CambridgeDocs xDoc Word to XML Conversions

The Java Word Driver reads in the binary Microsoft *.doc format and extracts as much information as possible, including text, formatting, styles, layout and graphical information.  The Java Word Driver outputs a complete stylistic XML rendering of the document.

The stylistic XML is in fact "non-lossy," and gives you unprecedented programmatic access to both the original Word content as well as its formatting, which you can then use for mapping to XML schemas / DTDs like DocBook and DITA.  Furthermore, you can use a Microsoft Word *.doc file as a template and fill it in with live data for multi-channel publishing, such as (re)converting the content to HTML, PDF, and RTF formats.  And, for the first time, you can do all of this on Solaris and Linux servers as well as on Windows machines, because the Java Word Driver is cross-platform  and does not automate Microsoft Word in any way.

Java Word Driver Benefits:
	Parse and process Microsoft Word documents on Windows, Linux and Solaris machines
	Transform Word content to standard and custom XML schemas / DTDs, such as DocBook and DITA
	Create custom documents on a server using *.doc files as templates
	Does not require Microsoft Word to be installed on the server
	Republish programmatically modified Word documents in HTML, PDF, and RTF formats
	Index Word content in a Documentum or Oracle Database

The list below provides just a sampling of the items that the xDoc Java Word Driver provides you with the ability to identify, parse and process:

Java Word Driver Features:
	Paragraph Content
	Paragraph Layout Information, including left-indent, right-indent, space-before, and space-after
	Paragraph Format Information, including font, font-color, font-size, and weight
	Paragraph Style Information
	Style / Formatting Overrides for paragraph text-runs that deviate from the "Style" setting in Microsoft Word
	Images, including both bitmap images as well as WMF files, along with their x,y page coordinates
	Frames, including the text content of the frame and its x,y page coordinates
	Lists, including both ordered and unordered lists
	Tables, including rows / cells, background color, column-widths, row-height, colspan, rowspan, border, and border-color
	Superscripted Text, including in-line superscripts, along with their programmatic footnote references
	Word Fields, including field code as well as field content
	Office Shapes
	Page Breaks
	Sections
	Footnotes and Endnotes
	Page Headers and Footers
	Links
	Tabs
	Text Boxes

Java Word Driver FAQ

What Microsoft Word formats are supported?

Currently, the Java Word Driver can convert Microsoft Word 97, Word XP (2002) and Word 2003 binary *.doc files into XML.  xDoc also has limited support for RTF to XML and WordML to XML conversions.

What XML format can I convert my Word documents into?

The Java Word Driver initially converts the content into a stylistic XML output called ppXML, or preprocess XML, which is an "initial format" that xDoc uses as part of its integrated multi-step process in transforming documents.

You can then convert the ppXML into any further XML schema you like, including DocBook, DITA, LegalXML, or into your own custom DTD/schema.  This further conversion can be done using an XSLT stylesheet, or by using xDoc extraction and transformation rules.

We also provide out-of-the-box conversion capabilities for transforming Microsoft Word *.doc files to XSL:FO.

What formats (PDF, HTML) can I publish a Word document into?

We provide out-of-the-box support for transforming a Word document into PDF, HTML, and RTF.

This can be done in a Windows or Unix server environment without requiring Microsoft Word to be installed, because the xDoc Java Word Driver is a pure Java application that operates against the source *.doc files.

Can I do a two-way conversion back into Word on a server?

Yes, you can do a two way conversion - from Word in to XML, and then from XML back into Word using our XSL:FO and RTF rendering capabilities.