<span> tags and Word, what is word thinking!??!?

[gooderthanyou]

I have a Rich text editor which works fine, when someone is done with
the online editing they can download what they typed into a word
document. The RTE is using <span> and <div> tags and I cannot change
it, valid html though, example:

<div style="text-align: center;">
CENTER</div>

This is what appears in word and on an html page (instead of actually
centering CENTER) but beneath the scenes; the code reads:

&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;<br>
CENTER&lt;/div&gt;

&lt = <
&quot = "
&gt = >

Why is this happening??? Anyone run into something similiar? Thanks

 

[John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh]]

Looks like the RTE is honouring the line-ender when you didn't want it to.
A line ending is significant in rich text, and is a Break in HTML.

I have a Rich text editor which works fine, when someone is done with
the online editing they can download what they typed into a word
document. The RTE is using <span> and <div> tags and I cannot change
it, valid html though, example:

<div style="text-align: center;">
CENTER</div>

This is what appears in word and on an html page (instead of actually
centering CENTER) but beneath the scenes; the code reads:

&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;<br>
CENTER&lt;/div&gt;

&lt = <
&quot = "
&gt = >

Why is this happening??? Anyone run into something similiar? Thanks

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