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Convert Word Documents to .html
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All text documents must be converted to .html format before they can be viewed on your web page. Follow this easy way to convert your documents:
Inserting your text file into FrontPage (Preferred)
If you have a document that was created in a word processor, like Microsoft Word, you can quickly and easily convert it to html within FrontPage. Using this method is preferred because FrontPage does a better job of rewriting the document for display on the web without some of the excess code that Word uses. To convert your file in FrontPage:
Open MS FrontPage
Open your web account - How?
Select File - New - Page... from the menu bar
You should see a blank white page on the right side of the FrontPage window
Select Insert - File... from the menu bar. Select your file from the list and click on the Open button. You should now see the contents of your file being converted and displayed on the page.
Select File - Save As... and name your file with a meaningful filename.htm
Before clicking on the Save button, select the Change... button and type in a descriptive title for your page. This will be the title that shows up in the top bar of the browser window and will also be the bookmark name if a student saves your page in his/her Favorites list. When you are done, click on the OK button, then the Save button.Scroll down through your file to make sure everything looks the way you want. If you used tabs and space bar characters in your original document you may find that things are no longer aligned the way you originally formatted them. This is because spaces and tabs are not recognized in the html language. To re-position your text (and/or graphics) it is best to use tables. How?
Converting text within MS Word
You also have the option to save an existing Word document as a web page within Word. This will convert your document to html format, however the problem in the past has been that Microsoft-specific code is added to the html often causing unsatisfactory results and much larger file sizes than necessary. If you wish to convert your files this way, then follow these steps:
Open your original .doc file in Word
Go to File - Save As - and choose Web Page from the drop down box next to File of type
Type in a distinctive file name (Word will automatically add the .htm extension to your file so you don't have to type it in)
Select the Change Title button and type in a distinctive title
Click the Save button (make sure you note where you are saving the file.)
Scroll down through your file to make sure everything looks the way you want. If you used tabs and space bar characters in your original document you may find that things are no longer aligned the way you originally formatted them. This is because spaces and tabs are not recognized in the html language. To re-position your text (and/or graphics) it is best to use tables. How?
Graphics
All images that are used on web pages (pictures, graphics, buttons, icons, diagrams, etc.) have to be in either .jpg or .gif format to be viewable in a browser. There is also a .png format that is viewable but it is not in regular use at this time.
To use a photo, drawing or diagram that is only in print copy, you must scan it and create an electronic file of it. (Note: there are scanners in each of the Centers for Instructional Technology on all campuses. Call one of the Instructional Support team for assistance.)
If your image is already in electronic form but it is not in a web-ready format, you must convert it. To convert an image to .jpg or .gif you have to have a conversion program like Adobe PhotoShop. Microsoft Photo Editor (which comes with Microsoft Office 2000) will also convert images but you will not have as much control over the final result.
If you do not have Adobe PhotoShop on your computer and would like to
use it, there are copies in all of the Centers for Instructional
Technology on all campuses. You may call a member of the
Instructional Support team for assistance.)
