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Title: WORD Doc saved as HTML
Post by: Eyesee on Sunday 10 April 22 05:00 BST (UK)

If you save a Word Doc as a Html file to display in a web browser it puts an inordinate amount of formatting in there to display it in a certain way.

Does anyone know the easiest way to strip all that formatting out so the doc can then be formatted by CSS to match the other existing docs in the webpages.

Could do it manually but it takes a while.

Thanks.
Ian C

Title: Re: WORD Doc saved as HTML
Post by: Guy Etchells on Sunday 10 April 22 05:40 BST (UK)

I use Dreamweaver to do that, but there are a number of similar programs that will do the same including free alternatives to Dreamweaver
Cheers
Guy

Title: Re: WORD Doc saved as HTML
Post by: Eyesee on Sunday 10 April 22 05:50 BST (UK)

Thanks Guy.

I was hoping for the free alternatives.

Ian C

Title: Re: WORD Doc saved as HTML
Post by: andrewalston on Sunday 10 April 22 09:23 BST (UK)

When I first tried the "Save as HTML", I realised that virtually all of the output was to do with reproducing the formatting which would be seen on a piece of paper.

This is hardly ever what you would like on a website. It takes no heed of the width of the window, for a start.

It's also virtually unmaintainable, because the real stuff is obfuscated by all that formatting.

It is the old story - if you want to get there, I wouldn't start from here.

Title: Re: WORD Doc saved as HTML
Post by: bluesofa on Sunday 17 April 22 21:52 BST (UK)

Saving from Word as "Web Page, Filtered" may be one step closer to what you need, but perhaps not close enough.

This article appears to be updated recently and lists some free options. https://www.timeatlas.com/convert-word-to-html/

It doesn't specifically list free html editors or CMS though and 'fraid I don't have direct experience of converting from word.