> I'll give that a shot. It would have saved some time if Chris had told
> me that in the first place. I know from seeing some of the blog posts
> that not every user of his site is html conversant. I think what you mean
> is to take the html document that I've made from saving in word as a
> filtered .htm that produced it and pasting that into his contact box.
>
> If you don't mind putting Bob's suggestion into step form just in case (I
> apologize I couldn't repro Bob's steps) I'd sure appreciate it.
>
> Thanks for all your time.
>
> CH
>
>
> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill[ at ]mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:Ol1dksVWJHA.3912[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> According to the pages I looked at, it appears that you're supposed to
>> just type or paste the text into the box on his Contact page. That should
>> result in plain text. Now that it has appeared here, you should be able
>> to grab the text (through Microsoft's Communities on the Web, not with a
>> newsreader) and copy/paste, since what's displayed on a MS Web page is
>> presumably "simple HTML."
>>
>> --
>> Suzanne S. Barnhill
>> Microsoft MVP (Word)
>> Words into Type
>> Fairhope, Alabama USA
>>
http://word.mvps.org>>
>> "Chad Harris" <Windows7[ at ]Blackcombville.net> wrote in message
>> news:egUA8eVWJHA.1244[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>> Thanks as always Suzanne. The situation is this and I don't know if I
>>> accomplished it. Chris Perillo who is a tech writer, consultant
>>> evangelist was participating in an HP/MSFT giveaway contest. To enter
>>> you
>>> had to write short 500 word articles on any topic. He invites you to
>>> email it and I was using Yahoo email for the contest (sure I have
>>> Outlook
>>> 2007 but I set up a yahoo mail account for the contest).
>>>
>>> Here you can see exactly how he is posting these "html documents" and
>>> what
>>> they look like. You can see what the finished product is of what he
>>> wants
>>> at the link below.
>>>
>>>
http://chris.pirillo.com/>>>
>>> So to get the word count, I composed the document to enter in Word>then
>>> pasted it into Yahoo mail and had to deal with a few zigzags to
>>> straighten
>>> out which is always the case when you do that. I'll show you here what
>>> I
>>> composed and pasted into Yahoo below. I thought all was fine and dandy
>>> and I got back an email from Chris that said, "You have to submit this
>>> as
>>> a simple html document."
>>>
>>> I don't know how to make web pages, but I have posted on forums where
>>> they
>>> add brackets for urls, bold, etc. so I knjow how they are formatted so I
>>> went to a site that converts text into simple html and I thought I was
>>> done and that wasn't what he wanted. So then I went to
>>>
http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_primary.asp and tried to adapt their
>>> methods and that wasn't what he wanted. He emailed back "can't you get
>>> help from a friend." I don't have any people available right here who
>>> make web pages or know much about .html, so when Terry suggested I save
>>> as
>>> a filtered .htm from Word I did that and it did produce an html document
>>> that shows up as a web page. I hope that's what he wants.
>>>
>>> What I originally pasted into Word 2007 SP1 was this:
>>>
>>> How to Fix Vista When It Won't Boot
>>> 1) A number of people who help in this area obsess with interpreting
>>> the stop errors. This is not difficult, and a simple google will get
>>> this
>>> done. I find them basically useful to steer you to a hardware problem or
>>> a
>>> software problem, and don't suggest obsessing or spending much time at
>>> all
>>> on them.
>>> 2) Review any new installations including hardware, software, or
>>> drivers.
>>> Check for common hardware problems that could cause the "no boot", even
>>> if
>>> the stop error message suggests it's software induced. This includes
>>> having updated MOBO drivers, checking the battery, checking that cables
>>> are tightly seated, all the cares are in correctly and tightly; and that
>>> your memory sticks are seated correctly, and are compatible with the pc.
>>> Check the integrity of your cable pins. Finding a broken one can save
>>> you
>>> hours of time. Check that the RAM installed is compatible with your
>>> MOBO,
>>> and that it's seated correctly.
>>>
>>> 3) If you have a Vista DVD, or can borrow one since you don't need a
>>> Product Key to use these tools, either Startup Repair or the Bootrec.exe
>>> tool should get you back up and running.
>>>
>>> How to Use Startup Repair: (Any of the links provide screen shots)
>>>
http://www.windowsvista.windowsreinstall.com/vistaultimate/repairstartup/index.htm>>>
>>>
http://www.vistaclues.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/12/click-repair-your-computer.png>>> 4) Here is the MSKB for rebuilding the BCD using very simple quick
>>> commands
>>> from the command prompt which you can either reach with by inserting a
>>> Vista
>>> DVD or by tapping F8 when you start your pc and at the F8 (Windows
>>> Advancd
>>> Options Menu) selecting "Safe Mode with Command"
>>>
>>> Using the Bootrec.exe tool to Fix
>>>
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927392/en-us>>>
>>> You may only have to type these commands--it has helped me to fix a
>>> variety
>>> of software no boots consistently:
>>>
>>> bootrec /Rebuild BCD
>>> bootrec /fixmbr
>>> bootrec /scanos
>>> bootrec /Fixboot
>>>
>>> 5) In addition you can try all of the options at F8 to use system
>>> restore to
>>> fix this. The point here is that sometimes trying system restore from
>>> one
>>> of the F8 safe modes works, when system restore from the others don't.
>>> Since they each take only seconds to try, if the options above don't
>>> work,
>>> I'd try them. The F8 options in Vista are the same as XP, and the MSKB
>>> link i for Safe Mode Boot options is labeled XP by MSFT, but they are
>>> the
>>> same for Vista (they haven't updated to add Vista to the title as they
>>> have with several MSKBs that apply to both).Then you can also try (it
>>> takes a couple seconds) LKG--Last Known Good Configuration at the F8
>>> menu.
>>> Documentation on how to do this follows.
>>>
>>> 6) Try to F8 to the Windows Adv Options Menu>try 3 safe modes there
>>> (I
>>> don't use WGA for this purpose) and Last Known Good>then I go to Win RE
>>> in
>>> Vista. That gives you a choice of Safe Mode, Safe Mode with Networking,
>>> and Safe Mode with Command Prompt.
>>>
>>> These methods are outlined in
>>>
>>> A description of the Safe Mode Boot options in Windows XP/and Vista
>>>
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315222/>>>
>>> Frequently Asked Questions Regarding System Restore from MSFT:
>>>
>>>
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/plan/faqsrwxp.mspx>>>
>>> System Restore can be run from the Win RE recovery environment from the
>>> same link as Startup Repair, and sometimes it will work from one F8 safe
>>> mode location or from the Win Recovery Environment when it won't work
>>> from
>>> other locations.
>>>
>>> He wanted me to convert that text into an html document, and I hoped by
>>> saving it from Word as a "filtered.htm" in the drop down from the
>>> dialogue
>>> box (File>Save As>Save as Filtered .htm) that I accomplisehed what he
>>> wanted since if you right click the doc in recent documents>properties
>>> it
>>> does show up as an html document. It looks the same but it comes up as
>>> a
>>> Window with a file path to "Documents" in Vista.
>>>
>>> Maybe what he wants is the .html source with all the brackets, etc.
>>> (sorry
>>> I'm being so crude but I just have never learned to make html web
>>> pages--I
>>> haven't really needed to do that).
>>>
>>> I guess what you mean is he wanted the view that View as a Source would
>>> have given me. I will work on following the steps that you sent me.
>>> I'm
>>> determined to "get 'er done" as a recently prominent ditz brain who
>>> wanted
>>> to be a heartbeat away from the oval office who was much less qualified
>>> than Tina Fey used to say.
>>>
>>> Many many thanks. You and Bob have always been a great source of help.
>>>
>>> CH
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill[ at ]mvps.org> wrote in message
>>> news:OcwWmMVWJHA.4376[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>> If you open it in a browser and use File | View Source, you'll see that
>>>> it is HTML. If there's any way to view the HTML source in Word 2007, I
>>>> haven't discovered it, and Help, as usual, is useless. According to
>>>> Office MVP Bob Buckland, however (in a thread slurped at
>>>>
http://help.lockergnome.com/office/HTML-pages-Word-07-ftopict929968.html):>>>>
>>>> "You are no longer able to view the HTML source from within Word's use
>>>> of
>>>> the MS Script Editor (that has
>>>> been disconnected).
>>>>
>>>> "To view and edit the source in Word you'd need to reopen the HTML file
>>>> in Word after turning on the Word option to
>>>> [x] Confirm Word file format conversion on open
>>>> (Alt, T, O, A then scroll down to the 'General section')
>>>> and when you open the Word HTML file choose 'Plain text' as the file
>>>> type."
>>>>
>>>> I suppose you could also open the file in Notepad to see the HTML
>>>> source.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Suzanne S. Barnhill
>>>> Microsoft MVP (Word)
>>>> Words into Type
>>>> Fairhope, Alabama USA
>>>>
http://word.mvps.org>>>>
>>>> "Chad Harris" <Windows7[ at ]Blackcombville.net> wrote in message
>>>> news:ejbGn9UWJHA.5032[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>>> Hi Terry--
>>>>>
>>>>> That's an interesting idea. I never thought of using Word to do this
>>>>> until I was told I was required to submit this document as "simple
>>>>> html." I'm emailing the doc and I have to use a yahoo account to do
>>>>> it.
>>>>> I've saved IE shortcuts web pages as .mhts and not been able to find
>>>>> much info about that which probably has no relationship to this.
>>>>> There
>>>>> is also an option to save a web page as an html which has no relations
>>>>> to this I bet either.
>>>>>
>>>>> If I understand you you mean to save as Filtered HTM in Word. Here's
>>>>> exactly what I did but the result is no different than my original
>>>>> word
>>>>> document. That is strange. What you suggested should have/could have
>>>>> done what I was asking for help to do.
>>>>>
>>>>> 1) I have my original 500 page Word 2007 SP1 document. To my
>>>>> knowledge
>>>>> there is no Office SP2 due until 2009. I try to keep up with the
>>>>> service packs.
>>>>>
http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/press/2008/may08/05-21ExpandedFormatsPR.mspx>>>>>
>>>>> 2) The original is simple text with 3 hyperlinks. I made a new
>>>>> document
>>>>> and pasted it into the new document so I could keep my original and
>>>>> try
>>>>> to save as filtered .htm.
>>>>>
>>>>> With the duplicate, I did this:
>>>>>
>>>>> File>Save As (dialogue box)>on the pull down with several options I
>>>>> chose "Save as Filtered .htm"
>>>>>
>>>>> The title of the document was "How To Fix Vista When It Won't Boot"
>>>>> (the
>>>>> recipient wants to post it on their web site and made the request for
>>>>> me
>>>>> to send it as a "simple .html document." I'm honestly not sure what
>>>>> the
>>>>> difference is between "simple .html" and a "filtered .htm" So I saved
>>>>> as "filtered .htm" and the document comes up unchanged and the title
>>>>> is
>>>>> now "How To Fix Vista When It Wo.htm" (But the text is unchanged.
>>>>> It's
>>>>> still in regular English with no brackets or none of the trappings
>>>>> we'd
>>>>> normally associate with .html.)
>>>>>
>>>>> When I right click on the original document (in recent
>>>>> documents)>properties it is designated as a Word document.
>>>>>
>>>>> When I right click on the document I saved as filtered .htm>click
>>>>> properties, it is designated as an html document.
>>>>>
>>>>> I suppose I could browse in Yahoo email and browse to this document
>>>>> and
>>>>> send it to the recipient as an attachment.
>>>>>
>>>>> But what worries me is it says it is an .html document now, but it
>>>>> looks
>>>>> precisely the same.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for your time very much. I'm confused, but that's not a new
>>>>> development in a lot of venues.
>>>>>
>>>>> CH
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "Terry Farrell" <terryfarrell[ at ]msn.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:OUvtGVSWJHA.4928[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>>>> Can you not simply use SaveAs and choose Filtered HTM as the type?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Chad Harris" <Windows7[ at ]Blackcombville.net> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:OrAXlzPWJHA.4384[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>>>>>>I am fairly sure that 1) this group doesn't deal with html--it deals
>>>>>>>with converting text so that it can be read in Word.
>>>>>>> 2) MSFT hasn't got a newsgroup on web page design or simple html. I
>>>>>>> have made a very small 500 word or so document to submit somewhere,
>>>>>>> and I'm being asked to submit it in "simple htnl." I have tried to
>>>>>>> convert the links to html but that is not what the person I'm
>>>>>>> submitting to wants. I don't know how to convert my text with links
>>>>>>> to "simple html." Maybe someone knows where I can get this done.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I looked at
http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_primary.asp but I'm
>>>>>>> still not sure how to use it to get done what is required. I know
>>>>>>> this is off-topic to this group, but I don't find any other MSFT
>>>>>>> group
>>>>>>> that seems appropriate.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> TIA,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> CH
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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