RE: transform pdf to xsl-fo

[John Marshall]

Hi Olivier   Somebody might give you an easy way to do this, but if you have to do it yourself it will take you some time. Word format (.doc) encodes the context information in binary. Alternatively Rich Text Format (.rtf) uses ASCII tags like XML. However, they are more complicated and more fragile than XSLT/XSL-FO and I first got into FOP because it was much easier than encoding to RTF. The problem with PDF is that the context information has been refined out, leaving you with the simple geometry of the page layout.   If you use Word to save your document as HTML, then your conversion problems could be a lot easier. This is similar to the approach I have taken to my problem, which amounts to an HTML to PDF converter by way of XSLT and XSL-FO (i.e. FOP).   John Marshall Accurate Software 80 Peach Street, Wokingham, Berkshire, RG40 1XH, UK. Tel: +44 (0)118 977 3889 Fax: +44 (0)118 977 1260 http://www.accuratesoftware.com -----Original Message----- From: Olivier George [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 21 May 2003 14:26 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: transform pdf to xsl-fo hi everybody, I have a quick and maybe simple question ... Does anybody knows if ther eis a mean to transform a word or a pdf document into an xml and xsl-fo files?   Thanx a lot   Olivier The UK office of Accurate Software has moved to the following location: 80 Peach Street, Wokingham, Berkshire, RG40 1XH. The existing telephone and fax numbers will remain unchanged. Accurate Software [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.accuratesoftware.com Europe . North America . Australasia . Africa The information in this email is confidential and privileged and is intended only for the use of the individual or entity listed above. If you are neither the intended individual, or entity listed above, nor the person responsible for the delivery of this email to the intended recipients, you are hereby notified that any unauthorised distribution, copying or use of this email is prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please notify the Accurate system manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or on +44 (0)118 977 3889. The views expressed in this communication may not necessarily be the views held by the Accurate Group.