Sending data from FM to Word

[rufuspoofus]

I created a form for work in Filemaker, but now the people at work want it in Word so that they can edit later; I want to export the data but keep the formatting that it has. Filemaker does this when I save as a pdf; is there a way to convert the fp7 or pdf file into word and keep the formatting?

[mr_vodka]

You may be able to use a mail merge with a .mer export of the data.

Also you may want to take a look at this product.

http://www.chapsoft.com/ezxslt/

[rufuspoofus]

Thanks, but does anyone know of any free solutions to this issue? I am only a resident and will only be working here for another 2 months.

[mr_vodka]

Like I said earlier, you can take a look at exporting as a .mer and using merge field in Word.

The only thing that product does is help you create the XSLT so that you dont have to do it yourself. You can also look into creating your own XSLT to do it.

Here is a list of XML export samples.

http://www.filemaker.com/products/xslt-stylesheets/xslt-library.html

Edited June 18, 2009 by Guest

[rufuspoofus]

Thanks, I tried exporting from Filemaker, but it just doesn't retain any of the formatting, regardless of what form I export to. I can easily create pdfs from FM, is there a way to convert a pdf to a doc outside of purchasing a full version of Acrobat?

[rufuspoofus]

Hi, this is related to my previous post about converting from Filemaker to a Word document. I was able to generate a pdf of the file and then convert that to a Word document. Now someone wants to edit the file and they don't have Filemaker, so they want to do so in Word.

First of all, the Radio Buttons I used in Filemaker cannot be modified or deleted in Word, and when adding new items I can not use similar radio buttons because I can't copy/paste the existing ones or create identical ones in Word.

If I was able to get my hands on a full version of Acrobat, would I be able to make alterations to the form and keep the formatting that I created in Filemaker?

[jamesducker]

Can you give us a link to the previous post, so we can see what the background to the problem is?

I wouldn't personally think that editing ANYTHING in Acrobat is going to be the best way of doing things. Whatever it is, I'm sure there's a neater solution.

Cheers

James