Copying Text from Word to FrontPage

J

JCO

Is their anyway to copy text from a word document and have to automatically
inputted into the format set for FrontPage? I seem to be copying text ,
then I have to go into the code section and remove the <span> </span> stuff.
I have to do this so that I can change to my existing Font, Font Size, &
Font Color.

I guess I can try to change the format in the document before the copy, but
I was still wondering.
 
B

Birk Binnard

Word is notorious for adding all sorts of non-essential HTML when you do a
copy/paste into a web editor like Front Page. A better approach is to
cut/paste from Word into WordPad (this will preserve fonts, formatting,
etc.) and then cut/past the same text from WordPad into FrontPage.
 
J

JCO

I'm getting my stuff via different email since I'm not so hot on outlook.
I thought putting it into word before transfering to my development computer
would work, but it doesn't.

I will use notpad/wordpad and see what that does.
Thanks for your input.
 
J

Jack Brewster

Try this:
- Open your page in FrontPage
- Drag your Word document onto the page

All the text will come over with formatting converted to HTML style (i.e.
<b> for bold, <font size=x>, etc.) but none of the MSO code. I don't know
how a heavily formatted document will look, but I find most of the time if
I'm getting content in .doc format from contributors, the content is
generally not very styled and converts nicely. If you want to strip out all
of the formatting, highlight the imported text and click "Format | Remove
Formatting." I've run into a few cases where some formatting info is still
left behind, but generally only a few things and they are easily removed in
code view.

Thanks to Wally for that tip.
 
J

JCO

Thanks, this has worked but I'm having all sorts of other problems.
It seems that .. when I select a single word, it thinks that theirs a
hyperlink.
If I try to remove the hyperlink, the entire document gets selected (which
you would never want).

I can't figure this out. I've tried creating a new table too. Then I begin
typing the information in manually. When I get to a certain point, the text
thinks it is a hyperlink again. then what ever I try to do that that
secotion of code... the entire document (web page) automaticall gets
selected again.

Seems like something is corupted.
 
B

Bryan England

Dreamweaver MX has a great paste formatted function that fixes all this.
Still an FP fan, but it's a neat trick.
 
W

Wally S

Glad to be of service.

Wally S

Jack Brewster said:
Try this:
- Open your page in FrontPage
- Drag your Word document onto the page

All the text will come over with formatting converted to HTML style (i.e.
<b> for bold, <font size=x>, etc.) but none of the MSO code. I don't know
how a heavily formatted document will look, but I find most of the time if
I'm getting content in .doc format from contributors, the content is
generally not very styled and converts nicely. If you want to strip out all
of the formatting, highlight the imported text and click "Format | Remove
Formatting." I've run into a few cases where some formatting info is still
left behind, but generally only a few things and they are easily removed in
code view.

Thanks to Wally for that tip.
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