducator.org/Community_Media/Uploading_Content - Randy -- Randy Fisher MA, OMD * Change Management, Learning Performance * Stakeholder Engagement, Virtual Collaboration Communities of Practice * Organization Design Development * Coaching Facilitation * E-Learning + 1 604.684.2275 (Pacific Time) wikira...@gmail.com http://www.wikieducator.org - Member, WikiEducator Community Council http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Randyfisher Skype: wikirandy Open Education is a Sustainable Renewable Resource. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[WikiEducator] Re: Google Docs download feature to Open Office; possible for Mediawiki?
Hi Gita, Thanks - I know about this...it works sort of OK for text, but when there's tables and more complex heading structure, it doesn't work. What does work, is a straight export to Mediawiki, and then a copy and paste - Randy On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 12:07 PM, Gita Mathur gita.mat...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Randy I download Google Docs files to my Ubuntu desktop as .odt, then open the file on my computer, select the contents, select-copy them the directly paste in Edit mode on my userpage in WikiEducator. It simply works! warm wishes Gita - Dr. Gita Mathur gita.mat...@gmail.com Associate Professor of Botany Gargi College (University of Delhi) Siri Fort Road, New Delhi 110049 skype:gitamathur Web: http://wikieducator.org/User:Gita_Mathur http://wikieducator.org/India http://www.slideshare.net/Gita_Mathur http://wikieducator.org/EL4C26 http://wikieducator.org/EL4C27 On Tue, 2009-07-28 at 11:35 -0700, Randy Fisher wrote: Hi Everyone, I've been using Google Docs to download MS Word documents straight into Open Office. (There's a conversion feature that downloads docs into pdf, html, text and word. If there was an option to do it directly from Google Docs into Mediawiki syntax, that would be great. Does anyone have ideas about how to go about this - pitching to Google that it's in their interest to do enable this functionality? It would save lots of time BTW: I've noticed you tend to need a fair bit of RAM to convert larger documents from Open Office directly into mediawiki syntax, and if Google could do it for us, so much the better. PS. I've documented the uploading process - http://www.wikieducator.org/Community_Media/Uploading_Content - Randy -- Randy Fisher MA, OMD * Change Management, Learning Performance * Stakeholder Engagement, Virtual Collaboration Communities of Practice * Organization Design Development * Coaching Facilitation * E-Learning + 1 604.684.2275 (Pacific Time) wikira...@gmail.com http://www.wikieducator.org - Member, WikiEducator Community Council http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Randyfisher Skype: wikirandy Open Education is a Sustainable Renewable Resource. -- Randy Fisher MA, OMD * Change Management, Learning Performance * Stakeholder Engagement, Virtual Collaboration Communities of Practice * Organization Design Development * Coaching Facilitation * E-Learning + 1 604.684.2275 (Pacific Time) wikira...@gmail.com http://www.wikieducator.org - Member, WikiEducator Community Council http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Randyfisher Skype: wikirandy Open Education is a Sustainable Renewable Resource. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[WikiEducator] Re: Google Docs download feature to Open Office; possible for Mediawiki?
Thanks Randy This is very useful information. Warm regards Gita On Tue, 2009-07-28 at 12:10 -0700, Randy Fisher wrote: Hi Gita, Thanks - I know about this...it works sort of OK for text, but when there's tables and more complex heading structure, it doesn't work. What does work, is a straight export to Mediawiki, and then a copy and paste - Randy On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 12:07 PM, Gita Mathur gita.mat...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Randy I download Google Docs files to my Ubuntu desktop as .odt, then open the file on my computer, select the contents, select-copy them the directly paste in Edit mode on my userpage in WikiEducator. It simply works! warm wishes Gita - Dr. Gita Mathur gita.mat...@gmail.com Associate Professor of Botany Gargi College (University of Delhi) Siri Fort Road, New Delhi 110049 skype:gitamathur Web: http://wikieducator.org/User:Gita_Mathur http://wikieducator.org/India http://www.slideshare.net/Gita_Mathur http://wikieducator.org/EL4C26 http://wikieducator.org/EL4C27 On Tue, 2009-07-28 at 11:35 -0700, Randy Fisher wrote: Hi Everyone, I've been using Google Docs to download MS Word documents straight into Open Office. (There's a conversion feature that downloads docs into pdf, html, text and word. If there was an option to do it directly from Google Docs into Mediawiki syntax, that would be great. Does anyone have ideas about how to go about this - pitching to Google that it's in their interest to do enable this functionality? It would save lots of time BTW: I've noticed you tend to need a fair bit of RAM to convert larger documents from Open Office directly into mediawiki syntax, and if Google could do it for us, so much the better. PS. I've documented the uploading process - http://www.wikieducator.org/Community_Media/Uploading_Content - Randy -- Randy Fisher MA, OMD * Change Management, Learning Performance * Stakeholder Engagement, Virtual Collaboration Communities of Practice * Organization Design Development * Coaching Facilitation * E-Learning + 1 604.684.2275 (Pacific Time) wikira...@gmail.com http://www.wikieducator.org - Member, WikiEducator Community Council http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Randyfisher Skype: wikirandy Open Education is a Sustainable Renewable Resource. -- Randy Fisher MA, OMD * Change Management, Learning Performance * Stakeholder Engagement, Virtual Collaboration Communities of Practice * Organization Design Development * Coaching Facilitation * E-Learning + 1 604.684.2275 (Pacific Time) wikira...@gmail.com http://www.wikieducator.org - Member, WikiEducator Community Council http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Randyfisher Skype: wikirandy Open Education is a Sustainable Renewable Resource. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
