Import/Export Filters

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# 14.3. Import/Export Filters

## 14.3.1. Ascii Filter

## 14.3.2. HTML Filter

## 14.3.3. Microsoft Word 97 Filter

This filter is in an early stage of development. Currently, the filter will do a reasonable job on simple text-centric documents and a very poor job where extensive formatting is used. The rest of this section describes what the filter currently can, and cannot do, in detail.

- The filter can import documents written by various versions Word 97, and StarOffice documents saved in Word97 format. There is also limited Word 95 compatibility.

- The filter will translate full-saved documents. Fast-saved documents will be translated with no distinction made between old and current text - this can produce confusing results!

  | To prevent this, open your document with Microsoft Word and use "Save As..." to save it as a different file. Immediatly close the document to prevent another "Fast Save".

- The filter will preserve headings and number them correctly.

- The filter will preserve lists, including multi-level lists and numbered lists. If a list is split into multiple sections, numbering is currently restarted at each set of entries.

- The filter will preserve tables. The filter cannot currently position tables correctly, but will insert text markers indicating where the table should be positioned. The tables are currently implemented as fixed frames; floating table frame support is under development.

- All other text is imported as body text.

  | Note: this includes the text of headers, footers and so on.

- The formatting of text (e.g. bold face, italics, etc) is not currently preserved.

- Embedded pictures, variables and document information are not converted at present.

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