Microsoft KB Archive/126793

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Limitations of Word HTML Converter

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Q126793

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Internet Assistant for Word, version 1.0
 * Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 6.0a, 6.0c

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SUMMARY
This article provides information about limitations of converting from Word to HTML format. Many of the items listed as N/S are not currently supported in the HTML Specification.

MORE INFORMATION
"N/S" indicates the conversion is not supported.

                      Convert Word Feature          to HTML  Comments ---

Character Formatting

Effects              yes    Bold, Italic, Underline, and Strikethrough are all converted to equivalent HTML elements. All other effects are not features of HTML and are not supported by                               the converter.

Fonts, Font Size     yes    Only monospace fonts (such as Courier) are converted to the HTML element, .., which specifies the font to displayed in a                               fixed-width typewriter font.

Character Mapping    yes    All character entities (extended ANSI                                characters) above 128 are mapped to                                "&ddd;" (without the quotation marks), where ddd represents the ASCII code or a named entity.

Color                N/S

Superscript/Subscript N/S

Condense/Expand      N/S

Kerning              N/S

Document Properties

Margins              N/S

Layout               N/S

Line Numbering       N/S

Summary Information  yes    The following elements are converted to                                 elements within the  element: subject, author, keywords, creation date, and document comments. The Title is converted to the  element.

Language             N/S

Paragraph Properties

Indent               N/S    Paragraphs that are formatted with bullets or numbering convert to  or                               ; otherwise, indents are ignored.

Spacing              N/S

Text Flow            N/S

Alignment            N/S

Outline level        N/S

Styles               yes    Word 6.0 paragraph styles are interrogated and converted to HTML paragraph styles as                               specified in the [StyleMapping] section of the WORDHTML.INI file. Character styles\HTML styles to HTML style mapping is not supported by the export converter.

Bullets/Numbering    yes    Bullets are converted to an HTML Unordered List (). Numbering is converted to an                               HTML Ordered List (). These lists can be nested.

Tabs                 N/S

Borders and Shading

Lines                yes    A top or bottom paragraph border will convert to the equivalent horizontal rule element (). Vertical borders are not supported.

Fill                 N/S

Columns              N/S

Other

Bookmarks            yes    Bookmarks are converted to HTML Anchors with the following limitations:

- Nested bookmarks are not supported.

- Bookmarks in subdocs (n/s) are not supported.

- Bookmarks that mark unsupported elements are converted to the location of the unsupported element.

- Bookmark references are converted to                                 HTML hyperlinks

Heading Numbering    N/S

Drawing Objects/OLE  N/S

Tables               N/S    Tables are not supported in HTML Level 2.

SubDocuments         N/S

Headers/Footers      N/S

Annotations          N/S

Footnotes            N/S

Section/Page Breaks  N/S

Fields               N/S    Only the field result is converted.

Symbols              N/S

Form Field           yes    All three form fields are supported by                                the HTML Export Converter.

- Text Boxes are supported with the following attributes: regular text, unlimited maximum length or n                                 characters, bookmark=legal(n)d, Fill-in Enable/Disable.

- Check Boxes are supported with the following attributes: Autosize, not Checked/Checked, bookmark=legal(n)d.

- Drop Down fields are supported with the following attributes: list items; bookmark=legal(n)d, Dropdown Enable/Disable.

Captions                N/S

Index and Table of Contents       N/S

Frames                  N/S

Picture                 N/S

Language                N/S For more information on a converting Word documents to HTML, choose "Internet Assistant for Word Help" from the Help menu, type Converting a Word document to HTML, then highlight the "What Is Lost When Word Documents Are Converted to HTML" topic and choose the GoTo button.

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