WYSIWYG in Publisher 2007

[Vinimperiet]

I try to design my web page with Publisher 2007. And I organize my page
according to what I see in the application window. But when I publish the
page, it is hopelessly altered.
One single font in one single size (Arial 9) gets to be different fonts in
different sizes, and the tabulation values are not respected.
It is supposed to be simple, but this is certainly not.
Solutions?

 

[Don Schmidt]

Run Tools, Design Checker it may ID the problem.

Post your website address: some here will probably spot the problem.

 

[DavidF]

As Don suggested, please post back with a link to your site. Also please
tell us specifically what it not working as you intended. Your description
is not enough for us to offer specific advice.

If you are using tabs, this is one print publication formatting technique
that does not convert to html well. Perhaps use a table instead.

Generally if you are having formatting problems it is because you are using
print formatting that does not convert to web formatting. They are two
different mediums and you have to approach webs a bit different. Read the
post "Is it resolution or the browser" by Thomboy. We discuss some of the
formatting techniques you cannot use in a web publication.

DavidF

 

[Vinimperiet]

I am not using tables, because I want to be able to cut and paste text from
the page. So I use text boxes.

I made a publication that worked OK with Trebuchet MS:
http://www.vinimperiet.dk/index-filer/Page411.htm

Then I made formatting, changed to Arial, and created styles (also tabs, but
I deleted them again), and it looks like this:
http://www.vinimperiet.dk/index-filer/list.htm

How do I distinguish between print formatting and web formatting?
Maybe I cannot use styles in web formatting.

I read "Is it resolution or the browser". Tried font size 10 instead of 9.
But no change.

Thanks a lot!
Bjarne

"DavidF" skrev:

 

[DavidF]

There is no definitive list of 'print formatting' that does not convert to
'web formatting'. The Publisher html coding engine does a pretty remarkable
job all in all, but there are some things it will choke on, and sometimes
there simply is no html equivalent.

Always run the Design Checker under Tools. It will help find some formatting
that will not convert to HTML.

You may not be able to use 'styles'. Start with no special formatting other
than font size and color, then add formatting one step at a time and test to
see how it will work.

From my experience I have had occasional problems and got some unpredictable
results with: tabs, indents, columns, special line spacing or paragraph
formatting; using non-web fonts; outline, shadow, emboss, or engrave
formatting; some fancy borders, some gradient fills, etc.

I am not saying that you cannot use these print formatting techniques, just
that you need to test as you go and realize that you may not get exactly
what you expect when you convert to html. When that happens you just need to
try a different way of laying out and formatting your page.

I would still suggest that you consider using a table to organize the
information you have on your two sample pages. You can still copy and paste,
and you do not have to have any column or row lines or shading. But by using
a table you can get 'column effects' and 'tab effects' without using columns
or tabs. In fact you could use multiple single column, multi-row tables or a
combination. Go to Table > Insert and you can choose as many columns and
rows as you want, plus if you choose 'None' under format, there will be no
lines or shading. Here is an example of a person using a table to organize
her information: http://www.devonviewcaravans.co.uk/index_files/Prices.htm

DavidF