Word to HTML (or vice versa)

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Bob Phillips

Anyone know of a good Word to HTML converter, preferably one that is
configurable so that I can add placeholders that the code will interpret.
And I don't mean save the Word doc as HTML, I want to amend the output.

TIA

Bob
 
Anyone know of a good Word to HTML converter, preferably one that is
configurable so that I can add placeholders that the code will
interpret. And I don't mean save the Word doc as HTML, I want to amend
the output.
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What would you use to open the Word file to insert placeholders? Can't
that same program save as HTML? OpenOffice Writer and Abiword (and most
versions of MS-Word itself) can open Word files, make your changes and
save as HTML, with varying degrees of success depending on the documents.
Those are your best bet.

Command-line tools like antiWord, wvHTML and Word2X can convert older
Word files to HTML or text, but I've never found one I can manage to set
up that will reliably convert what I need.
wvHTML: http://wvware.sourceforge.net/
antiWord: http://www.winfield.demon.nl/
word2X: http://word2x.sourceforge.net/
 
It is not that I want to move from Word to HTML or anything like that. I
just maintain a web-site where I have a page which I also offer as a Word
doc. AT present I effectively create it twice, once in Word, once in HTML. I
would like to create it just in Word, and then convert it. I accept I would
have to tidy up, but that has to be better than my current method.
 
Bob said:
It is not that I want to move from Word to HTML or anything like that. I
just maintain a web-site where I have a page which I also offer as a Word
doc. AT present I effectively create it twice, once in Word, once in HTML. I
would like to create it just in Word, and then convert it. I accept I would
have to tidy up, but that has to be better than my current method.
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What version of Word?

-Craig
 
Bob Phillips skrev:
It is not that I want to move from Word to HTML or anything like that. I
just maintain a web-site where I have a page which I also offer as a Word
doc. AT present I effectively create it twice, once in Word, once in HTML. I
would like to create it just in Word, and then convert it. I accept I would
have to tidy up, but that has to be better than my current method.
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Out of curiosity: Why not the other way around? Create in HTML, convert
to Word. It's probably easier, and you wont have to tidy up anything.
Especially considering that Word documents are rarely very tidy to begin
with ;o)

I faced a similar problem some years ago: I was applying for jobs, and I
had a resume which was sent to prospective employers. This was a single
Word document, fitted into one single A4 page, and was usually sent as a
printout per snail-mail or as an attachment in the original Word format
by e-mail. I also had a HTML document on my personal website with the
same info. But whenever I updated one I also had to update the other.

I later changed that. My resume currently consists of one HTML (which in
turn is generated by PHP, but that's another story) and a couple of CSS
style sheets. I have one style sheet for my web page and one style sheet
for printouts. The style sheets never change, and the HTML file contains
all the actual info which may need to be updated. Then I generate a PDF
(using CutePDF) from Firefox, using the print preview function to make
sure it fits perfectly into one single A4 page. The generated PDF is
then used for all subsequent printouts and e-mail attachments.
 
The other way around would be fine, but I would want to apply Word styles to
that document, as my documents are very tidy <bg>. I know no PHP though.

Bob
 
The other way around would be fine, but I would want to apply Word styles to
that document, as my documents are very tidy <bg>.
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You want a free program that will intelligently convert a .doc file to
an .html file. There are $$$$ware programs (4 digits to the left of
the decimal point) that are barely adequate, so I doubt that you'll
find anything for free that will leave you with less clean-up than
saving in .html format from Word.
 
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