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WD97: HTML Tags Nested Incorrectly After Saving Word 97 File

Article ID: 167255

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q167255

SYMPTOMS

When you look at your HTML document in a Web browser, the HTML document appears to be formatted incorrectly. For example, all of the text appears to be formatted with the same font formatting.

NOTE: This problem may not be evident in all Web browsers.

CAUSE

When you save a Word 97 document in HTML format, Word may incorrectly nest the HTML markup if one paragraph ends with the same text formatting as the subsequent paragraph. Although some browsers ignore the nesting error, other browsers may not be able to interpret and display the HTML markup correctly.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, open the HTML document in a text editor, such as Notepad, and correct the nesting order of the HTML code.

NOTE: If you modify the document using Word 97 and then save your changes, Word saves the HTML code incorrectly. To correct the problem you need to re-edit the document in a text editor.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
This problem was corrected in Microsoft Word 2000.

MORE INFORMATION

To correctly nest tags in HTML, the last tag that you open is the first tag that you close.

The following is an example of how Word 97 incorrectly nests the HTML code. Notice that the bold

<B>

end tag appears in the second paragraph

<P>

element after the text "Verse 1":

   <B><I><U><FONT FACE="Arial">

   <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Test Pattern</P>

   </I></U></FONT>

   <FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>

   <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><A NAME="C"></A>Verse 1</B>: The quick brown

   fox jumped over the lazy dog's back.

   <B>Verse 2</B>: The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy 
dog's back.</P></FONT>

To correct this sample markup, move the bold

<B>

open tag in front of the text "Verse 1":


   <I><U><FONT FACE="Arial">

   <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><B>Test Pattern</B></P>

   </FONT></U></I>

   <FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>

   <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><A NAME="C"></A><B>Verse 1</B>: The quick brown

   fox jumped over the lazy dog's back.

   <B>Verse 2</B>: The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog's

   back.</P></FONT>

For additional information, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

157086 WD97: Limitations of Converting from Word Format to HTM

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