Hi, Have been searching for quite some time now, I need to convert a word document in A3 format into HTML web page. The doc file has number of tables and text with specific indentation that I need to follow exactly. I tried to save the file as html page using Microsoft Word, the layout didn't correctly converted as the original doc.
Have you tried some of the online utilities like Word to Clean HTML? I suspect it'll be tough to get a perfect translation, but if you can get close then you could manually tweak the rest.
Hi JCTunstall Yeah I did, but I guess it's not appropriate for A3 page size. Supposedly there are 2 tables on one side of A3 page. After converted the second table goes down below the first table. I find it hard to know the right margins and spaces between these two tables, so I don't think I could be able to tweak it correctly.
The absolute worse HTML in the universe is generated by word. You will get what you need more quickly by just coding the page from scratch. Your chances of getting the word doc correct rendered by converting manually or with a tool are about the same as the odds that that sun won't rise tomorrow.
Hey yes it's true that there are converters that convert word files to html but they mostly not doing good job. The best way is to do that manually. If you are looking for someone to do it for you (not for free) feel free to contact me.
And the reason you don't simply link to the .doc file is … ? (I mean besides its being a proprietary format which MSFT doesn't see any value in maintaining backward compatibility, forcing expensive upgrades.)
As kk5st, the best would maybe be to link to your word file. Or you could save it as an image and display it on your page if the fields don't have to be editable?
There are lots of sites on internet which are convert the Microsoft word document into HTML format I would like to suggest you a site http://word2cleanhtml.com/. It may be helpful for you.
A second thought: To avoid the issues of MSWord's backward compatibility and for folks without Word, export the document to pdf, and link to the pdf document.
If you're still interested in this I could take a look at it and convert it manually... for some $ of course.. Other than that... there is not much to do about it.