web page and word 2003

[Gary Metzler]

Hi All,

I am using windows xp home sp3. I write my web page in word . Originally I
wrote it in word 2000. I have since upgraded to office 2003. I was looking
at the html code and noticed that in my link line there would be a backslach
instead of a forward slash. Because of this my web page can't be used in
firefox. But, when I tried writing a link in word 2003 there was a forward
slash. Was this a bug in word 2000? Can I just go in and fix the slashes
or, do I have to re-write the whole page?
As an example the 2000 code would look like this: http://about\index.html
In 2003 it looks like this: http://about/index.html
Another thing I noticed was that when I saved the test file in 2003 using
the save as web page tab the file name was test.mht
Is this normal?
thanks for any help.

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[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Gary,

There was a bug in Word 2000 that created back slashes(standard for disk
disk based files in Windows) in lieu of forward slashes (more common in web
links\html). Either is valid, but as you mentioned, it isn't always
understood by browsers. FWIW, Office isn't the only software that has
created the issue on web content.

There was a 3rd party tool
(http://www.wascotech.com/htmlslasher/index.html) that was developed just
for the Office 2000 web pages. While HTMLSlasher isn't available from its
creators website now, you can still find it with a web search.

There are other third party products available such as 'Slashy' a firefox
addin or HTMLTidy http://tidy.sourceforge.net/#binaries that 'repair' the
pages (the feature was added due to Office 2000's bug), or you should be
able to do it within Word with a search and replace if you open a *copy* of
your file as a text page
(Turn on [x] confirm conversions on open in Tools=>Options=>General, then
use File=>Open and choose 'text' as the file type for your Edit=>Replace
run in Word).

The .MHT rather than .HTM file type is basically a 'zipped/compressed'
version of a web page.
The setting forthe default comes from
Tools=>Options=>Word Options=>Web Options=>Browsers
[ ] Save new Web Pages as Single File Web Pages (equals save in .MHT
format)

although you can use File=>Save as and there choose 'Web Page' or 'Web
Page, Filtered' on a case by case basis. The filtered choice will likely
give the fewest problems to a wider range of web visitors, although Word is
usually not the first choice of tools, even of MS tools, if you're doing
something other than personal/family web pages for web creation.

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Hi All,

I am using windows xp home sp3. I write my web page in word . Originally I
wrote it in word 2000. I have since upgraded to office 2003. I was looking
at the html code and noticed that in my link line there would be a backslach
instead of a forward slash. Because of this my web page can't be used in
firefox. But, when I tried writing a link in word 2003 there was a forward
slash. Was this a bug in word 2000? Can I just go in and fix the slashes
or, do I have to re-write the whole page?
As an example the 2000 code would look like this: http://about\index.html
In 2003 it looks like this: http://about/index.html
Another thing I noticed was that when I saved the test file in 2003 using
the save as web page tab the file name was test.mht
Is this normal?
thanks for any help.

 

[Gary Metzler]

Hi bob,

Thank you for that information. I have another question. Should I re-write
my page in word 2003? Or, can I paste it into a new word document and save
it again? Any help is most appreciated.

Hi Gary,

There was a bug in Word 2000 that created back slashes(standard for disk
disk based files in Windows) in lieu of forward slashes (more common in
web
links\html). Either is valid, but as you mentioned, it isn't always
understood by browsers. FWIW, Office isn't the only software that has
created the issue on web content.

There was a 3rd party tool
(http://www.wascotech.com/htmlslasher/index.html) that was developed just
for the Office 2000 web pages. While HTMLSlasher isn't available from its
creators website now, you can still find it with a web search.

There are other third party products available such as 'Slashy' a firefox
addin or HTMLTidy http://tidy.sourceforge.net/#binaries that 'repair' the
pages (the feature was added due to Office 2000's bug), or you should be
able to do it within Word with a search and replace if you open a *copy*
of
your file as a text page
(Turn on [x] confirm conversions on open in Tools=>Options=>General, then
use File=>Open and choose 'text' as the file type for your Edit=>Replace
run in Word).

The .MHT rather than .HTM file type is basically a 'zipped/compressed'
version of a web page.
The setting forthe default comes from
Tools=>Options=>Word Options=>Web Options=>Browsers
[ ] Save new Web Pages as Single File Web Pages (equals save in .MHT
format)

although you can use File=>Save as and there choose 'Web Page' or 'Web
Page, Filtered' on a case by case basis. The filtered choice will likely
give the fewest problems to a wider range of web visitors, although Word
is
usually not the first choice of tools, even of MS tools, if you're doing
something other than personal/family web pages for web creation.

=================
Hi All,

I am using windows xp home sp3. I write my web page in word . Originally
I
wrote it in word 2000. I have since upgraded to office 2003. I was
looking
at the html code and noticed that in my link line there would be a
backslach
instead of a forward slash. Because of this my web page can't be used in
firefox. But, when I tried writing a link in word 2003 there was a
forward
slash. Was this a bug in word 2000? Can I just go in and fix the slashes
or, do I have to re-write the whole page?
As an example the 2000 code would look like this: http://about\index.html
In 2003 it looks like this: http://about/index.html
Another thing I noticed was that when I saved the test file in 2003 using
the save as web page tab the file name was test.mht
Is this normal?
thanks for any help.

 

[robgbne]

Hi Gary,

There was a bug in Word 2000 that created back slashes(standard for disk
disk based files in Windows) in lieu of forward slashes (more common in web
links\html). Either is valid,

That statement should be explained a little further. A valid URL
using the HTTP protocol *must* use forward slashes, backslashes are
only valid for the FILE protocol and where the local file system uses
them (e.g. MS Windows).

but as you mentioned, it isn't always
understood by browsers.

Browsers use the protocol to work out how to deal with URL's - those
using http:// are intended for web servers, those using file:// are
meant for local file access.

Windows blurs the line between file browser and web browser by
integrating Internet Explorer into Windows Explorer. This might be
seen as a good or bad thing depending on your point of view, but it
can make things confusing.


[...]

The .MHT rather than .HTM file type is basically a 'zipped/compressed'
version of a web page.

Yes, Apple does a similar thing with Safari by saving pages as web
archives. Somewhat inconvenient if you want to open it with some
other browser or use it as a web resource.

The setting forthe default comes from
Tools=>Options=>Word Options=>Web Options=>Browsers
[ ] Save new Web Pages as Single File Web Pages (equals save in .MHT
format)

although you can use File=>Save as and there choose 'Web Page' or 'Web
Page, Filtered' on a case by case basis. The filtered choice will likely
give the fewest problems to a wider range of web visitors, although Word is
usually not the first choice of tools, even of MS tools, if you're doing
something other than personal/family web pages for web creation.

Yes, I would suggest always using filtered, the result will usually be
less than half the size of the unfiltered version. Using a decent
HTML editor (i.e. something other than Word) will usually reduce the
file size further.

 

[Gary Metzler]

Hi Rob,

Thanks for that explaination.

I have another question. I wrote my web page in word 2000 and now use word
2003. I was wondering if I copy and paste the html file in word 2003 will
it save in the later versions format? thanks,

Hi Gary,

There was a bug in Word 2000 that created back slashes(standard for disk
disk based files in Windows) in lieu of forward slashes (more common in
web
links\html). Either is valid,

That statement should be explained a little further. A valid URL
using the HTTP protocol *must* use forward slashes, backslashes are
only valid for the FILE protocol and where the local file system uses
them (e.g. MS Windows).

but as you mentioned, it isn't always
understood by browsers.

Browsers use the protocol to work out how to deal with URL's - those
using http:// are intended for web servers, those using file:// are
meant for local file access.

Windows blurs the line between file browser and web browser by
integrating Internet Explorer into Windows Explorer. This might be
seen as a good or bad thing depending on your point of view, but it
can make things confusing.


[...]

The .MHT rather than .HTM file type is basically a 'zipped/compressed'
version of a web page.

Yes, Apple does a similar thing with Safari by saving pages as web
archives. Somewhat inconvenient if you want to open it with some
other browser or use it as a web resource.

The setting forthe default comes from
Tools=>Options=>Word Options=>Web Options=>Browsers
[ ] Save new Web Pages as Single File Web Pages (equals save in .MHT
format)

although you can use File=>Save as and there choose 'Web Page' or 'Web
Page, Filtered' on a case by case basis. The filtered choice will likely
give the fewest problems to a wider range of web visitors, although Word
is
usually not the first choice of tools, even of MS tools, if you're doing
something other than personal/family web pages for web creation.

Yes, I would suggest always using filtered, the result will usually be
less than half the size of the unfiltered version. Using a decent
HTML editor (i.e. something other than Word) will usually reduce the
file size further.