Subject: RE: [xsl] Re: Any Doc to XML converter ? From: "Tim Watts" <timw@xxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 11:53:21 +1000 |
> produces very clean XML for me; in what sense is it "mostly garbage"? > You're not thinking of the "save as HTML" or whatever that is built-in, > are you? The article itself says that "The XML output by this application is very straightforward and very similar to the HTML output by Word itself" http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/techart/odc_expwordtoxml.htm only describes the styles and formating, and doesn't really describe the content. A friend of mine is fond of saying "Who needs style when you've got substance?" It is "garbage" because it is high on style and low on substance. Tim Watts -----Original Message----- From: owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Joshua Allen Sent: Thursday, 21 June 2001 10:41 AM To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; peter@xxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: [xsl] Re: Any Doc to XML converter ? http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/techart/odc_expwordtoxml.htm produces very clean XML for me; in what sense is it "mostly garbage"? You're not thinking of the "save as HTML" or whatever that is built-in, are you? You can flip on all sorts of extra options with this tool that add more extra "garbage", but using the simple options faithfully represents the structure and does a good job with scenario #1 that you listed below. > -----Original Message----- > From: Peter Flynn [mailto:peter@xxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 3:51 PM > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [xsl] Re: Any Doc to XML converter ? > > On Tue, 19 Jun 2001, Dmitri wrote: > > Bob DuCharme wrote: > > > > > In his latest 'XML Deviant' column in XML.com > > > (http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2001/06/13/deviant.html), Leigh Dodds > describes > > > and points to a recent thread on the topic. > > > > >From a recent MSDN article 'Export a Word Document to XML' by Kevin > McDowell > > (http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/techart/odc_expwordtoxml.htm) > > > > 'The XML output by this application is very straightforward and very > similar to the > > HTML output by Word itself, but it fully accounts for all styled text, > tables, and > > lists. ' > > Which may very well be true, but the output is largely garbage > [assuming] you do want meaningful markup. If all you need is > the XML representation of the manual styling, then there are > several solutions already discussed. > > ///Peter > > XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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