INTRO This distribution provides a module OpenOffice::PerlPoint to transform OpenOffice documents (and OASIS OpenDocument documents in general) into the PerlPoint format, and a script oo2pp that makes such conversion simple. Note: THIS IS ALPHA STATE SOFTWARE. INSTALLATION To run this package successfully a beta version of OpenOffice::OODoc (2.001 or better) is required. Please refer to the OODoc mailing list for where to get it. As usual, unpack the distribution file and call make test install distclean After that, you should be able to call oo2pp directly. oo2pp Please use option -help to display a short usage message. DOCUMENTATION Documentation is provided both with the module and the script - inline and in POD format. SUPPPORT A PerlPoint mailing list is set up to discuss usage, ideas, bugs, suggestions and translator development. To subscribe, please send an empty message to perlpoint-subscribe@perl.org. If you prefer, you can contact me via perl@jochen-stenzel.de as well. CREDITS Thanks to Jean-Marie Gouarné for OpenOffice::OODoc which allows to parse OpenOffice and OpenDocument documents with a single, well documented framework. AUTHOR Copyright (c) Jochen Stenzel (perl@jochen-stenzel.de), 2005. All rights reserved. This distribution is free software, you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the Artistic License distributed with Perl version 5.003 or (at your option) any later version. Please refer to the Artistic License that came with your Perl distribution for more details. The Artistic License should have been included in your distribution of Perl. It resides in the file named "Artistic" at the top-level of the Perl source tree (where Perl was downloaded/unpacked - ask your system administrator if you dont know where this is). Alternatively, the current version of the Artistic License distributed with Perl can be viewed on-line on the World-Wide Web (WWW) from the following URL: http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html. DISCLAIMER This software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but is provided "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either expressed or implied, INCLUDING, without limitation, the implied warranties of MERCHANTABILITY and FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. The ENTIRE RISK as to the quality and performance of the software IS WITH YOU (the holder of the software). Should the software prove defective, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION. IN NO EVENT WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MAY CREATE, MODIFY, OR DISTRIBUTE THE SOFTWARE BE LIABLE OR RESPONSIBLE TO YOU OR TO ANY OTHER ENTITY FOR ANY KIND OF DAMAGES (no matter how awful - not even if they arise from known or unknown flaws in the software). Please refer to the Artistic License that came with your Perl distribution for more details.