> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eric W. Sink [mailto:eric@postman.sourcegear.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 1999 11:42 AM
> To: keith.wear@wcom.com; abiword-user@abisource.com
> Subject: Re: Word 97 table import feature
>
>
> The problem is that AbiWord's layout engine does not yet support
> tables at all. We definitely want AbiWord to have this important
> feature, but we don't have a firm schedule for when it will happen.
>
> The obscure feature you are recalling is probably "AutoSummarize".
>
> Using the MSWordView tables code won't help very much, since that code
> mostly just converts things to HTML. The underlying problem will
> remain until AbiWord itself has the ability to format things in
> tables.
>
> --
>
> > disclaimer: This is not an indictment, merely a request for
> > information.
> >
> > There is an open source program called MSWordView that is able to
> > convert a MS Word 97 table into HTML. I tried version
> 0.7.4 of abiword
> > and it does not handle tables well (if at all). I have a friend who
> > could end his dual boot days if he had a piece of software
> on Linux that
> > could import and export tables in MS Word 97 format. Is
> there a plan to
> > work on tables in the future, which has just not been begun? Didn't
> > there used to be a roadmap of features on the abisource web site? I
> > can't find it. Also, there was a great article at the inception of
> > Abiword about a certain feature that was in Word that would never be
> > included in Abiword. It was a feature that was incredibly
> obscure and
> > of little use to most people (if anyone). I can't find
> that article, if
> > anyone knows what I am babbling about. Anyway, back to my original
> > point. MSWordView's home page is at
> > http://www.csn.ul.ie/~caolan/docs/MSWordView.html and it is
> GPL'd so the
> > Abiword developers should be able to use the code to
> improve the Word 97
> > import features. Maybe they already know about this code
> and it is just
> > incompatible with the abiword architecture. I don't know.
> I'd like to
> > know.
> >
> > Keith Wear
>
> --
> Eric W. Sink, Software Craftsman
> SourceGear Corporation
> eric@sourcegear.com
>