<BR>The Open Office Suite is OSS and just fine for leaflets, booklets <BR>and flyers. File size is great too, about 1/3 that of MS Word and <BR>about 1/2 that of Word Perfect. And there's the advantage that the <BR>default .swg document file is XML. You can import HTML and export <BR>to PDF without plugins. I use OO and WordPerfect all the time. For <BR>any ticklish foreign language fonts I compose in WordPerfect, <BR>import the passage/document to OO for the small file size, and then <BR>to PDF for the printer (so he can handle the job without a mess). <BR>OO is still building font base. <BR>----- Original Message ----- <BR>From: "Lynn Allan" <BR>To: dnr@cscholar.com, "SWORD Developers' Collaboration Forum" <BR>Subject: Re: [sword-devel] Converting files <BR>Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2004 13:57:58 -0700 <BR><BR>> <BR>> > Post the url to the Sharing Bible site, I will take a look at <BR>> it again, I do > not know a lot about OSIS, but there people on <BR>> the list who do, maybe one of > them will provide some helpful <BR>> input. Here is the overall link: http://shrbible.sourceforge.net <BR>I'm new to the site and curious about OSIS too. After looking a bit <BR>at what looks like a good idea, I have a serious question <BR>concerning some of the OSIS code because of the nature of the GPL <BR>license. There is some doubt whether the present GPL will hold up <BR>if challenged because at present some have been allowed to donate <BR>copyrighted code (which OSIS has some of) with some residual <BR>rights. There is talk of a revision in the GPL now, but my reaction <BR>is to hold off in that arena until that matter becomes clearer. <BR>Comments? Valid Concern?? <BR>Why is it so hard to just give as we have been given? Please <BR>forgive this old sinner, if I am presumptuous. <BR><BR>> This link gives a better idea of a 12 page "Sharing Bible" <BR>> booklet for web previewing. The pages are a mix of html/xhtml and <BR>> php: http://shrbible.sourceforge.net/sb12/index.html This link <BR>> provides the actual Word .doc that is the basis for the web <BR>> preview and actual printing: <BR>> http://shrbible.sourceforge.net/download/SharingBible_12.doc The <BR>> booklet is probably 2/3 Bible verses. It ends up being printed as <BR>> half-sheet sized bifolded/duplexed (4.25"w x 5.5"h). I'm <BR>> definitely interested in moving to .pdf files for "publishing" My <BR>> impression is that the original could be in OSIS, but I'm very <BR>> much an OSIS newbie. I haven't gotten enough experience yet to <BR>> discern if OSIS is still in a development stage such that <BR>> "tracts" are best done with another approach. (I'm wondering if <BR>> OpenOffice.org might be appropriate?) <BR>> _______________________________________________ sword-devel <BR>> mailing list sword-devel@crosswire.org <BR>> http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel <BR><BR>
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