View Full Version : what HTML do you use for a layout made in microsoft word??


ILuvJamesBusted
07-22-2004, 03:20 PM
i made a layout in microsoft word what HTML do i need to use to put it on the net?

pb&j
07-22-2004, 03:39 PM
in word, you use the File > Save As command to save it as a webpage. the html coding is done for you already. warning though... some effects or images may not be transfered with your webpage when you send it online to your host space.

Word is one of the very worst things to use for creating a webpage. it was not originally designed to do so and so they just kinda added that feature in afterwards. if you are a big fan of microsoft products, use FrontPage instead, even though that is rather bad at making pages too.

Notepad. still microsoft, but excellent at making webpages cause you are the one in charge.

ILuvJamesBusted
07-22-2004, 03:46 PM
it moved all mypics around ill have to ask the person who done it for me to make it in anouther programme!!

is there ne way i can copy it into another programme?

pb&j
07-22-2004, 03:50 PM
it is best to start new from scratch, but you can try...

in word, viewing the page use
View > HTML Source.
copy all of that, open Notepad, and paste it in there.
close word, and in Notepad use File > Save As...> "whatever.html"

you can then preview the file in any browser you have loaded. since it came from Word though... it will still probably look really bad.

ILuvJamesBusted
07-22-2004, 03:56 PM
i cant find the HTML source i dont think its on my one!!

pb&j
07-22-2004, 04:04 PM
and thus, the enigma called Word continues to baffle us in its mysterious ways...

sorry, i really suggest using a text editor, learning from tutorial sites such as Lissa's correct HTML coding, and creating better pages than any of those "easy" page makers.

good luck on your venture :)

Combat Babe
07-22-2004, 10:19 PM
Yeah, word sucks for web design. I suggest the handy dandy editor known as notepad. That's what I use, and combined with IE and several tutorial sites, it works quite well.