WD97: Style Changes Not Retained with HTML Styles

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HTML styles are retained in the HTML code as heading tags. For example, the HTML code for text formatted with the H1 style would look like this: When text formatted with an HTML style tag is opened in a browser, the browser displays the text using its built-in definition for the H1 tag, and not how Word defines the H1 style.

Therefore, if you modify the HTML styles in Word, the changes appear on screen but are not preserved when you save the document as HTML.

The following HTML styles do not retain any changes you make to the style: The benefit of using HTML styles in your document is that Word retains the style structure of the document.

How to Retain Formatting in HTML Documents

To retain formatting in an HTML document, use either of the following methods:

• Format your documents using styles other than HTML styles. When you save the document as HTML, Word converts any text not formatted with the HTML styles to the Normal style and converts any formatting to direct formatting.

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• Apply direct formatting to the text defined with the HTML style.