Sent by Eric Dols/Groupe Chronos on 12 December 2003 10:10
This seems somewhat off-topic, but i figured many people have to face one
day or the other the issue of converting many MS-Word styled documents to
(X)HTML+CSS-styled contents.
An interesting lead is an existing MS Word macro that converts only the few
desired Word-styles to their cms ready equivalent.
I looked into the (small) macro code and it seems quite easy to adapt in
order to convert Heading 1,...
to <h1>...</h1>..., even though code comments are in french. That way all
css-relevant word styling is automatically converted to (x)html with a
custom set of css rules (the rest of the heavily polluted Word html is
killed)
Would mean for you to define those Word styles and apply them on the 200
pages, if none is already present (no Headings, Lists...) and fix the macro
to convert each style to your own set of (x)html tags and css classes/rules.
If your comfortable enough with MS Word styles and basic VBA macros writing,
and your content part css rules aren't too complex and numerous, it should
save quite some time compared to manually recreating each Word document page
to their (X)HTML+CSS attributes equivalent.
Check out http://www.uzine.net/spip_contrib/article.php3?id_article=53
(french v1, full word documents processing) and
http://www.uzine.net/spip_contrib/article.php3?id_article=55 (english v2,
processing of text pasted inside a box)
/eric
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From: "Don Spark" [EMAIL-REMOVED]>
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Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 2:05 AM
Subject: [css-d] MSword to HTML for CSS/estim cost/200 pages of documents
> I am making an estimate for adding 200 pages of documents
> to a website using CSS.
>
> The documents are 1-15 pages each delivered to me in a single 200 page
doc.
> All is average simple legal document style layout
> in MSword with bullets, 3 fonts, titles, tabs...
> nothing advanced or complex in MSword.
>
> I want to charge per page instead of hourly
> to be fair to myself and the client.
> I am not sure of the optimum method for converting
> a large quantity of word document pages to html ( CSS ready ) is
> which should effect the rate I charge.
> The actual CSS work is a separate job and bill but I need
> the HTML ready to be styled.
>
> I could use some suggestions as to the best way to convert
> from word to html.
>
> I want a strong basic HTML document structure best for CSS.
> The presentation style after CSS styling will similar to legal documents.
>
> Has anyone has heard of per page rates for this kind of website building?
>
>
> don spark
>
>
>
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