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[sindi keesan <keesan AT SDF.ORG>]

On Sat, 19 Nov 2011, Ron Clarke wrote:

> Hi Sindi,
>
> On Sat, 19 Nov 2011 02:11:42 +0000 (UTC), sindi keesan wrote:
> > >  Did you run odt2htm on the original .odt file ???   Or on the unzipped
> > > collection of what was IN the .odt file ?
>
> > The original odt file.  Copied from linux to dos partition.
>
>   Good !
>
> > Maybe I can extract the png files with DOS unzip.
>
>  Yes, it should be possible. But watch out for subdirs with long file
> names and/or with spaces. And watch out for .png file names with
> identical 1st 8 characters.

These names were about 16 characters long so it won't work.
That could be why I saw only ONE png file go by in DOS.

> > I saw a list of files go by, ONE of which ended in .png and started in the
> > same long list of numbers used by the 11 pngs produced by unzip.
>
>  That may start to explain why they didn't get included in the output
> file.

Why such ridiculously long file names?

> > No background images.  This was produced by a scanner, scanned images
> > only.  Maybe it produced something like a multipart tiff file?
>
>  It's unlikely, but I won't know unless I see the original monster.
Your theory of nearly identical file names sounds more plausible.

> > I used an online convertor for docx one time.  I think zoho.com will also
> > display them for you (with a fast connection and computer).
>
>   I can see and print .docx files with OpenOffice in BL2.

How big is OpenOffice and what are the dependencies?  Can you install just 
the convertors?

> > Here I thought MS had a monopoly on garbage files.
>
>   Then it will not surprise you to learn that MS has links to the org
> that created these obcenities.

Who invented OpenOffice?

I just downloaded and installed for someone a 38MB conversion program 
(probably expands to three times that) which they needed in order to read 
docx files in Windows with a 3MB wordprocessor.  They also had MS Office 
2000 on there.  Took forever to load and display a simple document.
People write emails with MS wordprocessor instead of a text editor.

>    If  you are in the mood, unzip this thing and have a look at the
> sources of any .xml files you get. Look at all the tags - hundreds and
> hundreds of them, in multiple duplicates !

MS files can be @@@@@@ for pages on end.  4K of file with three words.

I will unzip in DOS on my fast (900MHz) laptop - I use the 233MHz in bed.

>    SOOOOO complicated to produce a few lines of text !

The faster they fill up your hard drive, the sooner you will buy a new 
computer with the latest MS OS.  They also seem to stress style over 
content.  If you have nothing to say, make it pretty.

> Ron