Re: OpenOffice exporting to Word

[Jay Maechtlen <techwriter -at- covad -dot- net>]

Fred Ridder wrote:
> Given the behavior you describe, the first thing I'd try is deleting 
> the TOC, LOT, and LOF *before* trying to do the conversion, then 
> re-adding them afterwards. After all, all of these are generated or 
> derived content, so you're not really losing anyting by deleting and 
> regenerating them. I never expect the generated content to come 
> through *any* tool conversion. 
>
> -FR
>
hmmm- good idea. I'll try that.
Now I need a good way to get the captions out of text boxes so the TOF 
will work, and fix any broken xrefs.
Thanks. I'll keep you and the list posted.

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