Re: [docbook-apps] Re: Docbook XML to Word(ML)?

[Bruce D'Arcus <bdarcus.lists@gmail.com>]

On 8/12/05, Wolfgang Keller <wolfgang.keller.nospam@gmx.de> wrote:

> So far I got recommendations to pass via RTF or HTML, but none to go
> for WordML.
> 
> Is it that noone has used WordML yet because it's rather new or are the
> other ways really more reliable? Because I need to minimize the tools I
> have to learn & use.

It really depends what your needs are.  A little know secret is that
Word does a really good job importing clean HTML/CSS.  For example, it
maps most common HTML tags to its internal style system.  If you have
<p class="epigraph"> Word will map that to a style called "epigraph"
with formatting definitions drawn from your CSS.

I used this approach to submit my book manuscript to a publisher
recently that had asked for "Word" files, and they were happy enough
with it.  The manuscript was mostly text though.

So WordML is certainly doable (and there is at least one early version
of db2wordml stylesheets online somewhere) but may be more hassle than
it's worth.

Bruce