Import/Export Filters

Appendix D. Import/Export Filters

Abiword Filter

Status

The Abiword filter is in the early stages, and should be used with caution.

Developer

Nicolas Goutte <nicog@snafu.de>.

Abiword Homepage

http://www.abisource.com

Import Abiword files into KWord

Features

  • Import text.

  • Can import simple formating (font name, font size, bold, italic, underline, colour, subscript superscript).

  • Can read gzip-compressed files (just use .abw.gz or .zabw as an extension of the filename!)

Still to be done.

  • Multiple columns

  • Styles

  • Images (PNG)

  • Stop KWord from crashing when importing wrong documents.

  • Many other things...

Export KWord files into Abiword files

Features

  • Export text.

  • Can export simple formating (font name, font size, bold, italic, underline, colour, subscript superscript).

  • Can write gzip-compressed files (just use .abw.gz or .zabw as an extension of the filename!)

Still to be done.

  • Multiple columns.

  • Styles.

  • Images (Only PNG possible).

  • Transform tables into something AbiWord can understand.

  • KWord's DTP modus (How can you export that?)

  • Many other things...

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