Tools for converting .doc to html

Hi folks,

I have a load of Word documents that I need to convert to plain vanilla
HTML. I know that MS Word is pathetic when it comes to saving as HTML,
so I was wondering if anyone here knows of any *good* tools for
converting between the two or at least cleaning out the crap that Word
puts in there?

Obviously, nothing is going to be perfect and I'm going to have to tweak
the code, but anything that helps in converting 100 page documents is
going to make my life a lot easier! The structure of the Word documents
is really simple, with no complex layouts, just headings, paragraphs and
lists.

Any ideas?

--
Dylan Parry
http://webpageworkshop.co.uk -- FREE Web tutorials and references

Dylan Parry wrote:

> I have a load of Word documents that I need to convert to plain vanilla
> HTML. I know that MS Word is pathetic when it comes to saving as HTML,
> so I was wondering if anyone here knows of any *good* tools for
> converting between the two or at least cleaning out the crap that Word
> puts in there?

I have been extremely impressed with wvHtml recently. The HTML is
generates isn't the tidiest in the world, but it's not bad. Feed the
results through HTML Tidy and you'll probably end up with something
quite nice.

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Toby A Inkster BSc (Hons) ARCS
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"Dylan Parry" <usenet@dylanparry.com> wrote in message
news:34s798F4882jsU1@individual.net...
> Hi folks,
>
> I have a load of Word documents that I need to convert to plain vanilla
> HTML. I know that MS Word is pathetic when it comes to saving as HTML, so
> I was wondering if anyone here knows of any *good* tools for converting
> between the two or at least cleaning out the crap that Word puts in there?
>
> Obviously, nothing is going to be perfect and I'm going to have to tweak
> the code, but anything that helps in converting 100 page documents is
> going to make my life a lot easier! The structure of the Word documents is
> really simple, with no complex layouts, just headings, paragraphs and
> lists.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> --
> Dylan Parry
> http://webpageworkshop.co.uk -- FREE Web tutorials and references

Hate to say it, but FrontPage may be your friend in this case. Copy the
text from your Word doc - paste into FrontPage and it'll probably do most,
if not all of the work in the process - voila!

N

puk wrote:
> "Dylan Parry" <usenet@dylanparry.com> wrote in message
> news:34s798F4882jsU1@individual.net...
>
>>Hi folks,
>>
>>I have a load of Word documents that I need to convert to plain vanilla
>>HTML. I know that MS Word is pathetic when it comes to saving as HTML, so
>>I was wondering if anyone here knows of any *good* tools for converting
>>between the two or at least cleaning out the crap that Word puts in there?
>>
>>Obviously, nothing is going to be perfect and I'm going to have to tweak
>>the code, but anything that helps in converting 100 page documents is
>>going to make my life a lot easier! The structure of the Word documents is
>>really simple, with no complex layouts, just headings, paragraphs and
>>lists.
>>
>>Any ideas?
>>
>>--
>>Dylan Parry
>>http://webpageworkshop.co.uk -- FREE Web tutorials and references
>
>
> Hate to say it, but FrontPage may be your friend in this case. Copy the
> text from your Word doc - paste into FrontPage and it'll probably do most,
> if not all of the work in the process - voila!

Seriously ?

I would reccomend Dreamwaver - it has the tool your looking for (clean
up HTML word)

G

----- Original Message -----
From: "puk" <>
Newsgroups: alt.www.webmaster
Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2005 5:21 AM
Subject: Re: Tools for converting .doc to html


>
> "Dylan Parry" <> wrote in message ...
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> I have a load of Word documents that I need to convert to plain vanilla
>> HTML. I know that MS Word is pathetic when it comes to saving as HTML, so
>> I was wondering if anyone here knows of any *good* tools for converting
>> between the two or at least cleaning out the crap that Word puts in
>> there?
>>
>> Obviously, nothing is going to be perfect and I'm going to have to tweak
>> the code, but anything that helps in converting 100 page documents is
>> going to make my life a lot easier! The structure of the Word documents
>> is really simple, with no complex layouts, just headings, paragraphs and
>> lists.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> --
>> Dylan Parry
>> http://webpageworkshop.co.uk -- FREE Web tutorials and references
>
> Hate to say it, but FrontPage may be your friend in this case. Copy the
> text from your Word doc - paste into FrontPage and it'll probably do most,
> if not all of the work in the process - voila!
>
> N
>

This method of copying and pasting from Word to FP should NEVER under ANY
circumstances be done.
These methods of copying and pasting are what has cause FP to be bad-mouthed
for creating bloated html, which was created by Word all allong.

A much more effective method of copying and pasting?
1)Copy from Word to NotePad
2) Copy from NotePad to FP

This removes ALL Word formating and bloat with the result being plain
unformatted text.

"lostinspace" <lostinspace@123-universe.com> wrote in message
news:ZhaGd.7565$dq2.2652@newssvr31.news.prodigy.co m...
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "puk" <>
> Newsgroups: alt.www.webmaster
> Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2005 5:21 AM
> Subject: Re: Tools for converting .doc to html
>
>
>>
>> "Dylan Parry" <> wrote in message ...
>>> Hi folks,
>>>
>>> I have a load of Word documents that I need to convert to plain vanilla
>>> HTML. I know that MS Word is pathetic when it comes to saving as HTML,
>>> so I was wondering if anyone here knows of any *good* tools for
>>> converting between the two or at least cleaning out the crap that Word
>>> puts in there?
>>>
>>> Obviously, nothing is going to be perfect and I'm going to have to tweak
>>> the code, but anything that helps in converting 100 page documents is
>>> going to make my life a lot easier! The structure of the Word documents
>>> is really simple, with no complex layouts, just headings, paragraphs and
>>> lists.
>>>
>>> Any ideas?
>>>
>>> --
>>> Dylan Parry
>>> http://webpageworkshop.co.uk -- FREE Web tutorials and references
>>
>> Hate to say it, but FrontPage may be your friend in this case. Copy the
>> text from your Word doc - paste into FrontPage and it'll probably do
>> most, if not all of the work in the process - voila!
>>
>> N
>>
>
> This method of copying and pasting from Word to FP should NEVER under ANY
> circumstances be done.
> These methods of copying and pasting are what has cause FP to be
> bad-mouthed for creating bloated html, which was created by Word all
> allong.
>
> A much more effective method of copying and pasting?
> 1)Copy from Word to NotePad
> 2) Copy from NotePad to FP
>
> This removes ALL Word formating and bloat with the result being plain
> unformatted text.

Agreed - omitted to include step 2 (paste to ASCII editor first).
Otherwise there's little to be gained.

N

While sitting in a puddle Dylan Parry scribbled in the mud:

> Obviously, nothing is going to be perfect and I'm going to have to tweak
> the code, but anything that helps in converting 100 page documents is
> going to make my life a lot easier! The structure of the Word documents
> is really simple, with no complex layouts, just headings, paragraphs and
> lists.
>
> Any ideas?

openoffice output isn't to bad to clean up.

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D?
http://wipkip.biz just to raise my PR