Word Document Properties

1. Open Excel and load the document that you want to export.
2. Select the Developer tab on the Ribbon.
3. Click XML Source.
You see the XML Source task pane.
4. Click XML Maps in the XML Source task pane.
Excel displays the XML Maps dialog box.
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5. Click Add in the XML Maps dialog box.
The Select XML Source dialog box appears. This dialog box works the
same as any other file-opening dialog box. The filter makes it easy to
locate XSD files on your system.
6. Locate the XSD file you want to use and then click Open.
Excel adds the new map to the XML Maps dialog box.
7. Click OK to close the XML Maps dialog box.
Excel displays the new map in the XML Source task pane.
8. Right-click the element you want to map in the XML Source task pane,
and choose Map Element from the context menu.
9. Highlight the data you want to map to the element, and press Enter.
Excel changes the appearance of the data so that it looks like a database
entry, as shown earlier, in Figure 11-4.
10. Repeat Steps 8 and 9 for every data element in the XSD file.
Exporting the data to disk
After you create a schema and link it to an Office document, you can perform
a true export of the information as XML. There are two separate methods to
perform this task. The first, 
ExportXml
, creates a string that you can manip-
ulate by using various XML features built into Office. The second, 
Export
,
performs a standard export to a file. Listing 11-2 shows examples of both
methods.
Listing 11-2
Two Methods for Exporting XML Data
Public Sub OutputInventory2()
‘ Use the ExportXml technique to save data and the 
‘ data interpretation.
MsgBox Workbooks(1).XmlMaps(“Items_Map”).ExportXml()
‘ Use the standard Export method to create a file.
Workbooks(1).XmlMaps(1).Export “ExcelXML2.XML”, True
End Sub
In both cases, you rely on collections to obtain the information. Notice that
you can use a number or a string to reference the particular XML map that
you want to use for export purposes. Both the 
ExportXml
and 
Export
meth-
ods include an optional argument that forces the parser to check the XML for
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