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Re: [LUG] migrating from M$ office

 

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




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