Again with the forgetting to cc the list... On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 11:33 PM, Alan Gauld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Alternatively learn enough VBScript to do it all in Word itself.... That's exactly what I'm doing now. After mentioning in a previous email that formatting is important, I took a closer look at the documents that OO had converted... and they weren't as good as I thought at first. No disgrace to OO; the fact that anybody outside of Microsoft has ever managed to make even a little bit of sense out of the .doc format is a testimony to human ingenuity and stubbornness - but it's just not good enough. So, despite my enthusiasm for Python and the fact that VBScript repulses me, I think I need to start fresh and do it the Redmond way. If I were building something for long-term use rather than a one-time conversion, I would figure out how to drive Word from Python, but under the circumstances I'll hack something quick and dirty in VBS. (Does anyone remember VBA?) It's funny - years ago I used to use Visual Studio and _enjoy_ it. I'm spoiled now, I guess. By the way, there was a recent XKCD that I liked: http://xkcd.com/409/ -- www.fsrtechnologies.com
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