Inserting HTML into a doc

[Sean S - Perth, WA]

Hi all,

I'm looking for suggestions on how to solve a problem. I want users to be
able to 'edit' web pages on our site by downloading a Word doc that they can
edit and e-mail back to me.

I thought that the best way would be to insert a portion of a web page (raw
HTML) into a Word doc and save it as a .doc. Users can then download this.

I'd open the whole page in Word but I only want to insert a portion of the
page.

So, the only thing I can't figure out is how to insert HTML. I've found
..TypeText but this appears to only be unformatted text. Is there anything
like TypeHTMLSource?

 

[Jezebel]

Noble ambition, but Word isn't going to help you in the least. Have a look
at how Wikipedia does it: rather less than ideal, but about the best method
going at the moment.

 

[Sean S - Perth, WA]

Noble ambition, but Word isn't going to help you in the least. Have a look
at how Wikipedia does it

No, live editing is not an option. All changes have to be approved. Hence
the preference for Word, ie. to use track changes. Also training staff in
wiki markup when they already have extensive experience using Word doesn't
really make sense either.

I'm not beyond reading in all the HTML, stripping the markup and formatting
it in Word but if I can avoid that, I will.

 

[Jezebel]

The problem you've got is that Word is just not the application for what
you're trying to do. Word makes a pig's breakfast of HTML at the best of
times. Trying to get to get amateurs to edit HTML directly in Word is not
going to work. Forget this approach.


The wikipedia method was just a suggestion for an approach to letting people
edit your pages -- there are plenty of versions that introduce an approval
step between edit and re-issue. It also has the advantage that it
demonstrably works (unlike Word in this context).

 

[Sean S - Perth, WA]

Is there any way to insert HTML source into a Word doc and preserve basic
formatting?

Anyone?

 

[Jezebel]

no.