> The source is coming from MS Word documents.  I only want to be
> able to use
> data such as bullets, lists, and tables.  All other elements I
> would like to
> ignore like graphs, images, etc.

Something like this...

        <!-- ignore everything -->
        <xsl:template match="*" />

        <!-- ...except for elements X, Y and Z -->
        <xsl:template match="X|Y|Z">
          <xsl:copy>
                <xsl:apply-templates mode="copy" select="*|*@" />
        <xsl:copy>
        </xsl:template>

        <xsl:template match="*|*@|text()" mode="copy" />
           <xsl:copy/>
        <xsl:template>

<Q>
  <X>
    ... stuff ...
  </X>
  <Y>
    ... stuff ...
  </Y>
  <Z>
    ... stuff ...
  </Z>
</Q>

<!-- ignore everything -->
<xsl:template match="*" />

<!-- by default, pass everything without copying
     (though since this template is built in it doesn't
      have to be included literally) -->
<xsl:template match="*">
  <xsl:apply-templates/>
</xsl:template>

<!-- by default, suppress text nodes
     (wanted text nodes are picked up in 'copy' mode -->
<xsl:template match="text()"/>

<xsl:template match="X|Y|Z">
  <xsl:copy>
    <xsl:apply-templates mode="copy" select="*|*@" />
  <xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>

Cheers,
Wendell

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