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Not a direct answer, Thomas, but a question/suggestion — might your
non-TeXxie collaborators feel more comfortable working in Excel ?
If so, then you might consider accepting Excel as input which can
then be directly processed by TeX, as I did (for example) when
producing the <i>Descriptive Catalogue of Greek MSS in the Lambeth
Palace Library</i>. The entire process is described <a
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href="http://hellenic-institute.uk/research/LPL/Greek-MSS/Catalogue/Eutypon/e31-a02.pdf">here</a>.<br>
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<i>Philip Taylor</i><br>
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