Good stuff! Be sure to watch the YouTube video. There is a demo of how a Google Docs and MSWord collaborative document gets synchronized. Notice the layout mismatch. They do however seem to understand the problems of the advanced formatting common to compound documents and "in-process" workgroup documents.
excerpt: OffiSync is launching an all-new version of its Microsoft Office to Google Docs synchronization tool, a plugin that's a "must-have" for anyone still straddling the two worlds of office suites: that is, the desktop-based world of Microsoft software and the web-based world of Google Docs. In the updated version of OffiSync, set to arrive minutes from now, you'll be able to co-author documents in real-time between Microsoft Office and Google Docs, no matter what version of the Office software you use. There are a few other new features too, including improvements to search, added Google Sites support and the ability to store any file type, but it's the co-authoring feature that's today's biggest reveal.
Aspose.Words Product Family
Save any Document from Microsoft Word 2007 to EPUB using a Free Add-in from Aspose
We are happy to announce the first release of a free add-in that allows you to convert any document opened in Microsoft Word 2007 to EPUB.
To download goto http://www.aspose.com/community/files/69/free-microsoft-office-add-ins/aspose.words-for-microsoft-word/default.aspx.
Below are excerpts from the user's guide that is included in the installer.
Introduction
Aspose.Words for Microsoft Word is a free utility that allows converting any document opened in Microsoft Word 2007 to the EPUB format. Microsoft Word 2007 can load documents in many formats including DOC, DOCX, RTF, HTML, ODT etc and you can now easily convert them all to EPUB using Aspose.Words for Microsoft Word.
About the EPUB format
EPUB is an XML-based distribution format for eBooks that is rapidly gaining adoption by publishers and distributors. EPUB is an open standard supported by the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) organization. See also the Wikipedia article.
To Save as EPUB
After you install Aspose.Words for Microsoft Word, the EPUB format will be listed in the Save As dialog. Saving to EPUB is just as simple as saving to any other file format available in Microsoft Word.
1. Open any document in Microsoft Word.
2. From the Save As menu select "Aspose.Words - EPUB (*.epub)", and then click Save.
You can save any document from Microsoft Word to EPUB using Aspose.Words for Microsoft Word.
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