WD2000: Limitations of Converting from Word Document Format to Web Page Format

ID: Q212270


The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Word 2000



SUMMARY

When you save a Microsoft Word document as a Web page (HTML), Word displays the Web page similar to the way the page appears in a Web browser.
Formatting and other items that are not supported by HTML or by the Web page authoring environment are not displayed in Word or in a Web browser.


MORE INFORMATION

When you save a Word 2000 document as a Web page, Word warns you with the message "Some of the features in this document aren't supported by Web browsers" and shows you a summary of the features that are not supported and how they appear in a Web browser.

The following tables show the elements that Word changes or removes upon saving as a Web page.

NOTE: Unless otherwise noted, the features listed in the following tables also behave the same as listed if you do either of the following:

  • In Word 6.0 or Word 95, you open a Web page document created in Word 2000 (saved as Web page), resave as HTML (*.htm, *.html, *.htx), and then reopen the file in Word 2000.

    -or-

  • In Word 2000, you open a Web page document created in Word 2000 and saved as a Web page.

Character formatting

This formatting in Word

Looks like this in a Web browser

Text with character border

No character borders on Web pages.

Text with In-margin drop caps

Text with In-margin drop caps becomes text with initial capital letters.

NOTE: This feature is incorrectly documented in Word Help. Please see the article listed in the "References" section of this article.

Text is animated

Animated text becomes italic on Web pages.

Text is Double strikethrough

Double strikethrough text becomes single strikethrough on Web pages.

Text with Emboss effect

Embossed text becomes gray text on Web pages.

Text with Engrave effect

Engraved text becomes gray text on Web pages.

Text with Outline effect

Outlined text becomes bold text on Web pages.

Text with Shadow effect

Shadow text becomes bold text on Web pages.

Text with character underline style

Character underline style becomes single underline on Web pages.

Horizontally scaled characters

Horizontally scaled characters become regular text on Web pages.

NOTE: This does not affect text that has spacing applied between characters. On the Format menu, click Font. On the Character Spacing tab, change the Spacing setting from Normal to either Expanded or Condensed.

Raised and lowered text

Raised and lowered text becomes superscript and subscript text on Web pages.

Text with underline color different from text

Underline color becomes the same as the text color on Web pages.

Small caps

Small caps become All caps on Web pages.

Kerned text

Kerned text becomes regular text on Web pages.

Paragraph formatting

This formatting in Word

Looks like this in a Web browser

Text with patterned character shading

Patterned character shading becomes solid color on Web pages.

At least line height

At least line height becomes exactly on Web pages.

Decorative border styles

Decorative border styles become single-line border styles on Web pages.

NOTE: This feature is incorrectly documented in Word Help.
Please see the article listed in the "References" section of this
article.

Paragraphs with negative left indent

Paragraph indent is set to zero on Web pages.

Page Layout

This formatting in Word

Looks like this in a Web browser

Framed text

Framed text becomes right- or left-aligned text with wrapping on Web pages.

Margins

Margins do not appear or print on Web pages.

Columns

Columns become a single column on Web pages.

Headers and footers

Headers and footers do not appear or print on Web pages.

Fields

Fields (for example, MACROBUTTON or EQ fields) do not appear or print in a Web browser.

Footnotes

Footnotes are moved to the end of the page on Web pages.

Page numbers

Page numbers do not appear or print on Web pages.

Page border

Page borders do not appear on Web pages.

Tabs

Tabs may not align correctly on Web pages.

Editing

This formatting in Word

Looks like this in a Web browser

Versioning

No versions on Web pages.

Password protection

Password is lost on Web pages.

Document protection

Password is lost on Web pages.

Double underline change marks

Double underline change marks become single underline change marks on Web pages.

Graphic Formatting

This formatting in Word

Looks like this in a Web browser

Floating graphic

Floating graphic becomes right- or left-aligned with wrapping on Web pages.

Asian text formatting

This formatting in Word

Looks like this in a Web browser

Combined characters

Combined characters become regular text on Web pages.

Enclosed characters

Enclosed characters become regular text on Web pages.

Horizontal in Vertical

Horizontal in Vertical becomes horizontal text on Web pages.

Phonetic Guide

Phonetic Guide becomes regular text on Web pages (Internet Explorer 4.0 only).

Two lines in one

Two lines in one becomes one regular line on Web pages.

Emphasis dot

Emphasis dot is removed, and text is underlined on Web pages.

Document Grid (vertical and horizontal)

Document Grid (vertical and horizontal) becomes regular text on Web pages (Internet Explorer 4.0 only).

Compress leading punctuation

Compress leading punctuation becomes full width on Web pages.

Hanging punctuation

Hanging punctuation is removed. Last word in line wraps to next line on Web pages.

First and last line break control characters

Line breaks do not respect these character settings on Web pages.

Distributed text

Distributed text is ignored on Web pages.

Table Formatting

This formatting in Word

Looks like this in a Web browser

Automatically resize to fit contents turned off

Automatically resize to fit contents is turned on, on Web pages.

Absolute row height

At least row height on Web pages.

Diagonal cell borders

No diagonal cell borders on Web pages.

Decorative cell borders

Decorative border styles become box border styles.

Text-wrapped table

Text-wrapped table becomes left-aligned on Web pages.

Vertical text direction

Vertical text direction becomes horizontal text direction on Web pages.

Web Page Formatting

This formatting in Word

Looks like this in a Web browser

Don't use HTML paragraph spacing

Use HTML paragraph spacing on Web pages.


REFERENCES

For additional information about incorrectly documented features when saving as a Web page, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q216692 WD2000: Doc Err: Save a Word 2000 Document as a Web Page

Additional query words: converting conversion converts converted transferring transfers transferred import export hypertext markup language hyper text

Keywords : kbdta kbconversion kbwdinternet wd2000
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbinfo


Last Reviewed: July 2, 1999
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