Actually, for many simple web sites, Word works really well. Create
your document in Word, go to "Save as Web Page" and try posting that to
your server. I've done several small sites with images and text this
way.
No, no, no! Word does not create valid web sites. It bloats the coade
unvbelievably. It does not plug in the appropriate doc type, and it
does not create accessible pages. Word is a word processing program,
not a web development program.
Here is an example:
http://mdh-test.com/gdfglkjsgkljfgkhjfgkh.htm
Here is the code for that page:
<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml"
xmlns
="urn:schemas-microsoft-com
ffice
ffice"
xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com
ffice:word"
xmlns="
http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head>
<meta name=Title content=" ">
<meta name=Keywords content="">
<meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=macintosh">
<meta name=ProgId content=Word.Document>
<meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11">
<meta name=Originator content="Microsoft Word 11">
<link rel=File-List href="gdfglkjsgkljfgkhjfgkh_files/filelist.xml">
<link rel=Edit-Time-Data href="gdfglkjsgkljfgkhjfgkh_files/editdata.mso">
<!--[if !mso]>
<style>
v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
..shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
</style>
<![endif]-->
<title> </title>
<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o
ocumentProperties>
<o:Author>Theresa Mesa</o:Author>
<o:Template>Normal</o:Template>
<o:LastAuthor>Theresa Mesa</o:LastAuthor>
<o:Revision>1</o:Revision>
<o:TotalTime>1</o:TotalTime>
<o:Created>2005-12-01T16:45:00Z</o:Created>
<o:LastSaved>2005-12-01T16:46:00Z</o:LastSaved>
<o
ages>1</o
ages>
<o:Company>Mesa Design House</o:Company>
<o:Lines>1</o:Lines>
<o
aragraphs>1</o
aragraphs>
<o:Version>11.512</o:Version>
</o
ocumentProperties>
<o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
<o:AllowPNG/>
</o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:WordDocument>
<w
isplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>0</w
isplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>
<w
isplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>0</w
isplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>
<w:UseMarginsForDrawingGridOrigin/>
</w:WordDocument>
</xml><![endif]-->
<style>
<!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:"Times New Roman";
panose-1:0 2 2 6 3 5 4 5 2 3;
mso-font-charset:0;
mso-generic-font-family:auto;
mso-font-pitch:variable;
mso-font-signature:50331648 0 0 0 1 0;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{mso-style-parent:"";
margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";}
table.MsoNormalTable
{mso-style-parent:"";
font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";}
@page Section1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;
mso-header-margin:.5in;
mso-footer-margin:.5in;
mso-paper-source:0;}
div.Section1
{page:Section1;}
-->
</style>
</head>
<body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US style='tab-interval:.5in'>
<div class=Section1>
<p class=MsoNormal><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75"
coordsize="21600,21600"
o:spt="75" o
referrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f"
stroked="f">
<v:stroke joinstyle="miter"/>
<v:formulas>
<v:f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"/>
<v:f eqn="sum @0 1 0"/>
<v:f eqn="sum 0 0 @1"/>
<v:f eqn="prod @2 1 2"/>
<v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"/>
<v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight"/>
<v:f eqn="sum @0 0 1"/>
<v:f eqn="prod @6 1 2"/>
<v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"/>
<v:f eqn="sum @8 21600 0"/>
<v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"/>
<v:f eqn="sum @10 21600 0"/>
</v:formulas>
<v
ath o:extrusionok="f" gradientshapeok="t" o:connecttype="rect"/>
<o:lock v:ext="edit" aspectratio="t"/>
</v:shapetype><v:shape id="_x0000_i1025" type="#_x0000_t75" style='width:228pt;
height:207pt'>
<v:imagedata src="gdfglkjsgkljfgkhjfgkh_files/image001.gif"
o:althref="gdfglkjsgkljfgkhjfgkh_files/image002.pct"
o:title=""/>
</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=228 height=207
src="gdfglkjsgkljfgkhjfgkh_files/image003.png"
v:shapes="_x0000_i1025"><![endif]></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o
></o
></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>gdfglkjsgkljfgkhjfgkh</p>
<p class=MsoNormal><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o
></o
></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o
></o
></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>kfghdfgdklfghklhjdfglkjdfg</p>
<p class=MsoNormal><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o
></o
></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o
></o
></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>dflfgdflgdlkgjkdfhgjkdfg</p>
<p class=MsoNormal><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o
></o
></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o
></o
></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>doiifghjidgfh.kjdgfh</p>
<p class=MsoNormal>dflkjghjdfkgh</p>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Oh. My. Gosh. I could create that page in Dreamweaver or even in BBEdit
or even TextEdit with probably 10% of that code. BTW, it didn't
validate.
And will people who create web pages in Word know to go in and plug in
the title and meta tag infromation? A lot of the code Word uses is not
recognized by the W3C validator.
Dang! Word is not a web creation program, as much as Microsoft touts it to be.
--
Theresa Mesa
Mesa Design House
http://mesadesignhouse.com
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