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WD98: How to Open HTML Files Directly into Source View

Article ID: 181313

Article Last Modified on 10/4/2002

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SUMMARY

When you open a Hypertext Markup Language document in Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition, it opens in Online Layout view by default. To view and edit the HTML code, you can open the HTML file as a text only document.

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To open an HTML file in Microsoft Word 98 as a text only document, follow these steps:

  1. On the Tools menu, click Preferences.
  2. Click the General tab.
  3. Click to select the "Confirm conversion at Open" check box, and then click OK.
  4. On the File menu, click Open.
  5. Select the HTML file that you want to open, and then click Open.
  6. In the Convert File From list, click Text Only, and then click OK.

Additional query words: automatically hyperlink markup language

Keywords: kbinfo kbconversion kbhtml KB181313


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