Thanks for the valuable info, dear Adrian! Regards, Nancy
Adrian Cumiskey wrote: > > Hi Nancy, > > If you want to transform your XML documents into Open Document Format > you could write an XSLT stylesheet that is able to take your XML > documents and achieve the transformation. Depending on the complexity > of the layout you require, this would involve you spending quite a bit > of time learning the semantics of ODF (see > http://std.dkuug.dk/keld/iso26300-odf/is26300/OpenDocument-v1.0ed2-cs1.html). > > If you are a Java programmer, a potentially easier approach might be to > programmatically DOM parse your input XML document and combine the > traversal of this with using some of the document building blocks > available in Odf4j which is part of the OpenOffice.org ODF Toolkit > Project (see http://odftoolkit.openoffice.org/ and > http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Odf4j). > > Good luck, > > Adrian. > > nancy_b wrote: >> Thank you for the information, dear Jeremias! >> In http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/0.94/output.html#rtf it is >> recommended >> to use the Open Document Format. How can I transform my XML documents >> into >> this format? >> >> Regards, >> Nancy >> >> >> >> Jeremias Maerki-2 wrote: >>> No, the look of the generated RTF documents are directly derived from >>> XSL-FO and it can only be changed by improving the Java source code. >>> Please note that it's difficult to map XSL-FO to RTF and the RTF handler >>> doesn't work well for more complex documents. >>> >>> See also: >>> http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/0.94/output.html#rtf >>> >>> Jeremias Maerki >>> >>> >>> >>> On 01.10.2007 11:32:44 nancy_b wrote: >>>> Hello dear all! Is there any way to improve how the RTF documents look? >>>> Is >>>> the Look&Feel controlled somehow by the XSL stylesheets? Is it possible >>>> to >>>> improve the documents by substituting the default Word template with a >>>> customized one? >>>> >>>> Thank you in advance! >>>> >>>> Nancy >>>> -- >>>> View this message in context: >>>> http://www.nabble.com/Generating-neat-RTF-documents-with-XSLTPROC-and-FOP-tf4547155.html#a12975915 >>>> Sent from the FOP - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> >>> >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Generating-neat-RTF-documents-with-XSLTPROC-and-FOP-tf4547155.html#a12994805 Sent from the FOP - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]