On Sat, Apr 27, 2013 at 10:31 PM, Pete Forsyth <p...@wikistrategies.net>wrote:
> In the past, I have used a plugin for OpenOffice that exports to > MediaWiki. It has been a couple years since I used it. As I look now, I see > that LibreOffice has built this function into the core software (see the > "Wiki Publisher" item on this page: > http://www.libreoffice.org/features/extensions/ ) I would guess, but am > not certain, that this is an update of the same basic feature. I believe > this means that if you use a recent version of LibreOffice, you can simply > choose "export" and then "MediaWiki" to export a text document; or if you > prefer, you can link it to your MediaWiki site so it will publish directly. > > My memory of this feature is that it works well, but is in many cases more > "chatty" than would be desirable: it inserts far more tags than one would > like, specifying things like font, font color, font size, precise width of > columns in tables, etc. My solution was to run a series of Regular > Expressions on the output, but it was an annoyance to have to do so. > > I hope this helps; please report back on what you find, I would be > interested in how this feature has evolved. > > If you do not see the option for wiki under the file menu -> send ->, try look for the wiki-publisher extension in your software installer. If you are using Ubuntu use synaptic install the extension. After you install this extension you should be OK. I use fedora, I have to look for wiki-publisher extension from their software installation app. -- Nagarjuna -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to wikieducator+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
