README
1Welcome to the Gnumeric HTML Plugin README.
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3The HTML plugin supports export to HTML, LaTeX and roff formats. The
4export PS/PDF/EPS functions have been deprecated.
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6The plugin is published under the GNU GPL.
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8Note: None of these export functions supports graphics output!
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10Original Author: rasca (thron@gmx.de)
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16Features of the export/import HTML functions:
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19 - exporting tables
20 * all tables are written in one file, but every sheet
21 gets it's own TABLE-tag
22 * beside the content of the cells it self the following
23 attributes are exported:
24 - center and right horizontal alignment
25 - vertical top alignment
26 - background color
27 - foreground color
28 - bold font setting
29 - italic font setting
30 * the characters "<" and ">" are 7bit encoded
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32 - importing tables
33 * This has now been rewritten to use the libxml2 html parser.
34 * while reading the html file the following attributes
35 are imported:
36 - bold font setting
37 - italic font setting
38 - hyperlinks
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42Features of the export LaTeX functions:
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45 - only the topmost sheet is exported
46 - table can be set in portrait (default) or landscape mode
47 - left and right alignment
48 - file can be run alone or embedded in another
49 - uses the longtable package for multi-page tables
50 - merges
51 - text colour
52 - bold, italic and sansserif
53 - borders (except for merges, intersection of borders not ideal)
54 - math mode for math formats
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60Features of the export Roff function:
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63 - bold, italic
64 - left, right and center alignment
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