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mtkotzev
January 17th, 2008, 06:06 PM
Hi,

I am trying to write a simple form application which performs formatting on pre-existing Word 2003 documents. I have been looking for specs on the DOC format but unfortunately microsoft does not seem to provide any (that I can find). I know for a fact that the .doc format isn't proprietary (except maybe for the DOCX format which 2007 uses) so I was wondering if anyone knew where I can find specification on how .doc files are structured/encrypted. I wish to perform simple formatting such as making text sections italic, bold, underlined, etc. Either a spec or perhaps a development library for operating on .doc files would help. Thanx!

~Miro

mtkotzev
January 17th, 2008, 06:36 PM
I can easily manipulate the data if I export the DOC to XML. Does anyone know any libraries that allow you to access this function? (I know Word itself can do this, but I need to automate the process)