Word and HTML

[Kolin Tregaskes]

I've created a web page in Word that contains some images. There images
have automatically been placed in a folder called "index_files". I have now
edited the page in Frontpage and all the images are located in another
folder, but I cannot delete the index_files folder as it deletes the
index.htm file as well.

Is there anyway of disassociating the index_files folder from the index.htm
file so that I can delete the unwanted folder?

Kol

 

[Mike Williams [MVP]]

I've created a web page in Word that contains some images. There images
have automatically been placed in a folder called "index_files". I have now
edited the page in Frontpage and all the images are located in another
folder, but I cannot delete the index_files folder as it deletes the
index.htm file as well.

Is there anyway of disassociating the index_files folder from the index.htm
file so that I can delete the unwanted folder?

This is an operating system feature. In Explorer, go to Tools > Folder
Options > View [tab]. In the Advanced Settings list, you must change the
"Managing pairs of Web pages and folders" option to "Show both parts and
manage them individually"

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[Kolin Tregaskes]

Hi Mike,

Thanks for that, why is the icon different between a normally HTML file and
a Word HTML file, is that the filtering Word puts on the file? And how can
I make the Word HTML file a normal HTML file?

Kol
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Who is General Failure and why is he reading my disk?

I've created a web page in Word that contains some images. There images
have automatically been placed in a folder called "index_files". I have now
edited the page in Frontpage and all the images are located in another
folder, but I cannot delete the index_files folder as it deletes the
index.htm file as well.

Is there anyway of disassociating the index_files folder from the index.htm
file so that I can delete the unwanted folder?

This is an operating system feature. In Explorer, go to Tools > Folder
Options > View [tab]. In the Advanced Settings list, you must change the
"Managing pairs of Web pages and folders" option to "Show both parts and
manage them individually"

--
Mike Williams - Office MVP http://www.mvps.org/faq/

Please respond in the same thread on this newsgroup - not by email!
Include details of your application and Windows versions, plus any
service pack updates. Answers may also be found by reading recent
posts, checking the FAQs or searching the relevant Google archive at.
http://groups.google.com/groups?group=microsoft.public
If something doesn't make sense, it could be worse e.g.
http://www.rathergood.com/moon_song/

 

[Mike Williams [MVP]]

Hi Mike,

Thanks for that, why is the icon different between a normally HTML
file and a Word HTML file, is that the filtering Word puts on the
file? And how can I make the Word HTML file a normal HTML file?

When Office applciations create HTML files, they put in some syntax near the
top to indicate the handler for the file. They also add a lot of extra
information to allow round-tripping to the DOC format. HTML is a layout
spec, and is not efficient at storing the extra binary metadata used by rich
document formats.

One of Word's help topics about filtered HTMLsays:

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When you save Web pages or send e-mail messages in HTML (HTML: The standard
markup language used for documents on the World Wide Web. HTML uses tags to
indicate how Web browsers should display page elements such as text and
graphics and how to respond to user actions.) format with Microsoft Word,
additional tags are added so that you can continue to use the full
functionality of Word to edit your content.

To reduce the size of Web pages and e-mail messages in HTML format, you can
save them in filtered HTML (filtered HTML: Saving in the Web Page, Filtered
format removes Microsoft Office-specific tags. If you save in filtered HTML
and then reopen the file in Office programs, text and general appearance
will be preserved, but some features may work differently.) so that the tags
used by Microsoft Office programs are removed.

This feature is only recommended for experienced Web authors, who are
concerned with the tags that appear in their HTML files.

If you reopen a Web page in Word that you saved in filtered HTML, your text
and general appearance are preserved, but you may not be able to use certain
Word features in the usual way to edit your files. For example, the
appearance of bulleted (bullet: A dot or other symbol that is placed before
text, such as items in a list, to add emphasis.) or numbered lists is
preserved; however, some of the Word functionality associated with lists
will not be preserved.

When possible, you should only save a Web page in filtered HTML when you are
finished editing the page in Word. However, if the underlying HTML of your
Web pages is not important to you, you should save your files as a standard
Web page.

If you will need to edit the file later, you can maintain two files: one in
Word format and one in filtered HTML format. You can edit the content in the
Word document, save it in Word format for future editing, and then save a
copy in filtered HTML format.