# KOffice filters status: AbiWord Filter

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Import AbiWord for KWord
Last update | 12 Jun 2005

Features

- Import text
- Can import formatting
- Can read gzip-compressed files (just use .abw.gz or .zabw as an extension of the filename!)
- Can read bzip2-compressed files (just use .abw.bz2 or .bzabw as an extension of the filename!)
- Styles
- Result of character styles
- Images (PNG)
- Fields (as far as KWord supports them.)
- Page size, including page margins
- Import ignored word list (for spell checking)

Todo | - Multiple columns - Lists - Header/footer - Bookmarks - Tables - Footnotes

History

19 Jan 2001: First half working import filter.
24 Jan 2001: Can read gzip compressed AbiWord files.
31 Jan 2001: Can import all formating at character level.
09 Jan 2002: Can import styles.
27 Feb 2002: Fields.
19 Mar 2002: More styles, inlcuding character ones.
07 Jun 2002: Ignored Word List
28 Jan 2003: new XML parsing error message box
12 Jun 2005: import keyword/subject in documentinfo

Authors | Nicolas GOUTTE
Links | AbiSource (AbiWord's homepage) AbiWord's DTD
Comment | NOTE: this status describes the version of the filter for KOffice 1.3 (CVS HEAD)

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Export KWord to AbiWord
Last update | 25 Jan 2003

Features

- Can export simple text
- Can export formatting
- Can write gzip-compressed files (just use .abw.gz or .zabw as an extension of the filename!)
- Can handle forced page breaks
- Can export inlined pictures (converted to PNG)
- Can export styles
- Can export variables into fields (no custom variables!)
- Can export page size, including page margins
- Can export the ignored word list (for spell checking)

Todo | - Multiple columns. - Lists. - Inlined formula (MATHML) - Non-inlined pictures - Tables - KWord's DTP modus (How can you export that in AbiWord?) - Bookmarks - Footnotes - Many other things...

History

17 Jan 2001: First filter version (can export simple texts and formats)
21 Jan 2001: Added colors and corrected bug in font size
31 Jan 2001: New form of comment header in the exported file
19 Mar 2001: Fix the bug due to the new KWord
16 Aug 2001: Fix forced page break handling
29 Nov 2001: Export of inlined images (PNG)
24 Feb 2002: Simplify the written file by avoiding redundant information
27 Feb 2002: Fields
19 Mar 2002: Page margins
09 Jun 2002: Ignored Word List
25 Jan 2003: Fix export of pictures

Authors | Nicolas GOUTTE
Links | Abisource (AbiWord's homepage) AbiWord's DTD
Comment | NOTE: this status describes the version of the filter for KOffice 1.3 (CVS HEAD)

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