On 22 Jan 2010, at 06:47, Steve Ball wrote: > Hi Nic, > > Firstly, an Office 2007 .docx document is simply a Zip file. Inside the Zip > is a file called word/document.xml. That file is very similar to an Office > 2003 WordML document, except that the XML Namespace URIs have been changed. > If you fix up the Namespace URIs you can process the document with the > DocBook Roundtrip XSL stylesheets (though I won't guarantee the results since > I have not tested this method).
Hi Steve. I'm very familiar with the zip format. I hadn't realised that there was much similarity with the 2003 XML format. That is very useful to know. > > In principle, it will not be difficult to update the DocBook Roundtrip XSL > stylesheets to work with Office 2007 (at least the document.xml part). I just > haven't had the time lately to do it. If I can get the time added to the project I will have a good look at that. cheers nic > > Cheers, > Steve Ball > > On 21/01/2010, at 11:35 PM, Nic Gibson wrote: > >> >> On 21 Jan 2010, at 10:23, Dave Pawson wrote: >> >>> On 21/01/10 09:58, Kevin Sperring wrote: >>>> Hi Nic, >>>> >>>> I've been researching for a very similar solution. >>>> I'm currently reading http://www.explain.com.au/oss/docbook/ which looks >>>> like it might be useful. >>> >>> >>> http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/MSWord.html >>> >>> Bob answered this yesterday. >>> You may have to save into Word 2003 (the earlier form) first. >> >> Thanks Dave - I missed that. >> >> That's the bit we are trying to avoid - the application (generated via >> heavily customised >> MS Word templates) uses a lot of Office 2007 specific features. It may be >> that >> we have to go that way though. >> >>> >>> If you want to pay, http://www.upcast.de/ is very solid >>> and reasonably priced. >> >> I've been talking to Stefan Herman about UpCast for a different client. >> I'm impressed with the results. >> >> cheers >> >> nic >> >>> >>> >>> regards >>> >>> -- >>> Dave Pawson >>> XSLT XSL-FO FAQ. >>> http://www.dpawson.co.uk >> >> -- >> Nic Gibson >> Director, Corbas Consulting Ltd >> Editorial and Technical Consultancy and Training >> http://www.corbas.co.uk, +44 (0)7718 906817 >> >> >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >> >> > -- Nic Gibson Director, Corbas Consulting Ltd Editorial and Technical Consultancy and Training http://www.corbas.co.uk, +44 (0)7718 906817 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
