Re: How to document for html and Word

From: Dom Lachowicz (domlachowicz@yahoo.com)
Date: Sat Feb 01 2003 - 15:35:20 EST

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    Hi Jeremiah,

    If you wouldn't mind, please type this up as an
    AbiWord document (all of our documentation is in our
    native format). I'll then include it in our
    documentation module and generate Text or HTML
    as-needed using (what else? ;-) AbiWord.

    Thanks again!
    Dom

    --- Jeremiah Foster <jeremiannika@attbi.com> wrote:
    > Greetings,
    >
    > I love AbiWord. I would like to contribute by
    > producing "How tos" for
    > the community at large. I think there is a growing
    > linux desktop
    > userbase who is less familiar with computers and
    > editors. I feel to
    > strengthen adoption of one of the best editors
    > anywhere, AbiWord ought
    > to provide basic, clearly written How tos. I have
    > included a sample of
    > the How to that I think may prove useful. I welcome
    > comment and
    > suggestions and hope that it may be considered
    > useful.
    >
    > The document is presented unformatted inline and as
    > html in an
    > attachment.
    >
    > Jeremiah
    >
    >
    > How to save AbiWord documents in
    >
    > HTML or Word.
    >
    >
    > Purpose: This document aims to explain how to save
    > documents in AbiWord
    > as html or Microsoft's Word format.
    >
    >
    > Summary: Go to "File -> Save As -> Save file as
    > type -> html (.html,
    > .htm)"
    >
    > Go to "File -> Save As -> Save file as type ->
    > Word (.doc)"
    >
    >
    > Contents: If you can open or create a document in
    > AbiWord, you can save
    > it as Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) or a Word
    > document. This is
    > useful if you are going to share this document on a
    > web site or with
    > someone who uses Microsoft's Word software to view
    > and edit documents.
    >
    >
    > To do this go to the "File" menu in the upper left
    > corner of the AbiWord
    > top tool-bar and click on "Save As ..." (This will
    > be referredas "File
    > -> Save As" throughout this document.) There is
    > also an icon provided
    > for this action; AbiWord Image write.disk.png
    >
    >
    > A dialog box pops up, prompting you to pick a
    > format for the document.
    > There is a left-hand box that says; "Save as type:"
    > You can pull down
    > the dialog box just to the right of this and chose a
    > format.
    >
    >
    > * For HTML - HTML 4.0 (.html .htm) should
    > be selected.
    > * For Word - Microsoft Word (.doc) should
    > be selected.
    >
    > You can see that the format is named and the
    > ensuing document suffix is
    > displayed. If you were to save a document and call
    > it MyPage, when you
    > save it as HTML it will be called MyPage.html.
    > Similarly, it would be
    > called MyPage.doc if you saved it in Word format.
    >
    >
    >
    > Additional Notes: Microsoft Word is a proprietary
    > format. This means
    > that it is copyrighted by Microsoft and can be
    > changed by them without
    > public comment. Documents can also be displayed in
    > XHTML 1.0 (.xhtml)
    > format as well. This is perhaps preferred since it
    > is the transitional
    > markup language which allows for both XML syntax and
    > backwards
    > compatibility.
    >
    >
    >
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    How to save AbiWord documents in

    HTML or Word.

    Purpose: This document aims to explain how to save
    documents in AbiWord as html or Microsoft's Word
    format.

    Summary: Go to "File -> Save As -> Save file as type
    -> html (.html, .htm)"

             Go to "File -> Save As -> Save file as type -> Word
    (.doc)"

    Contents: If you can open or create a document in
    AbiWord, you can save it as Hypertext Markup Language
    (HTML) or a Word document. This is useful if you are
    going to share this document on a web site or with
    someone who uses Microsoft's Word software to view and
    edit documents.

            To do this go to the "File" menu in the upper left
    corner of the AbiWord top tool-bar and click on "Save
    As ..." (This will be referredas "File -> Save As"
    throughout this document.) There is also an icon
    provided for this action;

     A dialog box pops up, prompting you to pick a format
    for the document. There is a left-hand box that says;
    "Save as type:" You can pull down the dialog box just
    to the right of this and chose a format.

        For HTML - HTML 4.0 (.html .htm) should be
    selected.
        For Word - Microsoft Word (.doc) should be
    selected.

     You can see that the format is named and the ensuing
    document suffix is displayed. If you were to save a
    document and call it MyPage, when you save it as HTML
    it will be called MyPage.html. Similarly, it would be
    called MyPage.doc if you saved it in Word format.

            

    Additional Notes: Microsoft Word is a proprietary
    format. This means that it is copyrighted by Microsoft
    and can be changed by them without public comment.
    Documents can also be displayed in XHTML 1.0 (.xhtml)
    format as well. This is perhaps preferred since it is
    the transitional markup language which allows for both
    XML syntax and backwards compatibility.

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