On Thu, 2006-02-09 at 09:44 +0000, Andy Pepperdine wrote: > On Wednesday 08 February 2006 19:41, Pete Holsberg wrote: > > G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > > > On Tue, 2006-02-07 at 17:49 -0500, Pete Holsberg wrote: > > >> Chad Smith wrote: > > >>> Actually, if you open a Wiki file in a normal browser, doesn't it show > > >>> up as HTML? In which case it can be saved as an HTML file and then > > >>> opened in OOo and saved as an ODT. > > >> > > >> I don't see ODT as a choice in 2.0.1. > > > > > > File > Export > > > > You're absolutely right! > > > > Is there any way to expand the file type box so we can see the entire > > description? > > AIUI the problem is that OO selects the module to load entirely from what it > thinks the file type is. So when loading HTML, it selects the Writer/Web > module, and that cannot save in .odt form. The obvious way around is, after > loading the HTML in OO, select and copy everything; then open a new text > document and paste it in. Then you can select the type to save it as. > > Is this the only case where there could be confusion as to which module is > needed? If so, then perhaps a simple checkbox on the open file dialog could > direct html to writer instead of the default. Whether you would ever want > that to be the default is a moot point. >
You can already do this on the file open dialog by selecting "Files of type"=HTML Document(OpenOffice.org Writer)(*.html) Barrie --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
