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List:       koffice
Subject:    Re: [kde] KDE version of OpenOffice?
From:       Vadim Plessky <lucy-ples () mtu-net ! ru>
Date:       2002-11-04 13:25:25
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On Monday 04 November 2002 1:20 pm, David Faure wrote:
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|  On Monday 04 November 2002 08:39, Piotr Gawrysiak wrote:
|  > - drawing functions (for inserting scalable graphical elements directly
|  > into document, without embedding or copying)
|
|  Interesting - what's wrong with embedding a small drawing object (e.g.
| karbon in koffice)?
|
|  I know that MSWord can insert lines/rectangles/etc. directly into the
| text, but this never worked as I wanted (drawings moved in random
| directions when the text moves down, due to some more paragraphs being
| inserted above it). So I always preferred to insert an object (even if only

AFAIK insert arrow/line works with KWord-1.2, too.
I guess I just need to package some of my arrows/rectangles in on tarball, and 
put it on web.

In contrast with MS Word, which supports only very primitive drawings (check 
quality of clipart which comes with Word 2000, it seems they use polylines 
instead of bezier curves, etc.), KWord supports SVG.
While I wish to have betetr support for SVG in KOffice, even current 
possibility to embed SVG in KWord docs is very impressive.
I think it's a "killer feature" . I am not sure that OpenOffice can do this.

| a "msword object", but so that all the small pieces of drawing are bundled
| together into one object). This is pretty much what an embedded karbon in
| kword can do, so I'm surprised by this "wish".
|
|  - --
|  David FAURE, david@mandrakesoft.com, faure@kde.org

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