[Sigia-l] Word HTML - money were my mouth is (was When Should a Manual be Web-based?)

Fri Feb 28 13:58:07 EST 2003

Here's what some people in my office do. This requires Dreamweaver.

Get a plugin that for Word called "Office HTML Filter 2.0":
http://office.microsoft.com/downloads/2000/Msohtmf2.aspx

Then:

1. Save Word file as HTML using the Word "Compact HTML" filter.
2. In Dreamweaver, do a File>>Import>>Word HTML.
3. Allow Dreamweaver to attempt cleanup of remaining junk HTML code.
4. When done, in Dreamweaver do File>>Convert>>3.0 Browser Compatible. 
5. Select "CSS Styles to HTML Markup" and hit OK.

-Chris Martin
NCID/OHC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
1600 Clifton Rd. MS C14, Atlanta, GA 30333 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jon Hanna [mailto:jon at spin.ie]
> Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 6:13 AM
> To: sigia-l at asis.org
> Subject: RE: [Sigia-l] Word HTML - money were my mouth is (was When
> Should a Manual be Web-based?)
> 
> 
> > > > > > Since Word can generate HTML for a document, there is little
> > > > > > reason to publish in Word format.
> > > > >
> > > > > If you'd call that HTML...
> > > >
> > > > Yes, I do.
> > > >
> > > > What else do you call tags like <html></html>, 
> <head></head>, and
> > > > <style></style>? Word-generated-therefore-non-HTML?
> > >
> > > Well it could be HTML. But by that criteria so could
> > > "<head></html><head>".  You can't make up the rules of HTML as you
> > > go along and expect other people to understand what the 
> hell you are
> > > doing.
> > >
> > > What word produces "looks" like HTML, for about 2 seconds.
> >
> > Isn't that an exaggeration?
> >
> > Like most non-trivial software packages, Word has bugs causing it to
> > sometimes misbehave. But that does not mean Word cannot generate web
> > pages without HTML error.
> >
> EUR80 to the charity of your choice if you can find me an 
> example of a version
> of Word and a .doc file that produces valid HTML (any 
> published version)
> directly (i.e. without special filters or hand-editing).
> 
> (I'm in for 20, Bernie Goldbach is in for 20 and two 
> colleagues who aren't
> on this list are in for 20 each).
> 
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