Microsoft KB Archive/823743

= Styles in HTML Files Are Not Displayed Correctly in Office Programs =

Article ID: 823743

Article Last Modified on 7/21/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office XP Standard Edition

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SYMPTOMS
When you open an HTML file in a Microsoft Office program such as Microsoft Word or Microsoft Excel, the styles are not applied correctly and the document is not displayed in the same way as it appears in Microsoft Internet Explorer.



CAUSE
This problem occurs because styles in the HTML document are applied in the same set of tags. In the following example, the styles &quot;red&quot; and &quot;white&quot; are applied at the same time in the tags:

White text on red



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, apply each style in sequence, as in the following example:

White text on red



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

