RE: [xsl] transforming xml to text with formatting

[cknell@xxxxxxxxxx]

"Text", as we normally think of it (ASCII), does not have italic or bold attributes (or font or size attributes, for that). It's just text: A,b,1,(,* .

Rich Text Format (RTF) may suit your purposes. It is found as an alternate format for most Microsoft application files (e.g., Word, Excel, WordPad). Here is a URL for the 1.5 spec (http://www.biblioscape.com/rtf15_spec.htm). Here is a URL for the 1.6 spec (http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnrtfspec/html/RTFSpec_1.asp). 

You can transform XML directly into RTF or you could go through an intermediate XML format like XSL-FO. You may find this book to be useful, I did (http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/rtfpg/index.html).
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Charles Knell
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Subject:  [xsl] transforming xml to text with formatting

This will be a simple one, I am sure, for most of you. However, I am trying to transform xml to text with formatting such as bold, indent, italics, line breaks etc.

Could you tell me what I would need to do this (including an online tutorial, books etc.).

Much appreciated.