Re: Output HTML to DOCx file Tables Not Getting Formatted

[Anton Sharonov <anton.sharonov-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>]

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Michael Becker <michael-QF1XyMwE1Uwv0rdu9s6TydBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org> schrieb am So., 24. Juli 2022,
20:46:

> Hi there, I have found a way to manually do this with BBEDIT. After
> exporting the file I Open the doxc file with BBEDIT (no zip or unzip
> required).  I can then do a global replace and replace the table style I
> want word to use, e.g. replace "Table" with "MyTable".
>
> Here is my question. Does anyone know of a list to terminal commands that
> I could write that would automatically go into the docx file and make the
> changes I want.
>

Something like this should do the trick (untested):

unzip -x ~/storage/file-sample_100kB.docx word/document.xml

sed -i -e 's!<w:tblStyle w:val="Table"/>!<w:tblStyle w:val="MyTable"/>!g'
word/document.xml

zip -u ~/storage/file-sample_100kB.docx word/document.xml

Best regards, Anton

Tinderbox can trigger runCommands. It is not clear to me what the steps
> would be to get into the document.xml file, globally replace the style val
> and save it.
>
> Manually, this works every time. Now I'd like to automate the process.
>
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> On Sunday, July 24, 2022 at 9:32:07 AM UTC-7 Michael Becker wrote:
>
>> I'm really struggling with outputting formatted tables using pandoc in MS
>> Word.  I'm exporting HTML from a tool called Tinderbox. I then convert the
>> clean HTML to a docx file with pandoc. The tables always come through with
>> NO styling, even after I've modified the default table style in the the
>> reference.docx file.
>>
>> I read tons of post on this, but for the life of me I can't figure it
>> out. There are some that suggest going into the word XML but I'm not sure
>> how to automate this. I'm on maxOS Silicon Anyone of any idea on how to
>> make this work?
>>
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