[ILUG] Table in Linux into .doc format

[Laurent Coudeur]

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From: ilug-bounces at linux.ie [mailto:ilug-bounces at linux.ie] On Behalf Of
Timothy Murphy
Sent: 11 October 2004 12:43
To: ILUG
Subject: Re: [ILUG] Table in Linux into .doc format

On Sunday 10 October 2004 23:25, Gareth Eason wrote:

>  Perhaps a quick chat with the system designers asking them for a 
> specification of required input format, rather than just a sample, 
> might yield some useful answers and make your workload a lot simpler.

I contacted the company in question,
and they said they want an Excel file,
and only gave a Word doc as an example
because they thought people would find it easier to read.

Incidentally, the "project" is to send insurance forms for a school with
each pupil listed (with date of birth, etc).

I'd love a little Java screen to put in the data.
Does anyone know of such a thing?

Surely it would be more interesting (and useful) than all these sed
scripts ...


Perl has a good module to write excell stuff
Spreadsheet WriteExcell

I use it quite a lot (you can format as you like...)
http://search.cpan.org/~jmcnamara/Spreadsheet-WriteExcel-2.11/lib/Spread
sheet/WriteExcel.pm


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