I have this simply brilliant program called Inkscape. I can whip up a simple, scalable diagram without torturing my PC's RAM glands with the girth of Adobe Illustrator. I have this other great program called Abiword - a bloat-free word processor. I'd like to import Inkscape .svg files into my Abiword documents. Can I do this? Can I arse.

Is there anyway I can get Inkscape files into any Linux-friendly wordprocessor? I was horrified at the results of using the abiword .svg plugin and similarly distraught at Open Office 2's lack of .svg file handling.

What gives? All I want to do - and I'm not asking much, it's 2005 for Chrissakes - is to insert scalable, laser printer friendly diagrams from (preferably) Inkscape into Abiword (or Open Office Writer if I absolutely have to (which I really, seriously, properly, definitely don't)).

It's important to get the simple, basic things right before gallivanting off into fluff like AJAX, 3D desktops et al.

Hi geokker,

have you tried saving your inkscape file in a different format before importing it? Inkscape also offers 'plain svg' (as opposed to 'inkscape svg') or eps. Otherwise, export as a raster file (png)?

I think eps should work. I'd be glad to hear how you finally manage doing it.