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 Introduction to XML in Word 
 
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Overview
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See how Microsoft Office Word 2003 and XML work together to help you reuse data in your Word documents and in other programs.

  • Length: 30–40 minutes
  

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GOALS

After completing this course you will be able to:

  • Save a Word document as an XML file.
  • See the structure of WordprocessingML, the XML schema that Word uses by default.
  • Apply an Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformation (XSLT) to an XML file while opening or saving the file in Word.
  • Understand what XML schemas and XSLTs are for.
  • Create a Word template that contains XML elements for entering data.
  • Enter data into XML elements in a document.
  
ABOUT THIS COURSE

This course includes:

  • Three self-paced lessons and three practice sessions for hands-on experience.
  • A short test at the end of each lesson; tests are not scored.
  • A Quick Reference Card you can take away from the course.
COURSE TEXT

You may have heard that Word 2003 includes features for working with XML, but maybe you're not sure what that means for your documents or for your business. Why would you use XML? What does Word do with XML?

This course shows you some benefits of using XML in Word. It also explains how Word implements XML, and it gives you an introductory tour of XML-related features in Word.

To learn more about this course, read the overview in the center of this page or the table of contents in the left column.

When you're done reading this page, click Next to start the first lesson.

  
BEFORE YOU BEGIN

This course does not teach you what XML is. Instead, it provides an introduction to the XML features in Word for those who already have some familiarity with XML concepts. For XML basics, see XML: What's it all about?.
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