Hi Randy I download Google Docs files to my Ubuntu desktop as .odt, then open the file on my computer, select the contents, select-copy them & the directly paste in Edit mode on my userpage in WikiEducator. It simply works! warm wishes Gita - Dr. Gita Mathur <gita.mat...@gmail.com> Associate Professor of Botany Gargi College (University of Delhi) Siri Fort Road, New Delhi 110049 skype:gitamathur
Web: http://wikieducator.org/User:Gita_Mathur http://wikieducator.org/India http://www.slideshare.net/Gita_Mathur http://wikieducator.org/EL4C26 http://wikieducator.org/EL4C27 On Tue, 2009-07-28 at 11:35 -0700, Randy Fisher wrote: > 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. > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
