Release of XMLmind Word To XML v1.14

Release of XMLmind Word To XML v1.14

New requirements:

• XMLmind Word To XML now requires Java™ 11+ in order to compile and run.
• Microsoft® Windows® versions older than 8.1 are no longer supported.
• All programs which are part of XMLmind Word To XML (w2x) are now officially supported
  • on Java™ 25 platforms,
  • on macOS Tahoe (version 26) running on Intel® or Apple® Silicon processors. It is also officially supported on macOS Sequoia (version 15) but not on macOS Sonoma (version 14) anymore, though w2x runs almost certainly fine on this older version.

Enhancements:

• Added a -batch option to the w2x command-line utility. Its syntax is: w2x [other options here] -batch out_spec in_docx_file1 ... in_docx_fileN

  out_spec specifies the absolute or relative path of the output files. It may contain the following variables: @{name}, basename of the input file without any extension, @{parent}, absolute path of the directory containing the input file. Example:

  C:\Users\jane> w2x -o docbook5 -batch pub\@{name}.xml Documents\*.docx

  Same example but this time, convert all DOCX files in place:

  C:\Users\jane> w2x -o docbook5 -batch @{parent}\@{name}.xml Documents\*.docx
• Added a new edit.lists.alternate-ordered-list-grouping Edit step parameter having "yes" or "no" value.

  Set this parameter to "yes" if, using MS-Word, you often create on purpose consecutive “ordered lists” having the same numbering specification (e.g. the list items all start with "a)", "b)", "c)", etc, but some consecutive list items have different numbering IDs). This will cause w2x to create one semantic XML ordered list per MS-Word list, which is almost certainly what you'll want to get.

  The default value of this parameter is "no" because MS-Word users generally create consecutive ordered lists having the same numbering specification by mistake. This default value causes w2x to create a single semantic XML ordered list for all consecutive MS-Word lists.

• Updated XMLResolver to version 5.3.3.
• Updated XMLmind Web Help Compiler (whc for short) to version 3.6.1.
• "FlatLaf Look and Feel" add-on: updated FlatLaf to version 3.6.2. (On Linux, the FlatLaf light theme is used as the default Look & Feel of desktop application w2x-app.)

Bug fixes:

• Desktop application w2x-app: unlike all the other buttons, the "Open containing folder" button was enabled during a conversion.

More information in https://www.xmlmind.com/w2x/changes.html.

What is XMLmind Word To XML?

XMLmind Word To XML can automatically convert DOCX files to:

• Clean, styled, valid HTML (single page or multi-page HTML, Web Help, EPUB) looking very much like the source DOCX file.
• Unstyled, but structured and valid, DITA bookmap, map, topic, DocBook (including V5.1+ assembly), XHTML (single page or multi-page HTML, Web Help, EPUB) or XML conforming to your custom schema.

Home Page: https://www.xmlmind.com/w2x/

Download: https://www.xmlmind.com/w2x/download.shtml

Free online DOCX conversion services: https://www.xmlmind.com/w2x/online_w2x.html