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Quoting Tom Potts <tompotts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > sun has a plugin that can save MSoffice files in ODF > format.tp://www.sun.com/software/star/openoffice/ > down the page a bit > > Has anyone tried it - no M$ office here thanks? > Is it easy to scrip - ie can you get Office to relatively easily convert > whole trees of office files automatically? > Does anyone know of a bitmap comparator - ie: > In M$ Office and take office file (A) and generate ODF version (B) and print > to a bitmap (C). > take (B) into Open Office and print to a bitmap (D). > Compare (XOR* to E) C and D and check any residue/differences. > It should be possible to find come software (easy to write) that takes E and > does a quality check on it - ie looks for regions bigger than (say) 2 pixels > square and flags as necessary. > With this working an organisation could automatically convert all > documents to > ODF with a high leveel of confidence. > Tom te tom te tom > > * XOR of two images reveals the difference between them - ie where there is > print in one but not the other. > > I'll give it a try and see how it works. Rob -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html