Converting Text Files to HTML

This is a tutorial illustrating the best way to convert text files into a new blank web page or a template within FrontPage 2003.

Please Note: The tutorial illustrates this method with screen shots depicting the conversion of a Word document but, the same principal can be applied to text copied from a variety of electronic sources, such as browsers, e-mail, PDFs, etc. (After copying text form any of these sources, follow instructions beginning with step 4 below.)

Steps Screenshots
Step 1

Open MS Word.

Click on the folder icon to open a file.

Browse to the file you want to convert, click on it once to select it, then select Open.		 open button
oepn file
Step 2

Select Edit on the menu bar, then choose, Select All.		 select all
Step 3

Now that the content has been selected, Copy it*
by clicking on the Copy icon on the Standard toolbar.


*NOTE: Text must be selected in order for the copy to be made.		 selection
Step 4

Open FrontPage and open your site.

Open the folder in which you want your new web page to reside.*

Select: "File/Blank Page"

*NOTE: When inserting a Word file into a template, open the template, place your cursor where you want the Word file to appear, proceed to step 5.		 blank page
Step 5

Place you cursor where you want the Word file to appear..

Click on Edit, on the menu bar.

Click on Paste Special...		 paste
Step 6

When the Convert Text Window opens, do the following:

Select the circle: Normal paragraphs with line breaks

Then click on OK.		 convert text
Step 7

You may want to re-format the headlines at this point, as during the "Paste Text" procedure, all text was given the default text size and weight.

To apply headline formatting:

Place your cursor anywhere within the line of text you want to format (you do not need to select the text). Using the drop-down menu in the left top corner, select the Heading size you prefer - "Heading 1" being the largest.		 select heading size heading adjusted
Step 8

Select, "File/Save As..."

When the "Save As" dialog box appears, browse to the folder where you want the file to be saved, name the file and select "Save"		 save new file

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