Converting documents to mediawiki markup - Revision history

Paul Ferguson at 20:01, 1 June 2011

2011-06-01T20:01:33Z

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	==Introduction==		==Introduction==
-	The initial goal of this page is to work out what existing ~~tool~~ are available to automatically convert documents to mediawiki markup. Based on identified shortcomings in available tools, we'd like to propose some tools that should be developed to facilitate the growth of OpenWetWare.	+	The initial goal of this page is to work out what existing tools are available to automatically convert documents to mediawiki markup. Based on identified shortcomings in available tools, we'd like to propose some tools that should be developed to facilitate the growth of OpenWetWare.

	There appears to be few existing tools to automatically convert other document formats (e.g .doc, .xls, .ppt). The simplest approach right now appears to be to convert documents into html and from that to convert them to wiki markup as there are good html->wiki converters. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tools/Editing_Tools Here] are some good links.		There appears to be few existing tools to automatically convert other document formats (e.g .doc, .xls, .ppt). The simplest approach right now appears to be to convert documents into html and from that to convert them to wiki markup as there are good html->wiki converters. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tools/Editing_Tools Here] are some good links.

ShawnDouglas at 16:40, 13 July 2009

2009-07-13T16:40:13Z

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	==Excel Documents==		==Excel Documents==
	*If you can export a data in comma separated variable (CSV) format, then a converter [http://area23.brightbyte.de/csv2wp.php exists].		*If you can export a data in comma separated variable (CSV) format, then a converter [http://area23.brightbyte.de/csv2wp.php exists].
-	*Simpler, less feature-rich script supporting "copy and paste" conversion: [http://~~people~~.~~fas.harvard.edu~~/~~~sdouglas/table.cgi~~ Excel to Wiki Table Converter]	+	*Simpler, less feature-rich script supporting "copy and paste" conversion: [http://excel2wiki.net/ Excel to Wiki Table Converter]
	* The Wibbit extension currently installed has a table editor with a import from tab separated values so you do not need any external tools. On the edit page, click on the insert table button (second one from left) and click paste.		* The Wibbit extension currently installed has a table editor with a import from tab separated values so you do not need any external tools. On the edit page, click on the insert table button (second one from left) and click paste.

Guy Bayes: /* Word Documents */

2008-05-16T21:23:33Z

Word Documents

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	A series of Word macros for doing simple conversions (including tables) is [http://www.infpro.com/Word2MediaWiki.aspx here]; they seem to work reasonably well but aren't designed for sophisticated layouts.		A series of Word macros for doing simple conversions (including tables) is [http://www.infpro.com/Word2MediaWiki.aspx here]; they seem to work reasonably well but aren't designed for sophisticated layouts.
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		+	Also, with the release of [http://www.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice], 2.4, OpenOffice can now export documents to mediawiki format. Since OpenOffice can also read MS Word documents, this allows OpenOffice to serve as a Word to MediaWiki converted.

	===Images===		===Images===

Chriswaterguy: /* Introduction */ More tools and techniques have been developed at Appropedia

2008-04-09T02:03:02Z

Introduction: More tools and techniques have been developed at Appropedia

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	There appears to be few existing tools to automatically convert other document formats (e.g .doc, .xls, .ppt). The simplest approach right now appears to be to convert documents into html and from that to convert them to wiki markup as there are good html->wiki converters. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tools/Editing_Tools Here] are some good links.		There appears to be few existing tools to automatically convert other document formats (e.g .doc, .xls, .ppt). The simplest approach right now appears to be to convert documents into html and from that to convert them to wiki markup as there are good html->wiki converters. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tools/Editing_Tools Here] are some good links.
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		+	More tools and techniques have been developed at Appropedia (the sustainable development wiki) including for converting PDFs: [http://www.appropedia.org/Appropedia:Porting_formatted_content_to_MediaWiki Porting formatted content to MediaWiki] and [http://www.appropedia.org/Help:Porting_PDF_files_to_MediaWiki Help:Porting PDF files to MediaWiki]

	==HTML documents==		==HTML documents==

Reshma P. Shetty at 17:28, 9 March 2008

2008-03-09T17:28:07Z

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	A direct converter can be found [http://216.239.37.104/translate_c?u=http://www.homeopathy.at/wiki/index.php%3Ftitle%3DWord2Wiki here].		A direct converter can be found [http://216.239.37.104/translate_c?u=http://www.homeopathy.at/wiki/index.php%3Ftitle%3DWord2Wiki here].

-	A series of Word macros for doing simple conversions (including tables) is [http://www.infpro.com/~~downloads/downloads/wordmedia~~.~~htm~~ here]; they seem to work reasonably well but aren't designed for sophisticated layouts.	+	A series of Word macros for doing simple conversions (including tables) is [http://www.infpro.com/Word2MediaWiki.aspx here]; they seem to work reasonably well but aren't designed for sophisticated layouts.

	===Images===		===Images===

Austin J. Che: /* Excel Documents */

2007-10-01T15:31:35Z

Excel Documents

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	*If you can export a data in comma separated variable (CSV) format, then a converter [http://area23.brightbyte.de/csv2wp.php exists].		*If you can export a data in comma separated variable (CSV) format, then a converter [http://area23.brightbyte.de/csv2wp.php exists].
	*Simpler, less feature-rich script supporting "copy and paste" conversion: [http://people.fas.harvard.edu/~sdouglas/table.cgi Excel to Wiki Table Converter]		*Simpler, less feature-rich script supporting "copy and paste" conversion: [http://people.fas.harvard.edu/~sdouglas/table.cgi Excel to Wiki Table Converter]
		+	* The Wibbit extension currently installed has a table editor with a import from tab separated values so you do not need any external tools. On the edit page, click on the insert table button (second one from left) and click paste.

	==Powerpoint Documents==		==Powerpoint Documents==

ShawnDouglas at 20:39, 30 September 2007

2007-09-30T20:39:57Z

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	==Excel Documents==		==Excel Documents==
	*If you can export a data in comma separated variable (CSV) format, then a converter [http://area23.brightbyte.de/csv2wp.php exists].		*If you can export a data in comma separated variable (CSV) format, then a converter [http://area23.brightbyte.de/csv2wp.php exists].
-	*Simpler, less feature-rich script supporting "copy and paste" ~~converstion~~: [http://people.fas.harvard.edu/~sdouglas/table.cgi Excel to Wiki Table Converter]	+	*Simpler, less feature-rich script supporting "copy and paste" conversion: [http://people.fas.harvard.edu/~sdouglas/table.cgi Excel to Wiki Table Converter]

	==Powerpoint Documents==		==Powerpoint Documents==

Ilya at 22:18, 16 July 2007

2007-07-16T22:18:27Z

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	There appears to be few existing tools to automatically convert other document formats (e.g .doc, .xls, .ppt). The simplest approach right now appears to be to convert documents into html and from that to convert them to wiki markup as there are good html->wiki converters. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tools/Editing_Tools Here] are some good links.		There appears to be few existing tools to automatically convert other document formats (e.g .doc, .xls, .ppt). The simplest approach right now appears to be to convert documents into html and from that to convert them to wiki markup as there are good html->wiki converters. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tools/Editing_Tools Here] are some good links.
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		+	==HTML documents==
		+	[http://diberri.dyndns.org/wikipedia/html2wiki/ html2wiki] converter based on [http://search.cpan.org/dist/HTML-WikiConverter/ HTML::WikiConverter Perl module]

	==Word Documents==		==Word Documents==

Dctoedt: Added link to InfPro.com Word macros

2006-12-13T20:23:49Z

Added link to InfPro.com Word macros

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	A direct converter can be found [http://216.239.37.104/translate_c?u=http://www.homeopathy.at/wiki/index.php%3Ftitle%3DWord2Wiki here].		A direct converter can be found [http://216.239.37.104/translate_c?u=http://www.homeopathy.at/wiki/index.php%3Ftitle%3DWord2Wiki here].
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		+	A series of Word macros for doing simple conversions (including tables) is [http://www.infpro.com/downloads/downloads/wordmedia.htm here]; they seem to work reasonably well but aren't designed for sophisticated layouts.

	===Images===		===Images===

ShawnDouglas: /* Excel Documents */

2006-08-22T16:35:38Z

Excel Documents

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	==Excel Documents==		==Excel Documents==
-	If you can export a data in comma separated variable (CSV) format, then a converter [http://area23.brightbyte.de/csv2wp.php exists].	+	*If you can export a data in comma separated variable (CSV) format, then a converter [http://area23.brightbyte.de/csv2wp.php exists].
		+	*Simpler, less feature-rich script supporting "copy and paste" converstion: [http://people.fas.harvard.edu/~sdouglas/table.cgi Excel to Wiki Table Converter]

	==Powerpoint Documents==		==Powerpoint Documents==