[olpc-help] OpenOffice Files in Write Activity?

[Ron Atkins]

Rick,

I see on the "save menu" that OLPC's AbiWord supports RTF, HTML, and
TXT. Of the three, RTF (Rich Text Formatting) is your best choice for
format retention (note: if your images are not embedded, you will need
to copy them over separately, and possibly reconnect them from inside
your new RTF document). Remember, when you save your OO document as an
RTF file, you will have 2 files: the original OpenOffice (.odt?) and the
RTF. Be careful that future edits are on the correct file (your son may
need guidance with that concept). The RTF will (probably) strip out some
of OpenOffice's formatting, so check the results on the OLPC before
committing. BTW: I've never met a Word Processor that could keep up with
HTML. It's OK for simple stuff, but I would hesitate before trying to
produce anything fancy in that format. 

On Thu, 2008-01-03 at 17:43 -0500, Rick Emery wrote:

> We got an XO for our 10-year-old son for Christmas. He had been  
> working on some documents in OpenOffice on our home computer, and we'd  
> like to transfer them to his XO. They are currently saved in .odt  
> format, with embedded images as well as text.
> 
> I copied one of the documents to a USB thumb drive, then copied it  
> into the Journal. I tried to "resume" the document from the Journal,  
> and it appeared to try to start the Write activity. But the Write  
> activity seems to just hang at "Starting". The next time I tried it, I  
> started terminal, and then watched what was going on with the "top"  
> command. The Write activity consumed most of the processor, and when  
> it stopped, a "ps aux" showed that the Write process was "defunct".
> 
> Is there a way to move his documents over without losing the  
> formatting? Will he be able to continue working on the documents  
> without re-creating them from scratch?
> 
> I know the Write activity is based on AbiWord...can it open/edit  
> OpenOffice files? Is there a format that OpenOffice can write that the  
> Write activity can open and edit?
> 
> Thanks in advance for any help.
> Rick
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