[softwarelist] Re: From Word tables to OPRo (RISC OS)?
- From: Alan Adams <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: davidpilling@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:43:49 GMT
In message <dbdb14f850.Ant@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Anthony Hilton <ajh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In message <2b300ff850.Alan.Adams@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> dated 14
> Mar 2010
> Alan Adams <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> I have just been sent a document with a fairly complex Word table
>> included. I've solved the immediate problem by creating a couple of
>> hundred closely spaced frames and importing the text individually to
>> each.
>> I'm hoping for the future there might be a better way.
>> I have a Windows PC with VRPC. So far I've
>> opened the document with Open Office
>> Exported the text as CSV
>> Loaded it into PipeDream.
>> While it imports, each cell of the original had word-wrapped text.
> Presumably Pipedream does not word-wrap within cells? Might Fireworkz
> do better? I have the demo version of Fireworkz from an Archive CD on
> my RiscPC which I could try if you'd like.
I need to get the table into OPro - I realised about that point that I
couldn't embed Pipedream into OPRo, and probably not Fireworks output
either.
I'll send a copy of the table. Thanks for your offer.
Alan
>> Exported as PDF
>> OPro won't import pdf.
>> Copied the table from Writer, and pasted it into Calc (Open Office
>> spreadsheet)
>> Enabled Word Wrap
>> Resized vertically
>> Saved as Excel 97
>> Loaded into ViewXLS
>> Saved as Draw
>> Imported to OPRo.
>> While it works, it is horribly slow to display.
>> Would Tablemate help here, and is it available to run on an Iyonix?
>> While I can see it listed on CJE's website, there isn't much
>> information.
> If you would like to send a sample csv file I could drop it into
> TableMate on the RiscPC (TableMate does not run on my A9Home) and
> return it to you to see if you find the results acceptable. TableMate
> stores in an extended Draw format so even without TableMate you can
> view the files and import them into OPro.
>> I had started thinking about writing something to take a csv file,
>> work out its structure, and export DDL. Am I re-inventing a wheel
>> here?
> Anthony
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