Why MS Word and FrontPage together!

[Davis Straub]

For years I've been using Word to edit issues of the Oz Report (see URL
below). Using a previous issue of the Oz Report I cut the new series of
articles from the Word version of my new OR issue and paste the new material
into the next issue of the OR in FrontPage.

Previous to FrontPage 2003 when I used FP 2000 this process added little
bits of junk, and the HTML code in the template (which is just the previous
issue), would be altered. I purchased FrontPage 2003, because it was stated
that it was cleaner and didn't change the HTMl code. Both promises have held
true.

I like using all the power and ease of Word XP (I don't have Word 2003) to
edit the document and then copy and page the results into FrontPage for the
HTML version of the OR. I also copy and paste the Word version into a blank
text page in Outlook Express to send off as a text version of the latest Oz
Report issue.

I also copy a slightly edited version of the FrontPage version of the OR
issue (which goes onto my web site) into a rich text page in Outlook Express
to go out as an HTML formatted OR e-zine.

The only issue that has arisen is how FP2003 unlike FP2000 adds:
style="font-family: Comic Sans MS; color: blue; text-decoration: underline;
text-underline: single" to hyperlinks, while FP2000 didn't do this.

I define the text styles in Word and have corresponding text styles in FP.
This means that each paragraph in FP starts with the text style definition:
<p class="AutomaticNormal">, for example, but this is a small penalty to pay
for the ease of editing. I would be nice if FP could use the SPAN tag to
better handle this, but it doesn't.

I'm surprised that many of you here seem to think that its a poor idea to
use Word and FP together. I mean, I thought that was the point, after all.

 

[Stefan B Rusynko]

That hyperlink style is coming from your WORD created docs (or a theme/local style in your web),
- not from FP2003

Try opening a Word doc w/ hyperlinks Not created by you
like from: http://www.microsoft.com/office/frontpage/prodinfo/accessibility.mspx

And copy a paragraph w/ a hyperlink, then paste that paragraph from Word to a FP2003 page

After pasting try Tools Optimize HTML and select the Remove unused content options, and the remove Word HTML (you will still end up
w/ some Word styles in inches)
- Word is designed for Printed Media not Web Media

For Another option see http://sbrenjoy.bizland.com/frontpage/word.htm

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| For years I've been using Word to edit issues of the Oz Report (see URL
| below). Using a previous issue of the Oz Report I cut the new series of
| articles from the Word version of my new OR issue and paste the new material
| into the next issue of the OR in FrontPage.
|
| Previous to FrontPage 2003 when I used FP 2000 this process added little
| bits of junk, and the HTML code in the template (which is just the previous
| issue), would be altered. I purchased FrontPage 2003, because it was stated
| that it was cleaner and didn't change the HTMl code. Both promises have held
| true.
|
| I like using all the power and ease of Word XP (I don't have Word 2003) to
| edit the document and then copy and page the results into FrontPage for the
| HTML version of the OR. I also copy and paste the Word version into a blank
| text page in Outlook Express to send off as a text version of the latest Oz
| Report issue.
|
| I also copy a slightly edited version of the FrontPage version of the OR
| issue (which goes onto my web site) into a rich text page in Outlook Express
| to go out as an HTML formatted OR e-zine.
|
| The only issue that has arisen is how FP2003 unlike FP2000 adds:
| style="font-family: Comic Sans MS; color: blue; text-decoration: underline;
| text-underline: single" to hyperlinks, while FP2000 didn't do this.
|
| I define the text styles in Word and have corresponding text styles in FP.
| This means that each paragraph in FP starts with the text style definition:
| <p class="AutomaticNormal">, for example, but this is a small penalty to pay
| for the ease of editing. I would be nice if FP could use the SPAN tag to
| better handle this, but it doesn't.
|
| I'm surprised that many of you here seem to think that its a poor idea to
| use Word and FP together. I mean, I thought that was the point, after all.
|
|
| --
| Davis Straub
| http://ozreport.com
| Cathedral City, CA, USA
|
|

 

[Davis Straub]

"Stefan B Rusynko":

That hyperlink style is coming from your WORD created docs (or a

theme/local style in your web),

- not from FP2003

Yes and No.

The same Word documents with hyperlinks transfered through FP 2000 without
adding the style definition for hyperlinks. With FP2003, the style
definition is now added.

So, no matter where they came from, they only show up with FP2003.

Of course, I didn't define these hyperlink styles (hyperlink and followed
hyperlink), they got automatically defined in character mode. I have now
deleted them from my Word document. Hopefully they will stay away.

When I cut and paste the Word document without the hyperlink character
styles defined, then the style is not longer applied in FP2003. Life is
good.

Try opening a Word doc w/ hyperlinks Not created by you
like from: http://www.microsoft.com/office/frontpage/prodinfo/accessibility.mspx

And copy a paragraph w/ a hyperlink, then paste that paragraph from Word to a FP2003 page

After pasting try Tools Optimize HTML and select the Remove unused content

options, and the remove Word HTML (you will still end up

w/ some Word styles in inches)

This doesn't do anything useful for me when I followed these commands. The
underlined blue style for the hyperlink was still there.

- Word is designed for Printed Media not Web Media

I think you are mixing up PDF with Word.

 

[Davis Straub]

Doesn't work.

Hyperlink styles come back - of course they are automatic.

I guess I'll just do a Find and replace to get rid of them in FP2003.


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Davis Straub
http://ozreport.com
Cathedral City, CA, USA