What is an OfficeWriter Word Template?
An OfficeWriter Word template is a Word file that contains merge fields. A merge field displays a database field name where database values will be inserted. OfficeWriter templates are created with the OfficeWriter Designer. When you save the template, the OfficeWriter Designer encodes it as a custom XML element in a Reporting Services RDL file. To publish a report, you will submit the RDL file to a Reporting Services server where OfficeWriter is installed. The OfficeWriter renderer on the server regenerates the template, and – using data supplied by Reporting Services – replaces the merge fields in the document with database values.
