+1 for 3 with the default being not to import styles.

Thanks
-Vincent

On Nov 3, 2008, at 1:13 PM, Asiri Rathnayake wrote:

> Hi Devs,
>
> When converting office documents into html (before they are  
> transformed into
> xwiki syntax) lots of style information gets added into the html.  
> For an
> example :
>
> <p class="western">Text in a <sup><span
> style="color:;font-family=;font-size=2pt;">superscript</span></ 
> sup>format</p>
>
> And finally when this is transformed into xwiki syntax, the result  
> will look
> something like :
>
> (% class="western" %)
> Text in a ^^(% style="color:;font-family=;font-size=2pt;"
> %)superscript^^(%%) format
>
> The problem with this is, the resulting xwiki document will have  
> lot's of
> (%%) elements which makes it difficult to make modifications in wiki  
> mode.
> And another argument is that content is more important than style  
> (vincent).
>
> So, there are three options :
>
> 1. Rip off style information.
>
> 2. Keep style information as it is.
>
> 3. Give the user an option to select between 1 and 2.
>
> I'm going with 3. :)
>
> WDYT ?
>
> Thanks.
>
> - Asiri
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