Use the Microsoft Office HTML Filter to Convert Word 2000 Documents to HTML


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Microsoft Word 2000 can save documents as HTML, but when it does it often inserts extraneous code that can cause trouble in WebTycho. We recommend that after saving your document, run it through Microsoft's filter before cutting and pasting it into a WebTycho text box.

If you do not currently have the Microsoft filer installed on your machine, you will need to download the Microsoft filter from http://office.microsoft.com/downloads/2000/Msohtmf2.aspx in order to proceed with the lesson.

1. In Microsoft Word 2000, Open the document you want to save as a web (HTML) page.

2. Click on File-->Export To-->Compact HTML.

3. Once you have exported the Word document to Compact HTML, you will need to close the document.

4. Click on Start-->Programs-->Microsoft Office-->Microsoft Office Tools-->Microsoft Office HTML Filter 2.0

If you do not see the Microsoft Office Tools in the Microsoft Office Folder or you do not have a Microsoft Office Folder under the Programs menu, the filter may reside in the folder Microsoft Office Tools (Start-->Programs-->Microsoft Office Tools-->Microsoft Office HTML Filter 2.0). If you can locate the Microsoft Office HTML Filter 2.0. Double check to make sure you have installed the filter to your machine.

5. The following dialog box should appear when you open the Microsoft Office HTML Filter 2.0. Click on the Options button.

You will not need to do this step each time you use the Microsoft Office HTML Filter 2.0.

The Following Dialog box will appear. Ensure that your dialog box looks like the image below then click the OK button. (To learn more about what the different options do, see: http://www.winplanet.com/winplanet/tutorials/3711/4/)

6. You will return to main dialog box. Click on the ADD button.

You can filter more than one file at a time by repeating Steps 6 and 7.

7. Navigate to the HTML file that you saved in Step 2 and click on the Open button.

8. Once you have added all the HTML documents that you want to filter, click on the Apply button.

Once you have filtered your HTML DO NOT reopen the file in Microsoft Word 2000. You will need to use Netscape Composer or some other HTML editor to make modifications to the HTML document. If you reopen the file in Microsoft Word, the extraneous code that Microsoft Office uses will be re-embedded into the document.
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