Re: How to generate HTML from Word document ?

How complex is your Word document? Is it simple text with styling or complex page layout with tables and embedded graphics? Can the HTML output from Word be used for your purpose? The HTML created by Word is a pig and very bloated.

Can you convert the Word doc into RTF and then parse that? That would give you simple styling queues to then convert into HTML. If the Word document its complex or the HTML output from Word works for you final output, you may want to try Win32::OLE to remote control Word to create the HTML for you.

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Re^2: How to generate HTML from Word document ? by marto (Cardinal) on May 30, 2013 at 09:34 UTC
"...you may want to try Win32::OLE to remote control Word to create the HTML for you." This isn't an option, they're running Linux.	[reply]
Re^3: How to generate HTML from Word document ? by Anonymous Monk on May 30, 2013 at 09:56 UTC
This isn't an option, they're running Linux. Maybe it is, see How to install Win32::OLE under Linux? OTOH, linux may not be the only limiting factor :)	[reply]
Re^4: How to generate HTML from Word document ? by marto (Cardinal) on May 30, 2013 at 10:03 UTC
Using Wine may work, but without a lot of investigation I couldn't recomend it. IMHO it muddies the waters in that you may go chasing a problem with running MS Office, Perl and all the required modules under Wine. That said, it's a fair point to raise, but would require much time to investigate.	[reply]