Converting MS Word 2000 Documents to HTML

Most of us are familiar with creating and saving documents in Microsoft Word. Did you know that MS Word allows us to save documents as HTML files? HTML is a language that is read by Web browsers such as Netscape and Internet Explorer and contains all the instructions necessary to post information on the World Wide Web.

Keep this tip in mind when you use MS Word as a HTML editor. KEEP IT SIMPLE. All the fancy formatting, tabs, spacing, kerning, etc. gets all garbled up when you save an MS Word document as HTML. So, keep it simple and clean.

To save a word document as HTML, follow these steps.

  1. Open any MS Word document that you want to prepare for the Web.

  2. Go to the File Menu and select "Save As Web Page". 
     

    Save as Web Page image

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  4. Next in the Save As screen, type the name of your file (e.g. assignment1). Make sure you see "Web Page" in the Save as type box. Be sure to remember where you saved your file. 

    Save as screen

  5. A message may appear claiming that if you continue you will loose certain formatting characteristics. Click OK.

  6. Exit MS Word. You have just created your first Web document.

Uploading your file into WebCT

Now you need to upload your file into the Student Presentation or Assignments section in your course. An upload is nothing more than copying a file from your computer to another computer across a network or the internet. 

To upload your file into WebCT review the following documentation: