• To: "Davis, Joe" <jdavis@a...>
• Subject: Re: WORD TO XML/SGML
• From: Dave Pawson <davep@d...>
• Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 17:52:28 +0100
• Cc: xml-dev@l...
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• Reply-to: davep@d...

On Thu, 2005-08-18 at 12:54 -0400, Davis, Joe wrote:
> Good morning.
> 
> Iâ??ve been nominated to take some legacy technical manuals written in
> Word and Word Perfect and convert them into an SGML/XML format. 
> 
> Is there a program that will make my life easier (is there really an
> easy button?)

Half a button.

Upcast http://www.infinity-loop.de/products/upcast/
Does a good job.
If needed, also outputs Docbook 4.2

I can recommend it as fit for purpose.

Alt:
http://ausweb.scu.edu.au/aw05/papers/edited/ball/poster.html
Untried by me.

HTH


-- 
Regards, 

Dave Pawson
XSLT + Docbook FAQ
http://www.dpawson.co.uk

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