use word documents in a content management system

[djscoody]

I have a lot of problems using word documents in a CMS, the problem
that i have is that when i copy text from a word file in my CMS it
breaks up in a very small length.
When i view the word document in webpage view everything looks fine
but after copying in the CMS everything is changed.
How can i solve this problem.
Strange thing is when i work with the same document on a PC everything
works fine, but i dont wanna work with a pc cause i have a wonderfull
MAC )
I'm working with office for mac 2004

 

[John McGhie]

Sadly, even though we are on Macs here too, we cannot read your screen from
here. So before we can answer your question, we need to know what you mean
by "CMS", and which one you are using!

Basically, it sounds as though you are opening the files in HTML and copying
text from a browser.

HTML is too simple to fully describe the content of a Word document, so you
lose things such as paragraphs and styles. Most browsers cannot retrieve
enough formatting to paste perfectly into Word documents.

While there may be things you can do to improve your result, the real answer
is "Open the original, in Word .doc format, if you want to edit it!"

Cheers

I have a lot of problems using word documents in a CMS, the problem
that i have is that when i copy text from a word file in my CMS it
breaks up in a very small length.
When i view the word document in webpage view everything looks fine
but after copying in the CMS everything is changed.
How can i solve this problem.
Strange thing is when i work with the same document on a PC everything
works fine, but i dont wanna work with a pc cause i have a wonderfull
MAC )
I'm working with office for mac 2004

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