I know there are quite a few threads regarding this topic, but I can't seem to find exactly what I am looking for.

I have database of 1000+ records of different species of flies. I have created a layout that prints out a PDF in a catalogue format. That is, all species are grouped under their appropriate family , tribe & genus names (using subsummary parts). The indenting and formatting is very critical for a catalogue, so I would like to retain this.

It comes out nicely when I print to a PDF, however, I need it as a Word document (which the PDF doesn't convert to properly, obviously).

Would it be best for me to export the data as .xml and then have a xslt style sheet that handles all of the necessary formatting? I have been looking at the EZxslt program. Would this be worthwhile to get? Is this only for use with Mac? Will this be able to handle the subsummary parts, etc.

I have attached a sample PDF outputted from my database with some sample records (not all of them) to give you an idea of the final format I require.

Thanks in advance for any help. It would be much appreciated!!

TOC-Sample_species-11Dec07.pdf

Hey there,

I use ezxslt on a regular basis and it works fine for me.

Formating is very flexible, you can output to any format you want.

I also use the PC version.

The only problem I have is that the file sizes are very large compared to normal word files.

Matt