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.docx and ODT support
Easi/TechWriter 8.9 is finally able to import MS Word .docx files. Please bear in mind that the overall .docx specification is huge, so the current implementation is only partial and still far from being as comprehensive as the existing .doc import capabilities. Nevertheless, it allows typical .docx documents to be rendered in a useful way, including paragraph and character styles and very basic table and image support. Work on supporting the OpenOffice.org ODT file format has started as well, though this is still in its very early stages. Easi/TechWriter 8.90 at least imports ODT files as plain text. Click here to see the new features in Easi/TechWriter 8.80. Click here to see the new features in Easi/TechWriter 8.70. Click here to see the new features in Easi/TechWriter 8.60. Click here to see the new features in Easi/TechWriter 8.50. Click here to see the new features added between versions 7.11 and 8.40. |
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One of the main strengths of the EasiWriter family is its wide-ranging
support for native RISC OS and industry standard files: Most notably,
it is the only RISC OS program that can read Microsoft Word .doc files
with advanced features (styles, tables, pictures, footnotes, headers
and footers etc.), and this capability is one of the main reasons for
its popularity. Time has moved on and usage of the old Microsoft Word
.doc format has been declining. Starting from Word 2007 it has been
replaced by a new open format called Office Open XML, saved with the
extension .docx. At the same time, the ODT format, another open word
processor file format pioneered by the open source OpenOffice.org
package has gained importance as well. Up to now, neither .docx nor
.odt files could be imported by any RISC OS word processor.