You may also wish to inquire if PDF might be suitable, as there are
several approaches for generating them fairly easily.

Bryce

On Thu, 29 Jan 2004, Peter Guzis wrote:
> I am not aware of any platform-neutral method for writing a Word document,
> but you could create the next best thing, a Rich Text Format file using
> one of the following methods.
>
> * Create an RTF file directly with something like RTF::Writer
>
> or
>
> * Generate HTML with Template Toolkit and feed the output to HTML::FormatRTF
>
>
> Peter Guzis
> Web Administrator, Sr.
> ENCAD, Inc.
> - A Kodak Company
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Randall Marbach [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 1:26 PM
> To: TT
> Subject: [Templates] Using TT to create word docs.
>
>
> Hi All
>
> I have a new job that requires me to to take data out
> of a database, process it and then put the results on
> the web and also into a Microsoft word document.
>
>
> I am using perl and Class::DBI for the database side
> and a plan to use TT for the reporting side that I
> will be using to generate the HTML for the web. I
> would also like to use the TT to somehow produce the
> required word document.
>
> What would be the best approach to this problem?
>
>
> I am new to TT and I just started reading the Badger
> Book, so any advice would be deeply appreciated.
>
> TIA
>
> Randy
>
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