Done! One thought did appear to me as I wrote this. You can export Google Docs directly as an OpenOffice document. That saves one source of error (doc to odt).
John http://www.wikieducator.org/User:JohnWS http://johnsearth.blogspot.com ________________________________ From: Randy Fisher <wikira...@gmail.com> To: wikieducator@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2009 6:03:56 PM Subject: [WikiEducator] Re: Google Docs download feature to Open Office; possible for Mediawiki? Hi John, Great idea - OK, I've done so.....now, I need your support - and our Community's support..... http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Google+Docs/thread?tid=673817f9f1e15b7e&hl=en Can you post your support under this thread? - Randy On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 2:01 AM, john stampe <jwsta...@yahoo.com> wrote: >Does anyone have ideas about how to go about this - pitching to Google that >it's in their interest to do enable this functionality? > >I would suggest you post a request on the Google Docs forum: >http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Google+Docs?hl=en > >Cheers, >John >http://www.wikieducator.org/User:JohnWS >http://johnsearth.blogspot.com > > > > > ________________________________ From: Randy Fisher <wikira...@gmail.com> >To: WikiEducator <wikieducator@googlegroups.com> >Cc: e...@wikimedia.org >Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 1:35:59 AM >Subject: [WikiEducator] Google Docs download feature to Open Office; possible >for Mediawiki? > > >Hi Everyone, > >I've been using Google Docs to "download" MS Word documents straight into Open >Office. (There's a conversion feature that downloads docs into pdf, html, text >and word. > >If there was an option to do it directly from Google Docs into Mediawiki >syntax, that would be great. > >Does anyone have ideas about how to go about this - pitching to Google that >it's in their interest to do enable this > functionality? > >It would save lots of time.... BTW: I've noticed you tend to need a fair bit >of RAM to convert larger documents from Open Office directly into mediawiki >syntax, and if Google could do it for us, so much the better. > >PS. I've documented the uploading process - >http://www.wikieducator.org/Community_Media/Uploading_Content > >> >- Randy >-- >________________ >Randy Fisher MA, OMD > >* Change Management, Learning & Performance >* Stakeholder Engagement, Virtual Collaboration & Communities of Practice >* Organization Design & Development >> >* Coaching & Facilitation >* E-Learning > > >+ 1 604.684.2275 (Pacific Time) > wikira...@gmail.com > > >http://www.wikieducator.org - Member, WikiEducator Community > Council >http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Randyfisher > >Skype: wikirandy > >"Open Education is a Sustainable & Renewable Resource. > > > > -- ________________ Randy Fisher MA, OMD * Change Management, Learning & Performance * Stakeholder Engagement, Virtual Collaboration & Communities of Practice * Organization Design & Development * Coaching & Facilitation * E-Learning + 1 604.684.2275 (Pacific Time) wikira...@gmail.com http://www.wikieducator.org - Member, WikiEducator Community Council http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Randyfisher Skype: wikirandy "Open Education is a Sustainable & Renewable Resource. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
