Archive for June, 2008

Heading Towards The Next Release

Friday, June 6th, 2008

Docvert.org is some open source software that I’ve been working on now for 4 years. It lets you convert Word files to HTML and theme the pages exactly how you want. I guess it’s comparable to HtmlTransit, only it’s open source, free, and standards-based. It can also turn webpages into word processing files (effectively going back the other way).

After a lot of work the release candidate of the new release is out with these changes…

  • A 3x (at least) speed improvement when you switch to the new “PyODConverter with OOo Server” system
    • “OpenOffice.org Stand-alone” is now deprecated (it’s still there and it works but I suggest you move to “PyODConverter with OOo Server” NOW).
  • The interface can now be shown in English or French (thanks to François Marier for the translations!).
  • Post-conversion editor improvements for bad PHP XSL libraries. If editing complex documents didn’t work for you before then try again.
  • Support for preformatted text in DocBook and HTML.
  • And of course lots of bug fixes and changes

…and some packaging requirements for getting Docvert into Debian/Ubuntu.

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