Q157477: WD97: Features Not Available During Web Authoring
Article: Q157477
Product(s): Word 97 for Windows
Version(s): WINDOWS:97
Operating System(s):
Keyword(s): kbusage
Last Modified: 14-NOV-2000
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The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Word 97 for Windows
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When authoring Web pages in Word, you can use many familiar Word features, such
as spelling and grammar checking, AutoText, and tables. Some features are
customized to make Web authoring easier, such as graphic bullets and lines.
Features that are not supported by HTML are not available for authoring Web
pages. The list below explains which features are changed or unavailable when
you are authoring Web pages.
Available
Feature or changed Notes
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Columns See Notes Newspaper columns are not supported
in HTML, but you can use tables to
create a multicolumn effect.
Comments and Track See Notes Word comments and track changes
Changes features are not supported in HTML.
You can use strikethrough formatting
to represent text that might be
deleted. For comments, you can format
text with the Comments style.
Comments will not appear in Web
browsers.
Highlighting No Highlighting is not available in
HTML.
Font sizes See Notes Fonts are mapped to the closest HTML
size available in the <FONT SIZE>
tag, which ranges from size 1 to 7.
These numbers are not point sizes but
are used as instructions for font
sizes by Web browsers. Word displays
the fonts in sizes ranging from 9
to 36.
Bold, strikethrough, Yes Special underline effects, such as
italic, underline dotted underline, are not available.
Animated text See Notes Animations are not available. For an
animated effect, insert scrolling
text.
Emboss, shadow, No These font effects are not supported
engrave, small caps, in HTML
all caps, double
strikethrough, and
outline effects
Tabs No Tabs are not available because they
are often displayed by Web browsers
as spaces. To control the layout of
your page, use a table.
Ruler See Notes The ruler does not appear by default
because margin settings, indents, and
tabs differ in the Web page authoring
environment. You can point to the
gray area at the top of the document
to display the ruler.
Equations, charts, See Notes When you save charts, equations,
other OLE objects organizational charts, and other OLE
objects in HTML format, a graphic
image is created. You can use these
graphics on your Web pages, but you
won't be able to update the data they
represent. If you need to later
update data in a chart or equation
that you're displaying on a Web page,
save a backup copy of your file as a
Word document (.doc format).
Drawing objects, See Notes These items are not available on the
such as AutoShapes, Drawing toolbar. They are available
text effects, text as Microsoft Word Picture objects--
boxes, and shadows click Object on the Insert menu, and
then click Microsoft Word Picture.
Once you close your document, the
graphic becomes a GIF image, and you
will not be able to update it using
the Drawing toolbar again.
Headers, Footers No Headers and footers are not supported
in HTML.
Footnotes, Endnotes No Footnotes and endnotes are not
supported in HTML.
Cross-references No Cross-references are not supported in
HTML. You can use a hyperlink to jump
to another part of your web page.
Master documents No Master documents are not supported in
Web page authoring. You can separate
large amounts of text into unique Web
pages and then insert hyperlinks to
these smaller documents onto one Web
page.
Mail merge No Mail merge is not supported in HTML.
Versioning No Versioning is not supported in HTML.
Styles Yes When you define your own styles, only
the formatting that's supported in
Web page authoring will be available.
Paragraph formatting See Notes Some paragraph formats, such as
settings
to control how paragraphs flow,
spacing
before and after paragraphs, and line
spacing aren't available. To control
the
layout of your page you can use a
table.
Tables of contents, No The Word tools for creating these
tables of items are not available. You can
authorities, simulate a table of contents by using
indexes hyperlinks.
Page borders No Borders around pages are not
supported in HTML. You can use a table
to border a page, or to make the page
more interesting, you can add a
background by using the Background
command on the Format menu.
Page numbering No An HTML document is considered a
single Web page, regardless of its
length.
Margins No To control the layout of a page, you
can use a table.
Additional query words: 8.0 word8 word97 browser tools menu missing
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Keywords : kbusage
Technology : kbWordSearch kbWord97 kbWord97Search kbZNotKeyword2
Version : WINDOWS:97
Issue type : kbprb
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