I have OOo 2.3 on Gutsy x86_64. I need to place graphics in Writer documents 
(i.e., academic papers). The graphics are created in a program called TreeForm, 
a Java application to create syntax trees:

http://www.ece.ubc.ca/~donaldd/treeform.htm

XML import
TreeForm can export in JPG and PNG, both of which are bitmap (raster) image 
formats. As a result they do not scale well and the print output is not the 
best. It can also create a PDF by printing to a PDF creator. The PDF would be 
great, except that OOo does not have a PDF import filter. (I can place the PDF 
in Kword, but if I later open the Kword file in OOo, OOo strips out the PDF.) 

Because of these limitations I have been trying a different tack. TreeForm's 
native format is XML. However, if I try importing the XML file into OOo I get a 
page with the XML code, not the graphic. I get the same results with Draw as 
with Writer. I also get a page of code if I try to import into Kword or 
Abiword, as well as drawing apps like Inkscape, etc. 

Copy/paste
TreeForm can also copy and paste into Word. However, OOo sees nothing on the 
clipboard. Clipboards on Linux are very different from Windows, so I'm 
wondering if there is any documentation for how OOo looks at the clipboard.

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