Word 2003

While it has always been possible to create customized Word solutions, Word 2003 offers new functionality that allows documents to be truly interactive. Word 2003 Document Automation with VBA, XML, XSLT, and Smart Documents explains how to use a variety of technologies that change the ways users interact with documents. Learn how to automate documents with a minimum of programming by using Word's native functionality; use Visual Basic for Applications to create document automation solutions; record macros, create automated templates, format and manipulate files using Word, and build documents dynamically; create, edit, and format XML documents; develop smart document solutions to guide users through a variety of repetitive tasks; transform XML using WordprocessingML, XSLT, XPath, smart documents, and web services technologies.

While it has always been possible to create customized Word solutions, Word 2003 offers new functionality that allows documents to be truly interactive. Word 2003 Document Automation with VBA, XML, XSLT, and Smart Documents explains how to use a variety of technologies that change the ways users interact with documents.

Readers can quickly get up to speed on macro programming basics, as well as working with databases, Among the topics covered are recording macros, creating automated templates, formatting and manipulating files using Word, and building documents dynamically. The third section of the book offers an introduction to the new XML features of Word 2003. These chapters concentrate on topics such as XML markup, how to use an XSD schema with Word, how to transform XML using WordML and XSLT, XPath, Smart Documents, and web services technologies. In addition, the base example is extended to utilise the new functionality.