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+The Maven team is pleased to announce the Word2HTML plugin 1.3 release!
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+http://maven.apache.org/reference/plugins/word2html/
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+The Maven Word2HTML plugin is a plugin that automates the conversion of .doc files into HTML.
+
+Changes in this version:
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+o Correctly handle files with .. in the names
+o Open the word documents in readonly mode
+o Make plugin run when maven site is invoked
+
+You can download the Word2HTML plugin here:
+http://www.ibiblio.org/maven/maven/plugins/maven-word2html-plugin-1.3.jar
+
+Have fun!
+dIon
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