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From: "Gregory L. Forster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "OpenOffice Users" <[email protected]>
Sent: 15 August 2006 22:29
Subject: [users] HTML
Couple of issues: I use OpenOffice 2.0.3.
OpenOffice has an "HTML Document" - File/New/HTML Document. The
documentation for OpenOffice notes in Calc and Writer, how to read and
write in HTML. However, nothing is said in the documentation specifically
about this HTML Document creator. I learned that HTML documents are
easier to work with when saving them as HTML from Writer. Also, if you
want to mix text with graphics in your HTML creation, you better know, or
have an understanding of HTML, otherwise, you're in for a shock when you
design an HTML document with graphics and text right where you want them,
but when displayed in Internet Explorer, or Firefox, your display is not
what you designed in OpenOffice.
A while ago, I had another question for the OpenOffice users group. An
individual led me to using the free program conTEXT to resolve my issue.
I also discovered that conTEXT is an excellent HTML code editor, besides
an excellent text editor, showing the displayed HTML text as black and the
HTML code tags as blue, codes as dark blue and the line you're working on
highlighted tag arrows as red. This automatic color coding makes editing a
breeze. However OpenOffice has a very annoying habit.
When you first create an HTML document using Writer, first create the
graphic. Then use a text editor to examine your creation. Using conTEXT
with its automatic color coding of HTML makes examining easy. OpenOffice
makes a lot of useful entries, however makes many useless entries as well.
As you go, designing your HTML document, you may wish to check its W3C
HTML validation. As is, OpenOffice is NOT W3C HTML compliant! A lot of
"cleaning up" has to be done every time OpenOffice is used! For example,
there is no HTML code NAME= in the 4.0 compliance. Every time OpenOffice
is used, all the NAME= and the text that follows (that OpenOffice
automatically inserts) has to be deleted to be W3C validated. How come?
Why are all the codes sloppily added one right after each other on the
same line, instead of a nice clean order on separate lines and columns?
Each time I use OpenOffice for whatever reason, in the creation of an HTML
document, I have to use the text editor to massively clean up OpenOffice
in order to make it W3C validated.
Greg
I have previously drawn attention to the poor quality of the HTML coding and
the non-compliance with the WC3 standards. Also that the latest standard is
WC4.01. Frankly I found the this part of the program of no value and far
more trouble than it was worth so I have gone back to mainly manual
programming. At least it is in the correct version and WC4.01 (Transitional)
compliant. I have no expectations of anything being done about this quality
issue.
Ron Ferguson
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