From koffice Thu Nov 25 21:24:45 1999 From: Keith Antoine Date: Thu, 25 Nov 1999 21:24:45 +0000 To: koffice Subject: Re: M$ Word filter? X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=koffice&m=94359376312587 Wilke Havinga wrote: > > Hello guys, > > I was just wondering whether there already exists a MS-Word97->KWord > converter. Is someone working on this, or has someone been working on it? > > KWord really kicks ass, but for many people (e.g. me) it would be no use > if it can't read MS docs. > > So, I'd like to know if someone is working on it, maybe I can help. I've > already got the specs of the MS Word-format, does something like that > exist for KWord? > > There already exists a MSWord->HTML converter (mswordview, see > http://www.csn.ul.ie/~caolan/docs/MSWordView.html), maybe it can > be edited to write KWord-files? It is GPL'ed at least, a good starting > point :-) All the koffice stuff is ALPHA and no way is it finished, I am led to believe from their list that the kword will read word docs, when its released -- Regards Keith Keith Antoine | Eastwind Internet Services 07 3300 2161 18 Arkana St | Internet Service Providor and Web Hosting The Gap | kantoine@eastwind.com.au --http://www.eastwind.com.au Queensland 4061 | Rtd Electronics Engineer & Brisbanes' Geriatric ISP Australia | System run by Caldera OpenLinux 2.2: The only way to fly!