Hello, There was thread a while ago about converting Word docs to Context. Did anyone make progress in setting up a workflow? Cheers, Roger
On Thu, 23 Apr 2009 05:46:20 -0600, Roger Mason
There was thread a while ago about converting Word docs to Context. Did anyone make progress in setting up a workflow?
Buggy but usable: OOo: doc -> odt odt2txt: odt -> markdown pandoc: markdown -> context the buggeist part of the workflow is odt2txt: sometimes it skips footnotes or entire paragraphs. Another option is to use context to read docx or odt xml directly, this is an area where I must refer you to the xml gurus on this list. Best wishes Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid, Editor-in-Chief International Journal of Shi`i Studies Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523
Hello Idris,
"Idris Samawi Hamid"
Buggy but usable:
OOo: doc -> odt
odt2txt: odt -> markdown
pandoc: markdown -> context
the buggeist part of the workflow is odt2txt: sometimes it skips footnotes or entire paragraphs.
Thank you. I take it you mean odt2txt.py? There is snother utility (odt2txt) written in C but it seems from the web-site that it writes plain text rather than markdown. Cheers, Roger
Am 23.04.2009 um 13:46 schrieb Roger Mason:
Hello,
There was thread a while ago about converting Word docs to Context. Did anyone make progress in setting up a workflow?
You could try to ask Steffen Wolfrum, he's a professional typesetter [1] and should have knowledge about word2context conversion, that's what I got from a few older mails from him. [1] http://werksatz.com/ Wolfgang
I send this message already but I don't know if it is still awaiting moderation, because I added a large file, but here it is again. If it's posted already sorry for the noise.
There was thread a while ago about converting Word docs to Context. Did anyone make progress in setting up a workflow?
It is pretty easy when you use the word-to-latex program (http://kebrt.webz.cz/programs/word-to-latex/) See: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Word-to-LaTeX (Which could be renamed Word-to-ConTeXt?) Though I had some problems using the XML example from the above page. But you can make your own XML file for the program. I made one for use with the XeTeX engine (texexec --xtx). Lots of success! Adriaan
Hello,
"J.A.J. Pater"
It is pretty easy when you use the word-to-latex program (http://kebrt.webz.cz/programs/word-to-latex/) See: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Word-to-LaTeX (Which could be renamed Word-to-ConTeXt?) Though I had some problems using the XML example from the above page. But you can make your own XML file for the program. I made one for use with the XeTeX engine (texexec --xtx).
Thank you for the suggestion. Unfortunately it only runs in the Windows OS. I use Linux (sorry, I should have said so at the outset). Best wishes, Roger
Thank you for the suggestion. Unfortunately it only runs in the Windows OS. I use Linux (sorry, I should have said so at the outset).
You can give a look also at http://opendocumentfellowship.com/projects/odfpy -- luigi
Hello Luigi,
luigi scarso
You can give a look also at http://opendocumentfellowship.com/projects/odfpy
Thanks for the suggestion, I will have a look at it. Cheers, Roger
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