Hi Kim, And the online WikiEducator conversion service (which will convert .doc into wiki text) uses the Open Office engine in server mode.
This is useful in cases where institutions lock down machines restricting user freedoms to install free software. Cheers Wayne On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 7:52 AM, Kim Tucker <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Randy and all, > > > I know many people (myself included) and organizations which never made > the > > upgrade from Office / Word 2003. > > OpenOffice.org (free/libre software) has this capability: File/ > Export/ MediaWiki (.txt). > > I have used it extensively in the past, most recently while > developing/ converting these case studies: > > > http://wikieducator.org/Free_Software_Case_Studies/Case_Studies#On_WikiEducator > > (pro-freedom vs pro-choice ;-) > > Kim > > Get OpenOffice: http://www.openoffice.org/ > > ---- > > On 17 November 2010 01:05, 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 > > > > -- > 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 > . > > -- 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]
