Powering Office 2003 with XML

Find out how to:

• Understand XML specification and schemas
• Set up and complete InfoPath™ forms
• Design new forms from XML data files
• Debug InfoPath scripts
• Tackle real-world problems with the help of case studies
• Work with data in each of the XML-supported Office applications

You don't need to be a programmer to enhance Office with XML

XML support for Microsoft Office 2003 has taken interoperability to a new level. Now you can share data among Office applications, across platforms, and over the Internet using built-in XML tools. In this clearly organized volume, Peter Aitken helps you define and standardize document data structure within your organization using XML. He explains XML technology, walks you through designing templates with InfoPath, and shows you how to use the XML tools built into Word, Excel, Access, and FrontPage to facilitate data exchange throughout your enterprise.

"...the real-world case studies are practical, offering detailed solutions to the scenarios outlined. I would recommend this book to anyone who plans to leverage the features found in the Office System 2003 for their business." Dave Beauchemin, Microsoft MVP

CD-ROM Includes

• Trial versions of John Walkenbach's Power Utility Pak, HotDog Professional, WinRAR™, and many others
• Demo versions of BBEdit, XML Pro, and more
• Exclusive Office 2003 Super Bible eBook, with more than 500 pages of information about how Microsoft Office components work together
• Valuable author files and examples

Contents

• Part I: Enhancing Office with XML
  • Office and XML Technology
  • What Is XML?
• Part II: Getting Going with XML and InfoPath
  • Introduction to InfoPath
  • Designing InfoPath Forms, Part 1
  • Designing InfoPath Forms, Part 2
  • Scripting with InfoPath
• Part III: XML and Other Office Applications
  • Word and XML
  • Excel and XML
  • Access and XML
  • FrontPage and XML
• Part IV: Case Studies
  • Connecting Word and InfoPath
  • Connecting Excel and InfoPath
  • Connecting Access and InfoPath
  • Connecting FrontPage and InfoPath
  • Connecting Word and FrontPage
  • Connecting Web Publishing and InfoPath

• Appendix A: What's on the Companion CD-ROM
• Appendix B: XML Fundamentals and Syntax
• Appendix C: Data Modeling with XSD Schemas
• Appendix D: XSLT and Xpath
• Index