Hi Randy, Well there is always the WikiEducator online conversion service for those users who may not have MS Word 2007 and above.
See: http://wikieducator.org/Special:OOoConverter This work was also supported with thanks to the New Zealand Ministry of Education. Cheers Wayne On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 1:05 PM, Randy Fisher <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, > > This is great news - and a sure sign of progress. > > I've checked the download, and sure enough, it's there. > > It is a bit disappointing though, that it's only for MS Word 2007 and > above. > > I know many people (myself included) and organizations which never made the > upgrade from Office / Word 2003. > > Sigh - > > Nevertheless, a big thank you to all of the partners who made this happen. > > - Randy > > On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 5:25 PM, Wayne Mackintosh < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Everyone, >> >> Microsoft, working alongside the Open Education Resource (OER) >> Foundation<http://wikieducator.org/OERF:Home>at Otago >> Polytechnic <http://wikieducator.org/Otago_Polytechnic> and the New >> Zealand Ministry of Education, has produced a new, open source extension for >> Microsoft Word that allows documents to be saved in a Wiki-friendly format >> called MediaWiki, as used by the popular online encyclopedia, Wikipedia. >> >> Read more: >> http://wikieducator.org/Microsoft_Launches_Open_Source_Filter_for_Mediawiki >> >> Cheers >> Wayne >> >> -- >> Wayne Mackintosh <http://wikieducator.org/User:Mackiwg>, Ph.D. >> Director OER Foundation <http://www.oerfoundation.org> >> Director, International Centre for Open Education, >> Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand. >> Founder and elected Community Council Member, >> Wikieducator<http://www.wikieducator.org%20> >> Mobile +64 21 2436 380 >> Skype: WGMNZ1 >> Twitter <http://twitter.com/#%21/Mackiwg> | >> identi.ca<http://identi.ca/waynemackintosh> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "WikiEducator Teacher Collaboration Forum" group. >> To post to this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> wikieducator-teacher-collaboration-forum+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<wikieducator-teacher-collaboration-forum%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator-teacher-collaboration-forum?hl=en >> . >> > > > > -- > ________________ > *Randy Fisher (aka WikiRandy), MA, OMD > *resume <http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Randyfisher> - > services<http://wikieducator.org/User:Randyfisher/TORs/Project_Services>- > roles <http://wikieducator.org/User:Randyfisher/Roles> - case > studies<http://wikieducator.org/User:Randyfisher/TORs/Case_Studies>- > LinkedIn <http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=112703&trk=tab_pro> > +1 613.722.5577 (EST) > Skype: wikirandy > > > - Strategy, Partnerships, Project Management & Implementation > - Facilitating Change & Stakeholder Engagement, "Buy-In", & > Mobilization > - E-Learning, Web 2.0/Social Media, Online Collaboration > - Leadership, Teams & Communities-of-Practice > - Coaching & Mentoring > > *Current Roles * > > 1. Practice Manager, iCentro Networks <http://www.icentro.com>, Ottawa, > Canada > 2. Project Manager, Community College Consortium for Open Education > Resources <http://www.oerconsortium.org/>, California, USA > 3. Project Manager, Partnerships, Organization Development & > Capacity-Building, International Centre for Open Education / OER > Foundation <http://www.oerfoundation.org/>, New Zealand > > * > * > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "CCCOER" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<cccoer%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/cccoer?hl=en > > Visit the CCCOER space on WikiEducator - > http://www.wikieducator.org/CCCOER > -- Wayne Mackintosh <http://wikieducator.org/User:Mackiwg>, Ph.D. Director OER Foundation <http://www.oerfoundation.org> Director, International Centre for Open Education, Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand. Founder and elected Community Council Member, Wikieducator<http://www.wikieducator.org%20> Mobile +64 21 2436 380 Skype: WGMNZ1 Twitter <http://twitter.com/#%21/Mackiwg> | identi.ca<http://identi.ca/waynemackintosh> -- 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 [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]
