atw: Re: Compatibity issues with reWorx 2007 / alternate help authoring tool.
- From: Write Ideas <writeideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 15:07:57 +1100
Frankly Donald,
I just know that the converter exists within Open Office (OO) and almost
everything I have used to date in that software (with the exception of
going slightly brain dead searching foa a space after a hard paragraph
break) has worked reliably and flawlessly. It does a great PDF export,
for example.
So, I shall just quote you something from the OO word processor help on
the HTML part of this topic.
Hope this helps:
> Importing and Exporting in HTML Format
>
> When borders in HTML documents are exported, lines are exported in a
> width of exactly 1 pixel since Netscape Navigator and MS Internet
> Explorer do not recognize smaller lines. When importing, a border of 1
> pixel width will appear with 0.05 pt width.
>
> With OpenOffice.org Writer, you can insert footnotes and endnotes in
> your HTML document. They are exported as meta tags. The footnote and
> endnote characters are exported as hyperlinks.
>
> Comments are used to include unknown characters in an HTML document.
> Every note that begins with "HTML:..." and ends with ">" is treated as
> an HTML code, but is exported without these designations. Several tags
> around text can be included after "HTML:..." Accented characters are
> converted into the ANSI character set. Comments are created during
> import (for example, for meta tags that have no room in the file
> properties or unknown tags).
>
> The HTML import of OpenOffice.org Writer is able to read files that
> have UTF-8 or UCS2 character coding. All characters that are contained
> in the ANSI character set or in the system's character set can be
> displayed.
>
> When exporting to HTML, the character set selected in Tools - Options
> - Load/Save - HTML Compatibility is used. Characters not present there
> are written in a substitute form, which is displayed correctly in
> modern web browsers. When exporting such characters, you will receive
> an appropriate warning.
>
> If, in Tools - Options - Load/Save - HTML Compatibility, you select
> Netscape Navigator, MS Internet Explorer, or OpenOffice.org Writer as
> the export option, upon export all important font attributes are
> exported as direct attributes (for example, text color, font size,
> bold, italic, and so on) in CSS1 styles. (CSS stands for Cascading
> Style Sheets.) Importing is also carried out according to this
> standard.
>
> The "font" property corresponds to Netscape Navigator; that is, before
> the font size you can specify optional values for
> "font-style" (italic, none), "font-variant" (normal, small-caps) and
> "font-weight" (normal, bold).
>
> * For example, "Font: bold italic small-caps 12pt/200% Arial,
> Helvetica" switches to bold, italic, small caps, double-space
> with the font family Arial or Helvetica, if Arial doesn't
> exist.
>
> * "Font: 10pt" switches to a 10pt font, with bold, italic, small
> caps off.
>
>
> If MS Internet Explorer or OpenOffice.org Writer are set as the export
> option, the sizes of the control field and their internal margins are
> exported as styles (print formats). CSS1 size properties are based on
> "width" and "height" values. The "Margin" property is used to set
> equal margins on all sides of the page. To allow different margins,
> the "Margin-Left", "Margin-Right", "Margin-Top" and "Margin-Bottom"
> properties are used.
>
> The distances of graphics and Plug-Ins to the content can be set
> individually for export to OpenOffice.org Writer and MS Internet
> Explorer. If the top/bottom or right/left margin is set differently,
> the distances are exported in a "STYLE" option for the corresponding
> tag as CSS1 size properties "Margin-Top", "Margin-Bottom",
> "Margin-Left" and "Margin-Right".
>
> Text frames are supported with the use of CSS1 extensions for absolute
> positioned objects. This applies only to the export options Netscape
> Navigator, MS Internet Explorer, and OpenOffice.org Writer. Text
> frames can be aligned as graphics, and Floating Frames, but
> character-linked frames are not possible.
>
> Text frames are exported as "<SPAN>" or "<DIV>" tags if they do not
> contain columns. If they do contain columns then they are exported as
> "<MULTICOL>".
>
> The measurement unit set in OpenOffice.org is used for HTML export of
> CSS1 properties. The unit can be set separately for text and HTML
> documents under Tools - Options - OpenOffice.org Writer - General or
> Tools - Options - OpenOffice.org Writer/Web - View. The number of
> exported decimal places depends on the unit.
>
> Measurement Unit
>
>
> Measurement Unit Name
> in CSS1
>
>
> Maximum Number of
> Decimal Places
>
>
> Millimeter
>
>
> mm
>
>
> 2
>
>
> Centimeter
>
>
> cm
>
>
> 2
>
>
> Inch
>
>
> in
>
>
> 2
>
>
> Pica
>
>
> pc
>
>
> 2
>
>
> Point
>
>
> pt
>
>
> 1
>
>
>
>
>
> The OpenOffice.org Web page filter supports certain capabilities of
> CSS2. However, to use it, print layout export must be activated in
> Tools - Options - Load/Save - HTML Compatibility. Then, in HTML
> documents, besides the HTML Page Style, you can also use the styles
> "First page", "Left page" and "Right page". These styles should enable
> you to set different page sizes and margins for the first page and for
> right and left pages when printing.
>
--
Michael Granat
Write Ideas
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
http://www.writeideas.com.au/
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On Tue, 2011-01-25 at 14:21 +1030, Donald Halley wrote:
> Michael
>
>
>
> Does that do the parent / child topic thing with Heading levels,
> convert cross references to hyperlinks etc?
>
>
>
> Donald
>
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