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There are a few techniques which are now being trialed. It may be that wikEd is better for HTML files and OpenOffice is better for Word/rtf files (and Word/rtf files converted from PDF).{{fact}} | There are a few techniques which are now being trialed. It may be that wikEd is better for HTML files and OpenOffice is better for Word/rtf files (and Word/rtf files converted from PDF).{{fact}} | ||
If you are starting with a PDF document, it must first be converted to formatted text in another application, before it can be converted to MediaWiki: see [[Help:Porting PDF files to MediaWiki]]. | |||
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Are images saved automatically during file export from OpenOffice? Tags to indicate image location? | Are images saved automatically during file export from OpenOffice? Tags to indicate image location? | ||
==Rich text editors for the wiki== | ==Rich text editors for the wiki== | ||
Revision as of 01:48, 9 April 2008
Formatted text, including HTML, Word of OpenOffice documents, can be converted to MediaWiki markup, with formatting.
There are a few techniques which are now being trialed. It may be that wikEd is better for HTML files and OpenOffice is better for Word/rtf files (and Word/rtf files converted from PDF).[verification needed]
If you are starting with a PDF document, it must first be converted to formatted text in another application, before it can be converted to MediaWiki: see Help:Porting PDF files to MediaWiki.
wikEd
The easiest method is to use wikEd. Once you install this on your Appropedia account, you can easily copy formatted text to the edit box, hit [w] ("wikify"), and you're most of the way there.
This seems to work best for HTML.[verification needed]
OpenOffice
- Open the file or copy the content in OpenOffice 2.3 or greater;
- Export to MediaWiki format (should beFile menu -> Export -> MediaWiki[verification needed]).
(If this is inadequate (e.g. for dealing with images and references) then we have worked out some VB macro code, and will post everything we know. First need to upgrade and try out the feature. --Chriswaterguy · talk 16:52, 7 February 2008 (PST))
Images
Are images saved automatically during file export from OpenOffice? Tags to indicate image location?
Rich text editors for the wiki
In the medium to long term, Appropedia:Rich text editing (i.e. WYSIWYG or some variation on that) might make this easier. There are problems, including fears that this will lead to non-standard markup being entered, and excess use of HTML tags if they are not converted effectively.
Other methods
These haven't been tried yet:
- mw:Extension:Send2Wiki (uses html2wiki) -- allows quick conversion with a browser's bookmarklet.
- HTML->MediaWiki converter -- demo of the HTML::WikiConverter perl module. (See also WikiConverter.)
Interwiki links
Some may be useful: