On Sat, 2006-08-19 at 10:47 +0100, Ron Ferguson wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > 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, I am interested. Please post the issue number to the list. -- PLEASE KEEP MESSAGES ON THE LIST. OpenOffice.org Documentation Co-Lead http://documentation.openoffice.org/
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