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Re: Word 2003 custom schema limitations

• To: Nadia.Swaby@p...
• Subject: Re: Word 2003 custom schema limitations
• From: Jirka Kosek <jirka@k...>
• Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 18:34:22 +0200
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Nadia.Swaby@p... wrote:

> Yes, there is a lot of recursion (in sections, lists, etc.).   I am just 
> surprised that no one has run into this before.  Maybe no one is using 
> Word to edit XML using custom schemas.

The problem with Word is that it can not (at least without heavy macro 
programming) style newly added elements. This degrades Word XML 
capabilities to simple form filling, but Word can be hardly used for 
real structured editing as known from editors like XMetaL, Epic or XXE.

				Jirka

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