[aklug] Re: Google Docs

From: Marc Grober <marc@interak.com>
Date: Thu Aug 12 2010 - 07:38:16 AKDT

When you upload, don't convert. Writely allows you to edit HTML only.
It also plays with CR and margins when converting to PDF.

On Aug 12, 2010, at 7:32 AM, Damien Hull <damien@linuxninjas.tv> wrote:

> I uploaded resume.odt. I want resume.odt. As far as I can tell there's
> no way to download that file. I have to export it. That seems to
> change the formatting.
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> I'll try it again with a new version of my resume.
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> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Aug 12, 2010, at 7:26 AM, Marc Grober <marc@interak.com> wrote:
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>> As I mentioned before, you can upload and convert to writely's native for=
mat (HTML) or upload and retain the original formatting. If you have convert=
ed to HTML then that is what you have (view HTML to see and use CSS or HTML e=
ditor or delete all formatting.)
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>> Microsoft does not convert well....
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>> On Aug 12, 2010, at 7:09 AM, Damien Hull <damien@linuxninjas.tv> wrote:
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>>> I'm trying to access "resume.odt" from google docs. I can access it
>>> but the formatting has been changed.
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>>> Is there a reason google changes the formatting of documents when you
>>> don't want them to?
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>>> As far as I can tell there's no way to turn that off. I just want to
>>> download the original file.
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