Microsoft KB Archive/154811

= PUB97: Bullets, Numbers Appear Differently on Web Page =

Article ID: 154811

Article Last Modified on 11/7/2002

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Publisher 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q154811



SYMPTOMS
When you create a bulleted or numbered list in Publisher 97 and then generate a Web page from the publication, the resulting Web page may not use the same bullet or separating characters that you specified in Publisher, specifically:
 * In bulleted lists, all bullet characters are converted to round bullets.
 * In numbered lists, all separating characters are removed and replaced with a single period after each number.



CAUSE
This behavior occurs because Publisher 97 uses specific HTML list tags when you generate the HTML code rather than considering each line of a list as simple text.



WORKAROUND
If you want to generate bulleted or numbered lists for use in a Web page created by Publisher 97, do not use the bulleted or numbered list option in Publisher. Instead, type the entire list in manually.



Bulleted Lists
When Publisher 97 generates HTML code for bulleted lists, it uses the  (unordered list) and  (list item) tags. These tags create an unordered list with round bullets.

Example:   Bulleted List in Publisher 97 -

* This is a test * Line 2

Bulleted List in HTML -

. This is a test . Line 2

Numbered Lists
In Publisher 97, when you generate HTML code for a numbered list, Publisher uses the  (ordered list, starting with the number 1) and  (list item) tags. These tags create an ordered numbered list (starting at 1) which includes periods as the separators. These tags cause all the various types of separators to be converted to periods. Even the absence of a separator, the None option, is converted to a period.

Example:   Numbered List in Publisher 97 1 This is a test 2 Line 2 3) Line 3  4)  Line 4 (5) Line 5

Numbered List in HTML 1. This is a test 2. Line 2 3. Line 3 4. Line 4

5. Line 5

Additional query words: 4.0 pub97 pub4 w_mspub mspub Internet Website Webpage bullet numbered list

Keywords: kbformat kbprb KB154811

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