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Title: Special Edition Using Microsoft Word 11 by Bill Camarda, Neil Randall ISBN: 0-7897-2958-X Publisher: Que Pub. Date: 10 November, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 2 (1 review)
Rating: 2
Summary: Rewrite Chapter 25
Comment: As a technical writer, I've been authoring XML, XML Schema, and XSL documents for several years. A new project required me to test the capabilities of XML in Word 2003 so I purchased Using Microsoft Office Word 2003. After spending several days working through Chapter 25 I felt like I had climbed Mt. Everest with a 50 pound boulder in my backpack. Here are a few specific examples that led to my poor rating.
The schema example on pages 844-846 should have been included on the CD but no, I had to create a text file and type all the code from scratch.
On page 856, the author congratulates you for constructing your first XML data structure and document but then refers you to another section of the chapter that discusses various ways to save an XML file in Word. You're left on your own to play a save as guessing game. (It's true that you can save an XML file in WordML format but the code is so scary that you'll probably have nightmares after seeing it.)
On page 858, you are instructed to open a document that doesn't exist. On page 866 you're back to the task of writing more code. This time however, you create an XSL file from scratch. The first step asks you to "Use File, Save As to create a new XML file with data only." I don't think it would ever occur to me to use that approach to create a new file in any application. The next step states "Create an XSLT transformation file (.xsl) with the following code." The XSL code contains several namespaces that do not exist in the XML schema. Also, there is a duplication error in the xsl:value-of select statement. Word does not allow you to save a file with an .xsl extension so I had to create the file in an XML editor. If it weren't for my tenacity and experience with XML, I would have given up after the first hour.
I can see why the publisher's disclaimer states that the information provided is on an "as is" basis.
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Title: Special Edition Using Microsoft Office Excel 2003 by Patrick Blattner ISBN: 0789729539 Publisher: Que Pub. Date: 15 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
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Title: Special Edition Using Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 by Patricia Cardoza ISBN: 0789729563 Publisher: Que Pub. Date: 19 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
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Title: Special Edition Using Microsoft Office Access 2003 by Roger Jennings ISBN: 0789729520 Publisher: Que Pub. Date: 15 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
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Title: Special Edition Using Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 by Patrice-Anne Rutledge, Patrice-Anne Que Development ISBN: 0789729571 Publisher: Que Pub. Date: 15 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
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Title: Special Edition Using Microsoft Office 2003 by Ed Bott, Woody Leonhard ISBN: 0789729555 Publisher: Que Pub. Date: 15 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
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