Hi,
i agree with you and to my knowledge there exists a simple two step process to
convert word document into XML:

1) save it as plain *.txt document
2) and from ground up  amrk it up in XML snas DTD or with DTD

this i found to be the best ;-) and the perfect process gaurenteed to
give consistent results
my falling $0.2 bit
thank you 

regards
maddy
 On Fri, 06 Oct 2000, lee wrote:
> I can't imagine XML SPY doing the job for any document structure that has
> any degree of complexity - it only works on paragraph styles, the addition
> of coverting character styles would have made it much more useful. MS Word
> is probably the best option for acquiring content from a large and diverse
> population of authors: it is their preffered application and can be found on
> most desktops. If anyone has any further leads on word document conversion
> please let me know.
> 
> Regards
> Lee
> 
>  -----Original Message-----
>  From: Marcos Coelho [mailto:marcos_coelho@xxxxxxxxx]
>  Sent: 05 October 2000 17:07
>  To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>  Subject: Re: A doubt in XML
>  
>  
>  Hi Girija
>  I use the XML editor called XML SPY. It has a menu CONVERT/IMPORT
>  MICROSOFT WORD DOCUMENT. You can get a demo version on
>  http://www.xmlspy.com.
>  []'s
>  Marcos
>  
>   
>  --- Girija Vijayaraghavan <v_girija_naidu@xxxxxxx> escreveu: > Hi 
>  > My name is Girija. I am from India.
>  > COuld you please tell me which scipting languages would allow me to
>  > convert
>  > HTML and Word documents into XML. 
>  > Thanks
>  > Lotsa luck
>  > Girija
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