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Subject:Re: Web Authoring Tools From:Marilynne Smith <mrsmith -at- CTS -dot- COM> Date:Sun, 14 Sep 1997 10:56:09 -0700
There are probably better ways, but I would import each file into a new
Word File that is using an HTML template. Then, when you save as HTML you
should see the coding. (You may not like the way it's coded, but it will
be in HTML.)
So:
1. Open a new document using the HTML template
2. Import your document into this one
3. Save as HTML
4. Check it and see what you have.
Note that you have to be certain that the headings and such are marked. If
Word doesn't pick up on a heading code, you'll probably just get a bold
phrase.
At 11:53 AM 9/13/97 -0400, George F. Hayhoe wrote:
>Until recently, I've been handcoding Web pages. Since I learned
>word-processing on a mainframe by embedding codes, this wasn't a
>big deal, and a few macros to build tables and such have served
>me pretty well.
>
>Now, though, I need to distribute a number of built-for-paper
>docs via the Web, and I'm looking for a tool that will convert
>my MS Word styles to HTML tags.
>
>It would be logical for MS Word's Save As HTML should do this,
>but Microsoft apparently knows its users far better than we
>usually give them credit for. Only a tiny fraction of Word users
>(probably only us professional communicators!) use styles, so
>instead of converting tags, Word's Save As HTML command
>reproduces the look of the paper document. Microsoft's FrontPage
>does the same thing.
>
>Fine, you say. But the purist in me wants the HTML code to
>reflect a document's heading hierarchies and other structural
>elements, not just the appearance of the paper doc.
>
>Does anyone know of a tool that will translate Word styles to
>HTML tags? Please respond to me offline, and I'll post a summary
>to the list.
>
>--George Hayhoe (george -at- ghayhoe -dot- com)
>
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