Word: XSLT Inference Tool now available
Microsoft released XSLT Inference Tool a few days ago which apparently is a part of the Word 2003 SDK (which I simply can't find on MSDN as a download
). But I did find the XSLT Inference Tool for download @ Office 2003 Tool: WordprocessingML Transform Inference Tool.
What is it and why should I care you ask? Well here is a summary straight from MSDN:
“The XSLT Inference tool helps you easily create XSL Transformations (XSLT) that quickly transform XML files into documents with complex and rich formatting. The process begins with a raw XML file that is representative of the XML files you wish to transform. This file is opened in Microsoft© Office Word 2003 and each of its XML elements is formatted the same way you want it formatted in your other similar XML files, in effect making it into a formatting template.”
Simply put, you can automatically produce the XSL that represents a Word document according to the WordML schema.... no more hand editting XSL for Word! Woo-hoo!