Word 07 document to frontpage web--xml possible?

[Erin Cox-Holmes]

I am working on a thesis which is intended to be a website. the various
sections are composed in Word 2007. They are highly formatted with styles
and images. I've been converting them to pdfs to preserve display.

My thesis advisors suddenly want these documents to open in their browser so
the links work fluidly rather than waiting for other pdfs to load. I've
tried convertin them to html, but from word, from acrobat professional, and
inserting as files into a fp document, and they look horrific.

I don't know anything much about xml, and can't find if there's a simple way
to get xml files to display in a browser window? (word 07 saves them
correctly as xml, but when i put them up on the web, they will only open in
Word, not a browser window.

Any advice, or pointing me to where I can learn how to do this on a short
time frame would be deeply appreciated. I'm flummoxed.

 

[Chris Leeds, MVP - FrontPage]

how bad is the save as html in word '07? do you think you could save that
way then apply some improvements on the resulting HTML files?

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[Erin Cox-Holmes]

The "save as" is truly awful. The document formatting is very complicated,
and is completely controlled by Word 2007 styles. The words carry over, but
none of the styles. There are often several images per page, which need to
be precisely placed. Since the agreement was to post these as pdfs, I wasn't
making any plans for conversion to a web format in how I planned the
document. I don't have time to repurpose the formatting.

When I save as .xml in Word 07, it keeps the formatting perfectly. But
although the FP 03 help says " you cancreate custom displays of XML data on
Web pages. " But it gives no help in how to do that, nor can I find any
explanation of how one might go about getting an xml document to display in
the browser window. As I said, I'm flummoxed.

I can send email links to how the document looks as a pdf and how it looks
as html should any kind soul be able to take pity on me and my lack of
knowledge.

thanks,
Erin C-H

 

[Stefan B Rusynko]

Office 2007 file structure separates content from format
See http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb266220.aspx
And
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb244391.aspx
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb872407.aspx
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb872408.aspx

Why not add the DOC as Word Docs
- they can open each
Unfortunately most hosts/servers haven't mapped the 2007 Office file type as mime types so you need to ask you host to add them
(or save as 2003 Word .doc files)

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_____________________________________________
SBR @ ENJOY (-: [ Microsoft MVP - FrontPage ]
"Warning - Using the F1 Key will not break anything!" (-;
_____________________________________________


| The "save as" is truly awful. The document formatting is very complicated,
| and is completely controlled by Word 2007 styles. The words carry over, but
| none of the styles. There are often several images per page, which need to
| be precisely placed. Since the agreement was to post these as pdfs, I wasn't
| making any plans for conversion to a web format in how I planned the
| document. I don't have time to repurpose the formatting.
|
| When I save as .xml in Word 07, it keeps the formatting perfectly. But
| although the FP 03 help says " you cancreate custom displays of XML data on
| Web pages. " But it gives no help in how to do that, nor can I find any
| explanation of how one might go about getting an xml document to display in
| the browser window. As I said, I'm flummoxed.
|
| I can send email links to how the document looks as a pdf and how it looks
| as html should any kind soul be able to take pity on me and my lack of
| knowledge.
|
| thanks,
| Erin C-H
|
|
|
|
|
|
| | > how bad is the save as html in word '07? do you think you could save that
| > way then apply some improvements on the resulting HTML files?
| >
| > --
| > Chris Leeds
| > Contact: http://chrisleeds.com/contact
| > Have you seen ContentSeed (www.contentseed.com)?
| > NOTE:
| > This message was posted from an unmonitored email account.
| > This is an unfortunate necessity due to high volumes of spam sent to email
| > addresses in public newsgroups.
| > Sorry for any inconvenience.
| > | >>I am working on a thesis which is intended to be a website. the various
| >>sections are composed in Word 2007. They are highly formatted with styles
| >>and images. I've been converting them to pdfs to preserve display.
| >>
| >> My thesis advisors suddenly want these documents to open in their browser
| >> so the links work fluidly rather than waiting for other pdfs to load.
| >> I've tried convertin them to html, but from word, from acrobat
| >> professional, and inserting as files into a fp document, and they look
| >> horrific.
| >>
| >> I don't know anything much about xml, and can't find if there's a simple
| >> way to get xml files to display in a browser window? (word 07 saves them
| >> correctly as xml, but when i put them up on the web, they will only open
| >> in Word, not a browser window.
| >>
| >> Any advice, or pointing me to where I can learn how to do this on a short
| >> time frame would be deeply appreciated. I'm flummoxed.
| >>
| >
| >
|
|

 

[Ronx]

When using .xml files you can format them using a .xsl file. There is a
tutorial on this at http://www.w3schools.com/xsl/

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[Erin Cox-Holmes]

About mapping the 07 office file as mime types--is that the wording I would
use?
If they do map them, would the office xml show up in the browser?
Are there any hosts you know of which have? I'm currently on GoDaddy because
it was cheap, and all I need is a stashing place, but I'm not adverse to
switching?

thank you for the time on responding to this.

Adding them as word docs...because there are a number of hyperlinks in the
documents, it again requires they open the documents. A few of the thesis
advisors are apparently on dialup, haven't added compatibility packs, and
don't know how to actaully open word documents from the web. If I save the
07 doc as 03, the image formatting/text boxes move enough to bork the rest
of it, and the file size seems to blowup. One file is 645 kb in 07 and went
to 6 megs in 03 (after passing commenting back and forth a few times). And
it still doesn't make the experience fluid. Again, I was thinking for them
just have the various pdfs open would be good enough, but they can
apparetnly barely operate their computers.

I'll check out your links. Again, thanks.

Office 2007 file structure separates content from format
See http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb266220.aspx
And
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb244391.aspx
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb872407.aspx
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb872408.aspx

Why not add the DOC as Word Docs
- they can open each
Unfortunately most hosts/servers haven't mapped the 2007 Office file type
as mime types so you need to ask you host to add them
(or save as 2003 Word .doc files)

--

_____________________________________________
SBR @ ENJOY (-: [ Microsoft MVP - FrontPage ]
"Warning - Using the F1 Key will not break anything!" (-;
_____________________________________________


| The "save as" is truly awful. The document formatting is very
complicated,
| and is completely controlled by Word 2007 styles. The words carry over,
but
| none of the styles. There are often several images per page, which need
to
| be precisely placed. Since the agreement was to post these as pdfs, I
wasn't
| making any plans for conversion to a web format in how I planned the
| document. I don't have time to repurpose the formatting.
|
| When I save as .xml in Word 07, it keeps the formatting perfectly. But
| although the FP 03 help says " you cancreate custom displays of XML data
on
| Web pages. " But it gives no help in how to do that, nor can I find any
| explanation of how one might go about getting an xml document to display
in
| the browser window. As I said, I'm flummoxed.
|
| I can send email links to how the document looks as a pdf and how it
looks
| as html should any kind soul be able to take pity on me and my lack of
| knowledge.
|
| thanks,
| Erin C-H
|
|
|
|
|
|
message
| | > how bad is the save as html in word '07? do you think you could save
that
| > way then apply some improvements on the resulting HTML files?
| >
| > --
| > Chris Leeds
| > Contact: http://chrisleeds.com/contact
| > Have you seen ContentSeed (www.contentseed.com)?
| > NOTE:
| > This message was posted from an unmonitored email account.
| > This is an unfortunate necessity due to high volumes of spam sent to
email
| > addresses in public newsgroups.
| > Sorry for any inconvenience.
| > | >>I am working on a thesis which is intended to be a website. the
various
| >>sections are composed in Word 2007. They are highly formatted with
styles
| >>and images. I've been converting them to pdfs to preserve display.
| >>
| >> My thesis advisors suddenly want these documents to open in their
browser
| >> so the links work fluidly rather than waiting for other pdfs to load.
| >> I've tried convertin them to html, but from word, from acrobat
| >> professional, and inserting as files into a fp document, and they
look
| >> horrific.
| >>
| >> I don't know anything much about xml, and can't find if there's a
simple
| >> way to get xml files to display in a browser window? (word 07 saves
them
| >> correctly as xml, but when i put them up on the web, they will only
open
| >> in Word, not a browser window.
| >>
| >> Any advice, or pointing me to where I can learn how to do this on a
short
| >> time frame would be deeply appreciated. I'm flummoxed.
| >>
| >
| >
|
|

 

[Erin Cox-Holmes]

I will check this out, thank you so much for the pointer.