This is a great way to clean up the cumbersome HTML created by Word & Excel.
Will it also work with Front Page files? I find them to be almost as bad as Word HTML files. Is there any option in Front Page to create simpler HTML?
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Long ago I stopped using Word to do HTML
documents because of all the extraneous
formatting tags that were added. I may take a
look at it again thanks to your information.
BTW, you write 'If you save a file in HTML and
then reload it in Word, theoretically you don't
loose anything at all." The word you want
there is *lose.*
documents because of all the extraneous
formatting tags that were added. I may take a
look at it again thanks to your information.
BTW, you write 'If you save a file in HTML and
then reload it in Word, theoretically you don't
loose anything at all." The word you want
there is *lose.*
I started writing HTML with EDLIN and vi depending which machine I was on. FrontPage 97 was my first FP and its code looked okay ... or at least I could understand it.
I upgraded to FP98 and decided I could live with that ... just had to fix a few things that annoyed me in HTML view.
When I upgraded to Office 2000 I took one look at FP2K and said "Oh Sh**!", immediately uninstalled FP2K and reinstalled FP98.
Today I am using OfficeXP installed without FP and with FP98 installed instead.
I use the editor about half and half in WYSIWYG "Normal" mode and in HTML mode.
In WYSIWYG mode, it gets nested styles just plain wrong, so I type my tags in manually.
I like iFP98 despite its annoying foibles and it seems to keep my code pretty clean. Do View Source on http://www.drdisk.com.hk/current.htm and http://www.drdisk.com.hk/current_styles.css to see two nice clean simple files that do everything I want to do with that page. I don't really like the webbot at the bottom that works the hit counter but it works, so I don't worry about it. I have yet to find a recent browser that can't handle this page.
So I reckon going back to FP98 is a really good idea!
I upgraded to FP98 and decided I could live with that ... just had to fix a few things that annoyed me in HTML view.
When I upgraded to Office 2000 I took one look at FP2K and said "Oh Sh**!", immediately uninstalled FP2K and reinstalled FP98.
Today I am using OfficeXP installed without FP and with FP98 installed instead.
I use the editor about half and half in WYSIWYG "Normal" mode and in HTML mode.
In WYSIWYG mode, it gets nested styles just plain wrong, so I type my tags in manually.
I like iFP98 despite its annoying foibles and it seems to keep my code pretty clean. Do View Source on http://www.drdisk.com.hk/current.htm and http://www.drdisk.com.hk/current_styles.css to see two nice clean simple files that do everything I want to do with that page. I don't really like the webbot at the bottom that works the hit counter but it works, so I don't worry about it. I have yet to find a recent browser that can't handle this page.
So I reckon going back to FP98 is a really good idea!
This could be the single-most useful article that I've found
on your site, but the proof will be in the application.
on your site, but the proof will be in the application.
The Microsoft Word 2000 HTML Mess cleaner - http://www.algotech.dk/word-html-cleaner-input.htm - is a free ASP-based online tool that removes the clutter from Word-generated HTML while keeping useful tags (including table-tags, list-tags etc.).
I have been looking for a way to get some Microsoft Word users to save files as HTML and this article really helps!
Thank you
The only problem is i cannot get it to work with Word 2002 running on XP pro. I was able to install it without errors though. Weird.
Any ideas please?
Thanks
Venky
Thank you
The only problem is i cannot get it to work with Word 2002 running on XP pro. I was able to install it without errors though. Weird.
Any ideas please?
Thanks
Venky
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i like this *free* site. it does not clean. it starts again!
http://www.documentsfortheweb.com/free/
http://www.documentsfortheweb.com/free/
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