EIR OpenOffice Export Filters

These filters were developed by John Sigerson primarily
in order to convert Lyndon LaRouche's WordPerfect
documents into various publication formats. They are
optinimized for LaRouche's input style, but they
could be further modified for more general use, if
that is ever required.

WHAT YOU NEED TO INSTALL IN ORDER TO RUN THE EXPORT FILTERS

1. Open Office, which you can download from:

<http://www.openoffice.org>

2. Java Runtime Environment (JRE), which you can
download from:

<http://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp>

(There are separate Offline and Online installers
available there. I would recommend downloading
the Offline version onto your PC and then manually
running the installer.)

3. The custom EIR Editorial filters, which you can download
from:

<http://wlym.com/~leesburg/eir/oo-export/xsl-export-filters.zip>

Unzipping the file will create a folder called
"xsl-export-filters", containing 5 files (in addition
to these instructions):

eir-editorial-unwrapped.xsl
eir-editorial-wrapped.xsl
eir-briefing-unwrapped.xsl
eir-briefing-wrapped.xsl
eir-web.xsl

The editorial versions convert to EIR Editorial markup.

The briefing versions convert into simplified form
suitable for inclusion in the Briefing. Paragraphs
are separated by extra vertical space.

The wrapped versions will produce enough word-wrapping
so that the converted file can be directly uploaded
into the Alpha without any further manipulation.

The eir-web version converts into a special format
destined for import into the larouchepac.com content
management system for publishing to the web.

Move the "xsl-export-filters" folder into some safe place,
such as "My Documents".

HOW TO INSTALL THE EXPORT FILTERS INTO OPEN OFFICE

1. Start Open Office and create a new empty document.

2. From the menu, select "Tools->XML Filter Settings..."

3. In the "XML Filter Settings" dialog, click on "New..."

4. In the resulting "XML Filter: New Filter" dialog, make
sure the "General" tab is clicked, and fill in the following
information:

   Filter name: EIR Editorial - Unwrapped
   Application: NeoOffice Writer (.odt)
   Name of file type: EIR Editorial - Unwrapped
   File extension: txt

5. Click on the "Transformation" tab, and to the
right of the "XSLT for export" line, click on "Browse..."
and navigate to where you placed the filter, select it,
and click "Open".

7. Click "OK", and then in the "XML Filter Settings"
dialog click "Close".

6. To install the wrapped version of the filter,
repeat steps 2-7, but for the "Filter name"
and "Name of file type:" put "EIR Editorial - Wrapped",
and in the Transformations tab choose the
"eir-editorial-wrapped.xsl" file.

TO CONVERT A WORDPERFECT DOCUMENT:

1. Open the document in Open Office. From the menu,
select "File->Export..."

2. From the drop-down menu next to "File Format"
choose "EIR Editorial - Unwrapped (.txt)"

3. Navigate to where you want to save the converted
document, and click "Save".