Feature #620
closedBuddyPress Docs: Import docs
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Updated by Chris Stein over 13 years ago
As I understand it, it refers to the ability to upload an existing doc, like a MS Word doc, to be converted into a BuddyPress Doc.
Updated by Boone Gorges over 13 years ago
OK. It will be impossible to build this for .doc, as it's a binary format with a proprietary spec. .docx might be possible, but it will be a lot of work.
I would like to put this request very, very low on the priority list, because cut-and-paste (especially using the Word cut-and-paste box in TinyMCE) already exists and works pretty well. Essentially it'd be 100s of hours of development to save the step of opening the file in Word and copy-pasting.
Updated by Matt Gold over 13 years ago
Please see my suggestions in related ticket 623: http://redmine.gc.cuny.edu/issues/show/623
Updated by Boone Gorges about 9 years ago
- Category name changed from BuddyPress (misc) to BuddyPress Docs
- Status changed from Assigned to Deferred
- Target version deleted (
Future release)
Versions of TinyMCE that ship with recent versions of WordPress have dramatically improved compatibility with pasting from Word. http://wptavern.com/wordpress-3-9-has-built-in-support-for-pasting-from-microsoft-word And Docs leverages this functionality. So I don't think there's much benefit to looking into a proper importer at this time.