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