[Framers] OT: Word to XML

[Roger Shuttleworth]

Thanks, Rick. My XSLT skills are basic, and ExtendScript non-existent. 
Thanks too for your offer of a web meeting. I need to do a lot more 
research yet, but if it appears to be useful I will be in touch.

Regards,

Roger

On 22/07/2019 13:37, Rick Quatro wrote:
> Hi Roger,
>
> If they are docx files, you can replace the .docx extension with .zip and
> get to the content inside the document. It will be the cluttered Word XML,
> but you can then use ExtendScript or XSLT to transform it to something
> useful. If you want to have a web meeting to explore this, please contact me
> offlist. Thanks.
>
> Rick
>
> Rick Quatro
> Carmen Publishing Inc.
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>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Framers <framers-bounces+rick=rickquatro.com at lists.frameusers.com> On
> Behalf Of Roger Shuttleworth
> Sent: Monday, July 22, 2019 8:18 AM
> To: Framers <framers at lists.frameusers.com>
> Subject: [Framers] OT: Word to XML
>
> Hello Framers
>
> This is somewhat off-topic as it doesn't directly concern FrameMaker (though
> it could). Nevertheless, I know there are people on this list who are much
> more knowledgeable than I, so here goes...
>
> I have a set of well over 100 Word documents (I know...) that I would like
> to convert to simple XML (not the kind that Word exports!). They are all
> four pages long and pretty consistent in terms of structure, and paragraph
> styles are used for the most part, though not character styles. If you were
> me, what methods would you look at?
>
> I have used structured FM for years and am familiar with DITA and DocBook. I
> know that there is a route from Word doc > FrameMaker > Structured
> FrameMaker > XML that would involve creating a conversion table, a DTD, and
> a structured application. I have done that in the past, though it was a few
> years ago. I realise that it would mean a lot of up-front work to get it
> working, as well as ensuring that styles are used fully and consistently in
> my source documents.
>
> But is that what you would recommend?
>
> I have FM11. Would a later version of FM add anything to that?
>
> Or is there a non-FrameMaker route that I am unaware of? I have done a web
> search but not come up with much. Is there a route via HTML or XHTML?
>
> What about MIF2Go? I understand that it still works with FM11, but is it
> capable of converting to XML?
>
> Any and all ideas would be welcome. I value your input as it will help me
> avoid a lot of dead ends.
>
> Roger
>
>
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