WD97: HTML Tags Nested Incorrectly After Saving Word 97 File

• Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

When you look at your HyperText Markup Language (HTML) document in a Web browser, the HTML document appears to be formatted incorrectly. For example, all of the text appears to be formatted with the same font formatting.

Note: This problem may not be evident in all Web browsers.

CAUSE

When you save a Word 97 document in HTML format, Word may incorrectly nest the HTML markup if one paragraph ends with the same text formatting as the subsequent paragraph. Although some browsers will ignore the nesting error, other browsers may not be able to interpret and display the HTML markup correctly.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, open the HTML document in a text editor, such as Notepad, and correct the nesting order of the HTML code.

NOTE: If you modify the document using Word 97, and then save your changes, Word will save the HTML code incorrectly. To correct the problem you will need to re-edit the document in a text editor.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

To correctly nest tags in HTML, the last tag that you open is the first tag that you close.

The following is an example of how Word 97 incorrectly nests the HTML code. Notice that the bold (</B>) end tag appears in the second paragraph (<P>) element after the text, "Verse 1":

   <B><I><U><FONT FACE="Arial">
   <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Test Pattern</P>
   </I></U></FONT>
   <FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>
   <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><A NAME="C"></A>Verse 1</B>: The quick brown
   fox jumped over the lazy dog's back.
   <B>Verse 2</B>: The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog's
   back.</P></FONT>

   <I><U><FONT FACE="Arial">
   <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><B>Test Pattern</B></P>
   </FONT></U></I>
   <FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>
   <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><A NAME="C"></A><B>Verse 1</B>: The quick brown
   fox jumped over the lazy dog's back.
   <B>Verse 2</B>: The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog's
   back.</P></FONT>

   ARTICLE-ID: Q157086
   TITLE     : WD97: Limitations of Converting from Word Format to HTML