Subject: RE: [xsl] XML to Word Document From: kalpana rawat <kal_xml@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 11:27:38 -0700 (PDT) |
There is onw way to convert XML into RTF but i need to explore it.... Thanks for your valuable response. --- Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > At 07:33 PM 10/1/01, Kalpana wrote: > >I don't know if there is any way to import HTML > >document to Word Document programatically, in XSL. > > I guess not, but should there be? A job like this is > far more effectively > done by Word itself, isn't it? > > >Right now documents are being created in HTML, I > >understand that an HTML file can be saved as word > >document or HTML file can be viewed in MS Word, > >frankly speaking even I'm not clear why do we need > to > >convert them to word if this way is possible. > > You may well ask. > > I think the requirement for Word format is generally > rationalized as a > requirement for interoperability (i.e. "we all use > Word" or even "everyone > uses Word" therefore documents in Word are > portable). A clean (X)HTML is > far more portable than Word at this point. > > Another rationale is that "we are dependent on > certain processes as they > are provided in Word" (such as a set of macros or > Word's capabilities in, > for example, cross-referencing), "so we need the > stuff in Word". (In a > weird way, this is the opposite argument: not that > you need the stuff to be > portable, but that you confessedly have a dependency > on a proprietary > format.) If this is the reason, you have more > particular problems that may > be more or less tractable depending on the specific > requirements. But as > was mentioned, Word's HTML import (possibly enhanced > through special > tricks) is strong enough even to handle many of > these. > > Either way, HTML/CSS may be getting as good even as > RTF for Word > compatibility. > (Would others disagree?) An XSL formatter that would > take XSLFO and render > it into Word or RTF will be a good thing (and if > it's well done, profitable > enough that whoever's doing it may not be making > much noise yet). Any Word > on that front? > > Cheers, > Wendell > > > > ====================================================================== > Wendell Piez > mailto:wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Mulberry Technologies, Inc. > http://www.mulberrytech.com > 17 West Jefferson Street Direct > Phone: 301/315-9635 > Suite 207 > Phone: 301/315-9631 > Rockville, MD 20850 > Fax: 301/315-8285 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Mulberry Technologies: A Consultancy Specializing > in SGML and XML > ====================================================================== > > > XSL-List info and archive: > http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Listen to your Yahoo! Mail messages from any phone. http://phone.yahoo.com XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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