Creating and Cleaning Up Word
HTML
Some instructors
choose to create web pages using Microsoft Word. However, these web
pages are cluttered with a Microsoft technology called Word HTML. Some
features of Word HTML do not work in browsers outside of Internet Explorer,
and can also cause problems if you try to modify the document after
having saved as HTML.
To Save a Word Document as HTML
If you are using
Microsoft Word 2000, do the following:
- Choose File>Save
as Webpage (File>Save as HTML in earlier versions)
- Click on the
TOOLS dropdown menu in the upper right corner of the "Save As"
box
- Choose WEB OPTIONS
- UNCHECK
the box for "Rely on CSS for Font Formatting"
- Click SAVE
This will remove
most of the code inserted into the file by Microsoft.
To Clean Up Word HTML Documents
If you use Dreamweaver...
Dreamweaver has a feature that cleans up Word HTML. To use this
feature, do the following:
- Start Dreamweaver
- Open up the Word
HTML file by going to File > Open
- Choose Commands
> Clean up Word HTML
- Dreamweaver will
try to automatically detect which version of Word you used to create
the file (Word 97/2000, etc.). You can also manually select the version
of Word you used.
- Click Ok.
- Save the file
with a new name
- It is wise to
do this even if you followed the instructions above when you originally
saved the Word file as HTML
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