From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/28603 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Hans Hagen Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Ugly hack for multiple MSWord docs. Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 19:55:55 +0200 Message-ID: <44919F2B.3070202@wxs.nl> References: <200606131829.58862.john@wexfordpress.com> <44915784.2070804@wxs.nl> <200606151435.11543.john@wexfordpress.com> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1150394171 6089 80.91.229.2 (15 Jun 2006 17:56:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 17:56:11 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Thu Jun 15 19:56:09 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Fqw4d-0006S5-Cd for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Thu, 15 Jun 2006 19:56:07 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A340127DE; Thu, 15 Jun 2006 19:56:07 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 07584-01; Thu, 15 Jun 2006 19:55:59 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB1EB127C3; Thu, 15 Jun 2006 19:55:59 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F129127C3 for ; Thu, 15 Jun 2006 19:55:59 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 06337-03-3 for ; Thu, 15 Jun 2006 19:55:57 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from mail.pragma-ade.net (dsl-083-247-100-017.solcon.nl [83.247.100.17]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with SMTP id 3CEB4127A7 for ; Thu, 15 Jun 2006 19:55:56 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from [10.100.1.102] (unverified [10.100.1.102]) by controller-1 (SurgeMail 3.5b3) with ESMTP id 22080 for ; Thu, 15 Jun 2006 21:55:56 +0400 User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (Windows/20060516) Original-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users In-Reply-To: <200606151435.11543.john@wexfordpress.com> X-Server: High Performance Mail Server - http://surgemail.com r=-274017400 X-Authenticated-User: hagen@controller-1 X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.7 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:28603 Archived-At: John R. Culleton wrote: > On Thursday 15 June 2006 08:50, Hans Hagen wrote: > >> John R. Culleton wrote: >> >>> Someday there will be an elegant solution to the MSWord to >>> Context problem. For now there is my ugly hack as described here. >>> >> maybe the word xml output, since that can be parsed >> >> Hans >> > Interesting suggestion. I don't have a copy of MSWord. And my > clients are naive so that asking them to save in exotic formats > is likely to be unproductive. > > Open Office does not save as xml. Abiword, however does. In a > hm, open offices uses xml as storage format, just save in oo format and unzip the file and you will end up with xml files (however, the xml is typical office xml, complete with tab elements that spoil the idea) > One question: How do I mix in the necessary Context commands such > as papersize, font selection etc.? What are the rules and no-nos > for blending Context commands into an xml document? > just set up a style Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------