corbinl

To GeoffreyKing:

There is one tool out there that pastes *doc and *.odt files into web pages of any type *and* keeps them as xhtml 1.1 strict. The tool is called Sandvox, and is available from Karelia.com. It’s Mac only, but does work very well. I have used it to copy complex *.doc files from a number of sources into static html that has been used in WordPress and non-Wordpress sites.

My suggestion? Save your OpenOffice documents in Word 97/2003 format (*.doc) then copy/paste into Sandvox as a text document within your current template. Then edit as needed. I have also tested native *.odt pastes, which work also work well, but *.doc comprises the bulk of my testing. From there, the resultant (x)html file can be used within WordPress, or as a standard page.

Now, the disclaimers:

• No, I do not represent Karelia in any way.
• No solution is perfect for Word files, as others have mentioned. However, Sandvox can get you most, if not all of the way there
• Please take the solution in the spirit in which it is offered, and not as a platform for standard Open Source rhetoric. We all love Open Source and WordPress, which should be a given in this forum. If the solution helps with your problem – great. If not, then please reply with what did specifically resolve the problem.

Best of luck to you!