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universal document file format
Thank you, Jezebel
I have only Word 2002. Therefore I can not generate XML files. However, Word 2002 lets me save a Word document as HTML (Webpage). If I save a .doc file as HTML, can anyone with a web browser read my file? That would greatly simplify things. Are there any converters that would let me convert .doc files into XML? I have never seen an xml document. Thank you very much -- Walter www.rationality.net - "Jezebel" wrote in message ... See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XML You're not the first to observe that the situation "begs for standardization". XML is the answer the world appears to be settling on, not just for word documents, but for information exchange in general. It's an open (non-proprietary) plain text file format "that allows information and services to be encoded with meaningful structure and semantics that computers and humans can understand". It's similar to HTML only in that both use mark-up tags, and both are derived from SGML. W2003 documents can be saved as XML; all Office 2007 documents are compressed XML. "Walter R." wrote in message ... XML, Isn't that similar to HTML? That does not sound like it is a popular file format for word-processor documents. What am I missing? -- Walter www.rationality.net - "Jezebel" wrote in message ... Ever heard of XML? "Walter R." wrote in message ... What is the most commonly used file format for word processor documents? Word is limited to owners of Word, .rtf is not much better, the new Word 2007 format is also proprietary. .txt is very limited. How about the Open Office format? This situation really begs for standardization. It would be nice if anybody could read everybody else's documents. Is MS the stumbling block in adopting non-proprietary standards? Any hope for a world-wide standard? -- Walter www.rationality.net - |
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