Hi Roger, If they are docx files, you can replace the .docx extension with .zip and get to the content inside the document. It will be the cluttered Word XML, but you can then use ExtendScript or XSLT to transform it to something useful. If you want to have a web meeting to explore this, please contact me offlist. Thanks.
Rick Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing Inc. [email protected] 585-729-6746 www.frameexpert.com/store/ -----Original Message----- From: Framers <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Roger Shuttleworth Sent: Monday, July 22, 2019 8:18 AM To: Framers <[email protected]> Subject: [Framers] OT: Word to XML Hello Framers This is somewhat off-topic as it doesn't directly concern FrameMaker (though it could). Nevertheless, I know there are people on this list who are much more knowledgeable than I, so here goes... I have a set of well over 100 Word documents (I know...) that I would like to convert to simple XML (not the kind that Word exports!). They are all four pages long and pretty consistent in terms of structure, and paragraph styles are used for the most part, though not character styles. If you were me, what methods would you look at? I have used structured FM for years and am familiar with DITA and DocBook. I know that there is a route from Word doc > FrameMaker > Structured FrameMaker > XML that would involve creating a conversion table, a DTD, and a structured application. I have done that in the past, though it was a few years ago. I realise that it would mean a lot of up-front work to get it working, as well as ensuring that styles are used fully and consistently in my source documents. But is that what you would recommend? I have FM11. Would a later version of FM add anything to that? Or is there a non-FrameMaker route that I am unaware of? I have done a web search but not come up with much. Is there a route via HTML or XHTML? What about MIF2Go? I understand that it still works with FM11, but is it capable of converting to XML? Any and all ideas would be welcome. I value your input as it will help me avoid a lot of dead ends. Roger _______________________________________________ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to [email protected] Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com Send administrative questions to [email protected] _______________________________________________ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to [email protected] Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com Send administrative questions to [email protected]
