Lisa M Caten

US Patent:

20140195896, Jul 10, 2014

Filed:

Mar 10, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/202718

Inventors:

- Armonk NY, US
Lisa M. Caten - Lowell MA, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 17/22

US Classification:

715239

Abstract:

One embodiment of the present invention discloses a method, computer program product, and system for converting a Microsoft PowerPoint file to Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA). A document converter receiving a command from a client device to convert one or more PowerPoint slides to DITA, wherein the PowerPoint has been formatted for conversion to DITA. Starting with the first PowerPoint slide, metadata tags, PowerPoint slide and notes text, and file names of grouped images are compiled into a string parsed with DITA markup. If the next slide does not begin a new topic, then that slide's metadata tags, PowerPoint slide and notes text, and grouped image file names are compiled into a string parsed with DITA markup and appended to the previous slides string. If the next slide begins a new topic, then the string is exported to a DITA topic. This process is repeated throughout the PowerPoint presentation.

US Patent:

20140115442, Apr 24, 2014

Filed:

Oct 23, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/658069

Inventors:

- Armonk NY, US
Lisa M. Caten - Lowell MA, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 17/00

US Classification:

715234

Abstract:

One embodiment of the present invention discloses a method, computer program product, and system for converting a Microsoft PowerPoint file to Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA). A document converter receiving a command from a client device to convert one or more PowerPoint slides to DITA, wherein the PowerPoint has been formatted for conversion to DITA. Starting with the first PowerPoint slide, metadata tags, PowerPoint slide and notes text, and file names of grouped images are compiled into a string parsed with DITA markup. If the next slide does not begin a new topic, then that slide's metadata tags, PowerPoint slide and notes text, and grouped image file names are compiled into a string parsed with DITA markup and appended to the previous slides string. If the next slide begins a new topic, then the string is exported to a DITA topic. This process is repeated throughout the PowerPoint presentation.