WD97: Tab Character Appears as Space in Web Browser

• Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Word 97, when you save a document that contains tabs as HTML, the tab characters may appear as a single space if you view the document in a Web browser.

CAUSE

Word converts tabs into the HTML code for tab characters: "	" (without the quotation marks). However, most Web browsers display tabs as a single space.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, use a table or indents to layout text, instead of tab characters.

MORE INFORMATION

To observe this behavior, create a new document containing the following information:

   1<TAB>fred
   <TAB><TAB>two tabs

Save the document as HTML. Word converts the text to the following HTML code:

   <P>1&#9;fred</P>
   <P>&#9;&#9;two tabs</P>

When viewed in a Web browser, the HTML document may appear as:

   1 fred
   two tabs

REFERENCES

For more information about inserting HTML tags, click the Office Assistant, type "HTML tags," click Search, and then click "Insert HTML markup."

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If Word Help is not installed on your computer, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q120802
   TITLE     : Office: How to Add/Remove a Single Office
               Program or Component

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