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RE: [docbook-apps] Tool for Word->DocBook conversion (UpCast?)


Thanks very much Johann!  I will try this out..
steve
 
On Thu, 10 Apr 2003 09:11:33 +0200, Johann Richard wrote
> Steve,
>
> > There is mention on DocBook
> > Wiki that an XSL can then be applied to create the DocBook result..
> does
> > anyone have anymore insight on this?
>
> I asked the people at infinityloop if they already got a stylesheet
> to convert their upCast XML to DocBook and they indeed did. I
> attached the file to this mail. It might need some customization but
> it basically works quite well.
>
> Personally, I started using upCast after a rough evaluation of some
> of the other tools mentioned on the list. It proved very useful for
> conversions of medium and large Word Documents w/ formulas, images,
>  embedded stuff etc.
>
> Unicode might be an issue in your case, it wasn't for me, and it
> seems that the preview release 3.2.1 and also the 4.0 beta have some
> unicode support available and even the possibility to directly
> generate output for a specific DTD. I didn't check in detail, but
> maybe you want to have a look at it.
>
> HTH,
> johann
>
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