Manual HTML inserts get changed by Word 2003

[Guest]

Hi, I have two instances of a webpage change that has to be made outside of
word, then gets screwed up after the next edit. These are html files created
by Word 2003.

Scenario 1: I want to change email addresses in the code so that
web-crawlers don't grab them for SPAM. So I alter
<a href="mailto:[email protected]">
to
<a href="mailto:[email protected]">
(If I attempt this in Word by putting the address into the insert URL dialog
it shows up as mailto:Andy.Leslie&%2364;sandhurstjoggers&%2346;org&%2346;uk
which doesn't work)

When next I edit the web page in Word, it changes all the mailto contents
back! How can I prevent this?

Scenario 2: I use Google to allow users to navigate the website and the
internet. Google provide me with this code to make this happen:

<!-- SiteSearch Google -->
<FORM method=GET action="http://www.google.com/search">
<TABLE bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><tr><td>
<A HREF="http://www.google.com/">
<IMG SRC="http://www.google.com/logos/Logo_40wht.gif" border="0"
ALT="Google"></A>
</td>
<td>
<INPUT TYPE=text name=q size=31 maxlength=255 value="">
<INPUT type=submit name=btnG VALUE="Google Search">
<font size=-1>
<input type=hidden name=domains value="SandhurstJoggers.Org.UK"><br><input
type=radio name=sitesearch value=""> WWW <input type=radio name=sitesearch
value="SandhurstJoggers.Org.UK" checked> SandhurstJoggers.Org.UK <br>
</font>
</td></tr></TABLE>
</FORM>
<!-- SiteSearch Google -->

However, Word mungs this up after an edit, reformatting it so that it
doesn't work for internet searches, just site searches work.

Arrggh! How can I stop Word from helping me like this? Is there some tag I
can put in to say "don't reformat"? Please?

Thanks

Andy

 

[lostinspace]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Andy Leslie" <Andy >
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 6:45 AM
Subject: Manual HTML inserts get changed by Word 2003

Hi, I have two instances of a webpage change that has to be made outside
of
word, then gets screwed up after the next edit. These are html files
created
by Word 2003.

Scenario 1: I want to change email addresses in the code so that
web-crawlers don't grab them for SPAM. So I alter
<a href="mailto:[email protected]">
to
<a href="mailto:[email protected]">
(If I attempt this in Word by putting the address into the insert URL
dialog
it shows up as
mailto:Andy.Leslie&%2364;sandhurstjoggers&%2346;org&%2346;uk
which doesn't work)

When next I edit the web page in Word, it changes all the mailto contents
back! How can I prevent this?

Scenario 2: I use Google to allow users to navigate the website and the
internet. Google provide me with this code to make this happen:

<!-- SiteSearch Google -->
<FORM method=GET action="http://www.google.com/search">
<TABLE bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><tr><td>
<A HREF="http://www.google.com/">
<IMG SRC="http://www.google.com/logos/Logo_40wht.gif" border="0"
ALT="Google"></A>
</td>
<td>
<INPUT TYPE=text name=q size=31 maxlength=255 value="">
<INPUT type=submit name=btnG VALUE="Google Search">
<font size=-1>
<input type=hidden name=domains value="SandhurstJoggers.Org.UK"><br><input
type=radio name=sitesearch value=""> WWW <input type=radio name=sitesearch
value="SandhurstJoggers.Org.UK" checked> SandhurstJoggers.Org.UK <br>
</font>
</td></tr></TABLE>
</FORM>
<!-- SiteSearch Google -->

However, Word mungs this up after an edit, reformatting it so that it
doesn't work for internet searches, just site searches work.

Arrggh! How can I stop Word from helping me like this? Is there some tag I
can put in to say "don't reformat"? Please?

Thanks

Andy

The solution is to STOP copy and pasting from within either a Word Page or
or a Word Created Web page into one of the others.

Copy from Word
Open Web Page with NotePad
Paste into NotePad

 

[Guest]

The solution is to STOP copy and pasting from within either a Word Page or
or a Word Created Web page into one of the others.

Copy from Word
Open Web Page with NotePad
Paste into NotePad

That isn't a solution. The problem has nowt to do with copy/paste. It has
to do with Word reformatting html.

 

[lostinspace]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Andy Leslie" <Andy >
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 7:29 AM
Subject: Re: Manual HTML inserts get changed by Word 2003

That isn't a solution. The problem has nowt to do with copy/paste. It has
to do with Word reformatting html.

The solution I offered to you has been used with ALL MS products and web
pages for over six years.
That you'd rather waste your time seeking a formatting solution with a
software whose designers only purpose in creating web pages was to offer a
transport tool to return Word formatting to Word when used in a web page.

Happy hunting. . . BTW perhaps in the process you'll learn that NotePad or
any other text editor is far capable at creating web pages than any MS
product.

 

[Guest]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Andy Leslie" <Andy >
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 7:29 AM
Subject: Re: Manual HTML inserts get changed by Word 2003



The solution I offered to you has been used with ALL MS products and web
pages for over six years.
That you'd rather waste your time seeking a formatting solution with a
software whose designers only purpose in creating web pages was to offer a
transport tool to return Word formatting to Word when used in a web page.

Happy hunting. . . BTW perhaps in the process you'll learn that NotePad or
any other text editor is far capable at creating web pages than any MS
product.

Actually notepad is only useful for printing "now wash you hands" at the
bottom of each page. If I wanted to write native HTML I'd have employed a
monkey to do it for me.

I've been using various tools for over 6 years myself for designing
webpages. Word has a lot of drawbacks but is functionally rich. NVU
reformats HTML the same way. It's a pain. All I want (eventually) to find is
a graphical web tool that doesn't do this.


As you're not helping, please apply your advice elsewhere.

 

[lostinspace]

"Word has a lot of drawbacks but is functionally rich. NVU
reformats HTML the same way. It's a pain. All I want (eventually) to find is
a graphical web tool that doesn't do this. "

You'll be waiting for hell to freeze over before you see that.

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

You should probably investigate the microsoft.public.word.web.authoring
newsgroup.

 

[lostinspace]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Daiya Mitchell" <>
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 12:33 PM
Subject: Re: Manual HTML inserts get changed by Word 2003

You should probably investigate the microsoft.public.word.web.authoring
newsgroup.




--
Daiya Mitchell, MVP Mac/Word
Word FAQ: http://www.word.mvps.org/
MacWord Tips: <http://www.word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/>
What's an MVP? A volunteer! Read the FAQ:

As a rule, the only viable responses in the NG come from either Bob Buckland
or myself.

There is not any regular user participation
microsoft.public.word.web.authoring rather, there are only drop-in visitors
looking for solutions and then, their gone.

BTW the majority of users creating WORD HTML pages barely understand simple
path statements or the relevance of path as related to web pages and/or web
sites.

Word was NEVER intended by MS to be a useful tool for creating web pages.