On Thu, Aug 03, 2006 at 11:28:32AM +0100, Harold Fuchs wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gary Kline" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Openoffice Mailing List" <[email protected]>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 9:32 PM
> Subject: [users] can I turn HTML into OO files?
>
>
> >People,
> >
> >I have nearly 80 HTML files that I would like to put together
> >or edit with OOo-2. I think I can go from openoffice -> markup,
> >but don't know about the other way. I'masking before trying
> >because I have tried (with 1.1.5) to edit *.txt files with
> >simple HTML commands and OO did not like it!
> >
> >thanks!
> >
> >gary kline
> >
> >--
> > Gary Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.thought.org Public service
> >Unix
> >
> >---------------------------------------------------------------------
> >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >
> I think it may depend on what you want to end up with. If the HTML files
> are mainly text based and you want to end up with text style documents then
> simply select/copy the text from your browser and paste it into an OO
> document. You can also embed graphics in your OO document via copy/paste
> (see also the thread about positioning graphics in OO Writer - read up
> about Anchors)..
>
> You could also use "Open With" (on Windows, anyway) to open the HTML
> directly with OO. This is fine for text based documents but OO doesn't seem
> to do a particularly good job with embedded graphics. There is no direct
> way to Save As a normal OO document but you could Export as PDF.
>
> If you want an HTML editor - you want to end up with HTML documents - then
> I can recommend Arachnophilia which is free from
> http://www.arachnoid.com/arachnophilia/ I've used it on Windows but, as
> it's Java based, I think it will run on many different platforms. You can
> also tell it which browser(s) you like and it will behave appropriately.
> Dealing with the author, for support perhaps, is best described as
> interesting, but the software does seem to do what it says on the tin. Make
> *very* sure you have the latest version before claiming you've found a bug.
> Make *very* sure you've read the FAQs before asking a question.
>
I have done all my HTML by-hand since '93, thank you; those
HTML editors are over my head! I'm working on translating
my Jottings into text, likely ISO.8859-1. And the more I
think about it, I'm going to strip out *all* grapjics.
(There is only one faux Japanese ink-sketch. Yes, I could
run my dehtml binary; but then I'd have to re-format... .)
What I'm aiming for when this is all done is to have a
manuscript, camera-ready, that I can email [as .doc]
or snail to the printer. --Thanks for your help. i'Ve
got several sed runs and experimentation to do.
> Harold Fuchs
> London, England
>
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
--
Gary Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.thought.org Public service Unix
---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
