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sraymond replied on May 30, 2008 18:35 to the question "Wiki to Word document?" in PBwiki:

Tim: I find that the formatting is horribly preserved when you try to import HTML (which gets to be some very messy markup in PBWiki) into Word. Sure, it works well for a simple collaborative text page, but when you start adding tables and styles the wheels start to come off. Also, there's no easy way to link pages.

Still, your point is well taken - if the html works for you, life is good.

Tim replied on May 30, 2008 17:23 to the question "Wiki to Word document?" in PBwiki:

You know.. Word can open html pages and save them as .doc files...

for 1.0 wikis, you can save out the http://wikiname.pbwiki.com/pagename?r... version of the page...
in 2.0 wikis, use this page: http://wikiname.pbwiki.com/pagename?m...

If there are images, you can save the page as "html complete" in internet explorer to make sure that they get preserved as well..

I've had great luck with this method, hope it works for you as well.

sraymond replied on May 30, 2008 04:31 to the question "Wiki to Word document?" in PBwiki:

David: I agree with your point about "collaborative authoring" falling short if you can only author wiki pages.

Gabriel: Yup... Google can do collaborative document authoring, but not even their "sites" allow for consuming the wiki as anything other than html.

David Vaile replied on May 17, 2008 15:10 to the question "Wiki to Word document?" in PBwiki:

One of the key issues is footnotes. If footnotes from a serious wiki doc can be reintegrated into a form that can be converted to Word or even better, RTF, then these are useful for all sorts of other publishing purposes. Without this, the fantastic open collaborative authoring capability is crippled, because not all projects can use Wiki online format as their only output format.

ssm replied on April 20, 2008 15:02 to the question "Wiki to Word document?" in PBwiki:

I concur. I am considering using PBwiki for a major project, but am hesitating because it will be very difficult to export the results to Word.

Gabriel replied on April 17, 2008 00:04 to the question "Wiki to Word document?" in PBwiki:

A agree. Wiki document portability and bi-directional formatting is the #1 issue I hear about when I invite new folks into a wiki. Google has figured it out with GoogleDocs, so I know y'all can make it happen!

wynz replied on April 09, 2008 18:31 to the question "Wiki to Word document?" in PBwiki:

I second the request for export to a more standard document format such as Word or DocBook. At the university where I work, I know a bunch of researchers who would jump on PBWiki if they knew they could easily get their data back OUT down the road.

You guys have some great features and an exceptional UI (probably the most approachable out there IMO), so now it's time to unlock the data.