DocBook tables output to Excel
Posted: Fri May 10, 2013 6:54 pm
Is there a way to transform the tables in a DocBook document into Excel files?
I have a long DocBook document that contains many tables. The content of the tables ultimately comes from a UML/SysML model. I already transform this document into HTML and PDF. As part of our baseline transformation process, I'd like to output the tables (and only the tables) into an Excel file or files.
The best manual workaround I have now is to copy the tables from the HTML page and paste them into Excel. Excel actually does a reasonable job at this. But, there are too many tables for this to be a routine solution.
Once I can get the raw data into Excel, it would be great to have some control over the formatting, in particular column widths.
Thanks,
Marc
I have a long DocBook document that contains many tables. The content of the tables ultimately comes from a UML/SysML model. I already transform this document into HTML and PDF. As part of our baseline transformation process, I'd like to output the tables (and only the tables) into an Excel file or files.
The best manual workaround I have now is to copy the tables from the HTML page and paste them into Excel. Excel actually does a reasonable job at this. But, there are too many tables for this to be a routine solution.
Once I can get the raw data into Excel, it would be great to have some control over the formatting, in particular column widths.
Thanks,
Marc