[ILUG] Table in Linux into .doc format

[Jimmy O'Regan]

Timothy Murphy wrote:
> 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?

No, but there is a Java API for reading and writing Excel files:
http://jakarta.apache.org/poi/hssf/index.html