Importing HTML into Publisher 2000

[Lynn]

I posted this about a month ago and got no answer. If you do not have
Publisher 2003, is it possible to "open" html pages in publisher?

 

[Don Schmidt]

It doesn't seem to be in Publisher 2000.

Notepad will open html files.
You may want to get a better Notepad than Microsoft's. Notepad+ is an
improvement and can be found at:

http://www.mypeecee.org/rogsoft/

 

[Lynn]

I am referring back to advice to open the web page in Pub 2003. I tried in
Pub 2000 and it doesn't work, so I am wondering if it is a feature added
later?

I lost my files on my old computer and have to reconstruct the website from
the website.

 

[David Bartosik [MSFT MVP]]

fwiw, it's best practice to match the post subject to the post question.

Also this information is available at http://www.publishermvps.com .

Version 2002 introduced the ability to open an html file (still present in
2003). However Publisher is not an html editor nor a web design tool. So one
has to keep this "ability" in context.

For example if you browsed to a web page, say for example www.cnn.com and
did File, Save and saved the html file locally, then opened that html file
in Pub 2002/2003, you may or may not get an accurate outcome. And all you
can do is move the objects present, you can't access html code.

There was a specific reason this ability was introduced in 2002, one which
has nothing to do with my example above, it was for a Publisher specific
reason (aka function). And it's a long story I won't go into now. It's
demise was clear by version 2003, and I expect it to be purged from the
product in the next release next year. As such I don't know that the next
release will retain the ability to open an html file.

David Bartosik - [MSFT MVP]
www.publishermvps.com
www.davidbartosik.com

 

[Lynn]

Thank you. I did not find anything relevant on the link you gave. But I
understand the function is not readily available. I am faced with
reconstruction of the website.

--
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fwiw, it's best practice to match the post subject to the post question.

Also this information is available at http://www.publishermvps.com .

Version 2002 introduced the ability to open an html file (still present in
2003). However Publisher is not an html editor nor a web design tool. So one
has to keep this "ability" in context.

For example if you browsed to a web page, say for example www.cnn.com and
did File, Save and saved the html file locally, then opened that html file
in Pub 2002/2003, you may or may not get an accurate outcome. And all you
can do is move the objects present, you can't access html code.

There was a specific reason this ability was introduced in 2002, one which
has nothing to do with my example above, it was for a Publisher specific
reason (aka function). And it's a long story I won't go into now. It's
demise was clear by version 2003, and I expect it to be purged from the
product in the next release next year. As such I don't know that the next
release will retain the ability to open an html file.

David Bartosik - [MSFT MVP]
www.publishermvps.com
www.davidbartosik.com

I posted this about a month ago and got no answer. If you do not have
Publisher 2003, is it possible to "open" html pages in publisher?
--
Amature Web Designer
www.frescaaire.com
www.myrottweilerpups.com
www.jugendlieberotts.com