chuck wrote: > Is there any suggestions from the Xml community to have a Import feature > that would allow either to Import M$ XP office word documents saved > into bill gates proprietory xm l format or a plugin to Import M$ Word > documents . > > Were a Linux shop but our External Authors send me M$ generated word > doc's for xml Article coding which takes alot of time to copy and paste > into my Xml Artcile template as their word documents can often be > several pages or more .
XML MSWord documents (i.e. .xml files generated by Word 2003) are conforming to the WordML schema: --- <w:wordDocument xmlns:w="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2003/wordml";> --- They can be opened in XXE without doing any special effort. Of course you'll just have a tree view, not a styled one. WordML is a *very low-level* markup, similar to RTF but with an XML syntax. Therefore I don't see how this low-level markup, heavily presentation oriented, can be automatically and decently converted to a structured XML application such as DocBook. If persons have acceptable solutions or have tried products such as http://www.docsoft.com/w2xmlv2.htm, we are interested in having their feedback.
