inkscape to OpenOffice Draw?
Hello,
I created a couple of graphics with Inkscape (0.39), and I would like to include them in an OpenOffice (1.1.3) Draw document.
The problem is that Inkscape can export into ps, eps, svg, inkscape svg, etc. But none of those formats can be read by Draw (except it claims to read ps and eps, but it does not work).
Is there a sane way to transfer inkscape graphics into OOo Draw as vectors (and not bitmaps)?
Maybe there is an utility under Linux which can convert inkscape svg into something OOo Draw can read?
Thanks for the help,
Alex
On Fri, Nov 18, 2005 at 08:24:54PM +0100, Alexandre Santos wrote:
Hello,
I created a couple of graphics with Inkscape (0.39), and I would like to include them in an OpenOffice (1.1.3) Draw document.
The problem is that Inkscape can export into ps, eps, svg, inkscape svg, etc. But none of those formats can be read by Draw (except it claims to read ps and eps, but it does not work).
Is there a sane way to transfer inkscape graphics into OOo Draw as vectors (and not bitmaps)?
Maybe there is an utility under Linux which can convert inkscape svg into something OOo Draw can read?
I've investigated this previously (several months ago), and there was no such mechanism at the time.
Could you do your drawing just in Inkscape and other SVG-complaint applications, rather than OODraw?
Bryce
On 11/18/05, Alexandre Santos <ochipepe@...155...> wrote:
Is there a sane way to transfer inkscape graphics into OOo Draw as vectors (and not bitmaps)?
Yes and no. This is a huge issue I too suffer from. It is already addressed by some german guys:
http://www.ipd.uni-karlsruhe.de/~hauma/svg-import/
The problem is that it has its limitations. E.g. clones don't work, which makes the plug-in useless for many people.
I haven't tried it yet, because I don't have Java 5.0 for Linux in my system, currently.
Alexandre
Could you do your drawing just in Inkscape and other SVG-complaint applications, rather than OODraw?
My problem is that I have 120 pages of text, so I would rather bring graphics to OOo, than text to Inkscape...
I'm surprised that there is no intermediate vector format common to both applications. I'm really stuck.
Alex
http://www.ipd.uni-karlsruhe.de/~hauma/svg-import/
The problem is that it has its limitations. E.g. clones don't work, which makes the plug-in useless for many people.
I haven't tried it yet, because I don't have Java 5.0 for Linux in my system, currently.
Thanks for the tip, but I've the same problem as you, no Java 5.0, and a much too old version of OOo.
I was more thinking in the lines of a command line application like imagemagick for bitmaps or mplayer for sound.
Alex
On Fri, Nov 18, 2005 at 10:48:50PM +0100, Alexandre Santos wrote:
Could you do your drawing just in Inkscape and other SVG-complaint applications, rather than OODraw?
My problem is that I have 120 pages of text, so I would rather bring graphics to OOo, than text to Inkscape...
I'm surprised that there is no intermediate vector format common to both applications. I'm really stuck.
Yeah, it sucks...
Have you considered doing the graphics in Inkscape, exporting as PNG, and importing those? I've generally used that approach to good effect with presentations and such. It takes some extra steps but otherwise is fairly trouble-free.
Bryce
2005/11/18, Bryce Harrington <bryce@...983...>:
Have you considered doing the graphics in Inkscape, exporting as PNG, and importing those?
Yep, it's the last resort before using PrintScreen :-)
The problems are that:
- as soon as I decide to resize the picture, I have to redo the whole export to avoid artifacts from appearing - bitmaps of vector pictures take up a lot of memory, and my document is already heavy enough
I'm using PNG export as a workaround at the moment, but it's not a viable solution on the long term, since it defeats the logic of using a vector program.
Alex
Alexandre Santos wrote:
Thanks for the tip, but I've the same problem as you, no Java 5.0, and a much too old version of OOo.
You should try at least a newer version of OOo, you may have better luck with eps import
I was more thinking in the lines of a command line application like imagemagick for bitmaps or mplayer for sound.
Unfortunately, it appears here is not such tool. OOo has good import for wmf but i don't know about any converter from svg to wmf.
theres an SVG import filter for the newer OO, but it requires java.
for details: http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Main_SVGImportFilter
for dl: http://www.ipd.uni-karlsruhe.de/~hauma/svg-import/
hope it helps
John
--- Alexandre Prokoudine <alexandre.prokoudine@...155...> wrote:
On 11/19/05, Nicu Buculei wrote:
You should try at least a newer version of OOo, you may have better
luck
with eps import
No luck at all. It's broken
Alexandre
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On 11/19/05, John Cliff <simarilius@...12...> wrote:
theres an SVG import filter for the newer OO, but it requires java.
for details: http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Main_SVGImportFilter
Oh reeeeeally? :))
Alexandre
Alexandre Prokoudine wrote:
On 11/19/05, Nicu Buculei wrote:
You should try at least a newer version of OOo, you may have better luck with eps import
No luck at all. It's broken
I guess it depends by the phase of the moon or something (probably who and how* made the build), but i just imported this eps image in OOo: http://nicubunu.ro/pictures/inkscape/paperboat.eps
The result is like this: http://nicubunu.ro/pictures/inkscape/paperboat.png
* I have OOo 2.0 from Fedora, which i believe uses more native/shared libraries compared with the standard build
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