How to use this book

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XML in Office 2003 has three parts, consisting of 24 chapters. We won't try to describe the full scope here, as you can easily look at the Table of Contents. But we do include some tips that will help you get the most from the book.

Part One introduces the applications of desktop XML, the XML language and technology, and the XML features of Office. Please read it first as it is the foundation for the rest of the book.

Part Two teaches the XML features of Office in detail, with working examples and step-by-step walk-throughs. Each chapter has a subtitle that indicates the level of implementation task it describes: power user or script developer. The Office product name is also included if it isn't in the chapter title.

You can read Part Two with only Part One as background, although technical readers may want to complete the XML tutorials first; others can dip into them as needed. All of the examples used in Part Two can be found at the book's website: www.XMLinOffice.com

There are two considerations to keep in mind regarding the examples:

  • Web services change. Any Web service described in this book might not be exactly the same, or even still exist, at the time you read about it. Before testing the example code, please check the Web service at the provided URL to see if anything has changed.

  • URLs do not contain line breaks. URLs can be very long and they cannot contain line breaks. When you see a URL in this book that is split over several lines, the line breaks are not part of the actual URL; they were inserted so that the URL could fit within the page width of the book.

The XML tutorials can be found in Part Three. We strove to keep them friendly and understandable for readers without a background in subjects not covered in this book. Tutorials whose subject matter thwarted that goal are labeled as being a tad tougher so you will know what to expect, but not to discourage you from reading them.

There is an extensive index that also serves as a "glossary-in-context". We believe that the meaning of a term is best understood in context – in several contexts if they add to understanding, or the term has multiple meanings. Therefore, an index entry identifies the page(s) where its term is defined separately from the entry's other pages.

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XML in Office 2003. Information Sharing with Desktop XML
XML in Office 2003: Information Sharing with Desktop XML
ISBN: 013142193X
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2003
Pages: 176

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