Mandag 19 marts 2007 11:39 skrev Harold Fuchs: > Verner Kjærsgaard wrote: > > Hi list, > > > > Huh, I've got 25000+ WP8 files (text documents only, no quatro) residing > > in a huge Linux(SuSE9) box, all waiting to be converted in the best way > > possible to OO format. > > > > I can open them (most of them) in OO and do a manual conversion. This > > looses some formatting and so, but all in all acceptable. But the number > > of docs are too great to do manually. And the people working at the place > > would prefer to ditch MS/WordPerfect in one big go.. > > > > Any ideas? > > First, why do you need to convert the files? Why not just leave them as > is, switch to OpenOffice and simply open them as and when necessary; > just remember, after changing a file, to save it in OO format (although > it's not strictly necessary). That way the documents that are needed > first get converted but the ones that are less "urgent" are still > available for use. > > If you really want to convert, do the files have to be editable after > the conversion? If the files, or many of them, need only to be readable, > can you run WP8 from the command line and have it "print" the file to a > PDF "pseudo printer"? Such a file is then viewable with the free Adobe > Acrobat Reader. How many files are left? Is the number small enough to > do the conversion by hand? > > Alternatively, there is at least one free program that converts WP to > Word (.doc): www.picturesize.com/wpcvt.htm (Google found it for me). > Having got the files in Word format, you can use OO's conversion wizard: > File>Wizards>Document Converter... which lets you convert whole > directory-trees-full of Word documents.
Hi, - just to say thank you! - your info was of help to me. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Med venlig hilsen/Best regards Verner Kjærsgaard --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
