Re: XML to MS Word

I'd say RTF is a format you're going to be able to come to grips with quicker than .doc -- just take a look at the source of a word doc -- it's pretty obscure!!! Justin on 31/10/02 1:01 PM, Maxim Maletsky (maxim@php.net) wrote: > > Guys, > > The other day, one of my clients asked me this very tricky question: > > "Can we also use that XML data for making MS Word (.doc) files?" > > Our system is designed to produce XML output independently to then later > transform it into HTML with PHP/XSLT and PDF with FOP. Now, the client > also wants MS Word. > > I doubted he could, but my intuition suggested me to research on it. > Without any luck so far. > > Does anyone know if there is any possibility doing it? I looked on web > but did not really find anything. > > > So, questions are: > > 1. How doable is it creating a MS Word file from XML data being based on > Linux? > > 2. Can XSL do that somehow combined with somewhat? > > 3. Any relevant experiences and case studies? Anyone? > > 4. Articles? Web resources? Discussions? > > 5. A wild guess: can simple XSL be outputted with MS Word specific > output headers/meta tags to then let MS Office do the rest? (client-based?). > I found something about Smart Tags but got soon compatibility doubts. > > > Thanks,