On Friday 04 May 2007, + Michael Soegtrop wrote: > [ MODERATED ] *********************** > Hi, > > the help for the Writer word import states, that formating template > information is thrown away on the inport and the template attributes > become direct attributes. I wonder why this descision was made. For > small documents this is probably fine but for large documents it throws > away the document maintainability. I e.g. have a manual for a piece of > software I wrote (around 650 pages) and I started the manual in Word > years ago. I think it wouldn't take me more than a few hours to get this > document in shape after an import to Writer, if all the template linkage > information would be imported (that is which text is formated by which > template), even if it would be a bit inaccurate. Fixing the template > definitions is relativly easy. But reassigning all the template would > probably take me two weeks. This document is the only reason why I still > need Word and I would honestly like to get rid of it ;-)
Hi Michael, I'd imagine that the fine details for this decision were down to implementation possibilities. However maybe you should ask on [EMAIL PROTECTED] and ask to be CC:ed as you may not see all replies unless you subscribe to that list by sending an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and reply to the confirmation request email. Please reply to [email protected] only -- CPH : openoffice.org contributor Maybe your question has been answered already? http://user-faq.openoffice.org/#FAQ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
