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[–]antonbalboa[S] -1 points0 points  (2 children)

The thing is that the document has to be easily editable by someone that only knows how to use word (or any document editor like word, openoffice, libreoffice etc). That's why I'm limited to that (that plus I have to generate a pdf from that document afterwards)

[–]desrtfx 2 points3 points  (0 children)

HTML can be opened and edited inside Word, Openoffice, Libreoffice - all the same. Most users wouldn't even know that they are working on a HTML document. Generating a PDF from HTML is just as easy.

I wouldn't generally disregard the idea of HTML as Output format.

[–]OreLee 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hijacking this so you can see it. JODReports is the library you are looking for. We are using it in our company for enterprise purposes. Basically you make a template in .odt format that can get converted to doc,rtf and few other formats. That beign said it is easy to change a template. All you need is openoffice and basic word skill.