Re: Suggestions for Organization's documents
I suggest OpenOffice:
+ available for Linux and Windows platforms
+ easy to learn, many things are similar to Word (but some advanced
features are IMHO better than Word's)
+ its own format is XML based, can also read and write Word, RTF and
other formats
+ new version can generate PDF directly
+ I think HTML export is better than Word's. HTML editor is included
On Wed, Oct 08, 2003 at 09:14:51AM -0700, moseley@hank.org wrote:
> I work with a very small non-profit and over the years they have been
> keeping documents in various formats (most often MS Word or
> WordPerfect). From these documents they generate printed booklets (so
> postscript output good), and the documents are also available on-line in
> HTML (to fit their existing web site) and as PDF.
>
> I'd like to move to text-based documents so we are not dependent on a
> specific product (like Word). So I'm looking for suggestions.
>
> The people that create and manage these documents come and go (twice a
> year people change at the organization). So I'm looking for something
> with an easy learning curve. HTML is an options because everyone these
> days seems to have a bit of HTML experience. The other advantage of
> HTML is that people can typically view them on their local machine.
>
> MS Word is nice that most seem to have it and it has reasonably good
> formatting (for wrapping text around images and so on) but the
> translation to HTML is horrible -- it won't generate HTML that they can
> use directly with their web site (which use style sheets and a
> templating system). Not to mention it's not an Open Source solution.
>
> So, I'm looking for something where the documents are easily edited,
> there's *not much of a learning curve* for editing the text, and tools
> exist for multiple platforms for generating ps or pdf output for preview
> locally. And easy translation to HTML to fit our site. XSLT?? DocBook?
> LaTeX?
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> --
> Bill Moseley
> moseley@hank.org
>
HTH
--
Joachim Fahnenmüller
Lehrer für Mathematik und Physik
Herder-Gymnasium
Kattowitzer Straße 52
51065 Köln
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