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====== Converting Google Docs to Dokuwiki Markdown Format ======

===== Software =====
You will want to install [[:install_panadoc]] which is open source software that will help translate from Google Docs to Dokuwiki

===== Steps =====
1. Download Google Doc as a .docx Word Document.  File > Download > Microsoft Word

2. Open Command Prompt and locate location of downloaded folder

3. Run pandoc to convert the document

<code>
pandoc "Downloads/Prusa MK2s 3D Printer Tool Tutorial.docx" -f docx -t dokuwiki -o "Downloads/prusa.txt"
</code>

4. Next you will probably want to open the file in a text editor that has search and replace functionality.  I've found that bulleted lists don't covert over cleanly and are rendered with html instead.  you can use a search and replace text editor to quickly clean that up.

Replace:
  * <nowiki><HTML><p></HTML></nowiki> with nothing
  * <nowiki><HTML></p></HTML></nowiki> with nothing
  * <nowiki><HTML></li></HTML></nowiki> with nothing
  * <nowiki><HTML><ul></HTML></nowiki> with nothing
    * <nowiki><HTML><li></HTML>></nowiki> following ul with "  * " (two spaces before asterisk and one after)
  * <nowiki><HTML><ol></HTML></nowiki> with nothing
    * <nowiki><HTML><li></HTML>></nowiki> following ol with "  - " (two spaces before hyphen and one after)

5. Create new dokuwiki page by entering a url that does not exists and click create

6. In the Google doc for each image do the following:
  - Right Click, Choose View More Actions, then Save to Keep.
  - Download from the keep pane that opens on the right.
  - Rename so that the file has similar naming to the wiki page
  - use the Media Manager under the search box in dokuwiki to upload the images.
  - link them back in the doc where they belong

6. paste in updated text, preview and clean up.