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RE: MS Word as XML editor?
- From: Bart Stevens <bstevens@protext.be>
- To: xml-dev@lists.xml.org
- Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2001 16:46:13 +0200
Hi,
Do some of you tried following packedge? It is a one way word(2000+) to xml
convertion tool from ms.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?URL=/library/techart/odc_expwo
rdtoxml.htm
Regards,
Bart
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marcus Carr [mailto:mrc@allette.com.au]
> Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 3:04 AM
> To: Oleg A. Paraschenko
> Cc: xml-dev@lists.xml.org
> Subject: Re: MS Word as XML editor?
>
>
>
> "Oleg A. Paraschenko" wrote:
>
> > would you please provide any information on using MS Word
> as XML editor
> > (ideally like FrameMaker+SGML)? Any links, ideas, addon software?
>
> As enticing as it sounds, it doesn't really work. If you rely on the
> consistent application of styles, you will be let down by
> people. If you rely
> on macros and/or interface prompting, you'll build something
> that's difficult
> to maintain and modify, assuming you can make it rigid enough
> that nobody can
> screw it up anyway. Structured authoring in Word is a bit of
> a holy grail,
> and the very short life of Microsoft's own 'SGML Author' in
> the early to mid
> nineties indicates that it might truly be mythical.
>
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Marcus Carr email: mrc@allette.com.au
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