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A "word processor" that is part of the MicrosoftOffice suite. |
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AristotlePagaltzis |
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Some people use it for writing emails or webpages, and using Word's "save as html" feature. This is a bad idea, because it makes horrible [HTML]. This is (most likely) a deliberate act designed to make code that renders better when using the InternetExplorer browser compared to other browsers. Some example generated HTML: |
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<verbatim> |
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<html> |
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<head> |
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<META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> |
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<meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 10 (filtered)"> |
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</head> |
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<body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple> |
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<div class=Section1> |
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JohnMcPherson |
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color=navy face=Verdana><span |
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style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy'>Hello,</span></font></p> |
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color=navy face=Verdana><span |
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style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy'> </span></font></p> |
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... |
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JohnMcPherson |
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color=navy face=Verdana><span |
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style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy'> </span></font></p> |
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<table class=MsoTableGrid border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 |
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style='border-collapse:collapse;border:none'> |
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<tr height=14 style='height:10.7pt'> |
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JohnMcPherson |
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<td width=476 colspan=2 height=14 valign=top style='width:357.1pt; |
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border: solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:10.7pt'> |
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Verdana><span |
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold'>August </span></font></b></p> |
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</td> |
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</tr> |
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<tr height=57 style='height:42.9pt'> |
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<td width=69 height=57 valign=top style='width:51.4pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; |
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border-top:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.9pt'> |
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt; |
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font-family:Verdana'>8-12</span></font></p> |
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</td> |
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</verbatim> |
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JohnMcPherson |
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There is a tool that cleans up this mess; it is rightfully called [demoroniser | http://www.fourmilab.ch/webtools/demoroniser/]. Another (more generic) one is |
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[html tidy|http://tidy.sourceforge.net/]. |
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VitorCardoso |
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Apparently the latest versions of MS Word have a feature to produce cleaner HTML |
