Word 2003 Document Automation with VBA, XML, XSLT, and Smart Documents (Wordware Applications Library)

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Office 2003 XML

Format: Paperback
Author: Simon St. Laurent
ReleaseDate: 30 December, 2003
Publisher: O'Reilly Media
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Good concise introduction to Office XML and Smart Documents
In addition to covering these formats, it also provides some useful material related to Microsoft Office smart documents, an extension mechanism for Microsoft Office applications. This book provides a good overview of Microsoft's Office XML formats.

Note: Microsoft Office XML is completely distinct from the Open Office. org XML format (OASIS OpenDocument) which is not covered in this book.

Loved it!
I work with XML, XSLT, and C# for a living, and this book had me using XSLT to whip up WordprocessingML documents in no time. Clear, concise, and packed with practical knowledge. I especially appreciated learning how to turn off the default "Word" display of ML documents in Internet Explorer. I'm also using Evan's great XSLT that mimics Word's "data-only" output format-- as part of a process to validate foreign tag sets in WordML documents. Thank you!.

If you think you might need it - BUY IT
If you are directly reading or writing WordML, SpeeadsheetML, or the other xml formats - stop what you are doing, buy this book, and read it. This book answers a very specific need - you are working with the new Office xml formats. It will put you miles ahead.

Clear, concise, and about as complete as it can be with Microsoft's incomplete documentation to work from. I had it open on my desk next to me the whole time I was working with these file formats.

It has some stuff for InfoPath and Office WebServices. I didn't read those part but the rest is so well written I would bet that part is indespensible too.