MsOffice-Word-HTML-Writer

MsOffice::Word::HTML::Writer - Writing documents for MsWord in HTML format

The present module is one way to programatically generate documents targeted for Microsoft Word (MsWord).

MsWord can read documents encoded in native binary format, in Rich Text Format (RTF), in WordML (an XML dialect), or -- maybe this is less known -- in HTML, with some special markup for pagination and other MsWord-specific features. Such HTML documents are often in several parts, because attachments like images or headers/footers need to be in separate files; however, since it is more convenient to carry all data in a single file, MsWord also supports the "MHTML" format (or "MHT" for short), i.e. an encapsulation of a whole HTML tree into a single file encoded in MIME multipart format. This format can be generated interactively from MsWord by calling the "SaveAs" menu and choosing the F<.mht> extension.

C<MsOffice::Word::HTML::Writer> helps you to programatically generate MsWord documents in MHT format. The advantage of this technique is that one can rely on standard HTML mechanisms for layout control, such as styles, tables, divs, etc -- of course this markup can be produced using your favorite HTML module. The added value of C<MsOffice::Word::HTML::Writer> is to help building the MIME multipart file, and provide some abstractions for representing MsWord-specific features (headers, footers, fields, etc.). This is probably the most convenient
way for programmatic document generation.

INSTALLATION

To install this module, run the following commands:

perl Makefile.PL
make
make test
make install

SUPPORT AND DOCUMENTATION

After installing, you can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

perldoc MsOffice::Word::HTML::Writer

You can also look for information at:

Search CPAN

http://search.cpan.org/dist/MsOffice-Word-HTML-Writer

CPAN Request Tracker:

http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=MsOffice-Word-HTML-Writer

AnnoCPAN, annotated CPAN documentation:

http://annocpan.org/dist/MsOffice-Word-HTML-Writer

CPAN Ratings:

http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/MsOffice-Word-HTML-Writer

COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.