Word webpages won't show graphics

[G]

When I try creating a webpage using Word for Mac and then try posting
and opening it w/ a browser (Safari or Firefox), the graphics don't
show. The individual graphics show in separate files and the page
shows in Word's preview Webpage feature.

When I try to open one of the files, I get the following message:
This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated
with it. The document tree is shown below.

Any ideas of what I am doing wrong? Do I need to do something
different when saving with Word or ?

Any suggestions are appreciated.

Thanks!

 

[CyberTaz]

Despite what MS might have us think, Word is _not_ the software equivalent
of the Victorinox Swiss Army knife. Producing web files is one of its
dullest blades, so the first thing I would suggest is that you find yourself
a web design package that is written to do the job rather than trying to use
software that has [some of] the basic capability "thrown in" as a marketing
ploy

There are a number of programs that are relatively inexpensive... There may
even still be some free ones. Try nosing around on VersionTracker.com, etc.
Quite frankly, if I had to choose between the two, I'd prefer to use
PowerPoint, which you most likely have sitting right on your HD 8>)

If you prefer to - or must - continue using Word, a little more info would
help. What versions of Word, Safari & Firefox? What type of "graphics"? -
that's a rather expansive term in today's world... Especially in Word, where
all things that aren't *text* [and even some of what is] are handled as
"graphic" objects of one type or another. What are you "posting" it to and
how are you trying to open it?

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[JE McGimpsey]

When I try creating a webpage using Word for Mac and then try posting
and opening it w/ a browser (Safari or Firefox), the graphics don't
show. The individual graphics show in separate files and the page
shows in Word's preview Webpage feature.

G-

ALL "web pages" (e.g., HTML, XHTML) are, by definition, text only.
Graphics are represented in those documents by anchor tags that tell the
browser where to find the graphics. When it encounters one of those
tags, the browser then loads the graphics and displays them in the
appropriate location.

As you note, when you create a web page with Word, any graphics are
stored in a separate folder. For instance, if your webpage file is
"abc.htm", the folder "abc_files" in the same directory will contain the
graphics.

When Word creates a web page, the anchor points to a "relative" location
- i.e., the browser should expect the *folder* containing the graphics
to be in the same directory that the html file is in.

So you need to post both the html file AND the folder containing your
graphics to your web server. If you don't want to copy the folder,
you'll at least need to copy the graphics file, and then edit anchor
within the .htm file.