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| Newer page: | version 2 | Last edited on Friday, July 9, 2004 3:24:50 pm | by JohnMcPherson | Revert |
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A "word processor" that is part of the MicrosoftOffice suite.
+
+----
+
+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:
+<verbatim>
+<html>
+<head>
+<META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii">
+<meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 10 (filtered)">
+...
+</head>
+<body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple>
+<div class=Section1>
+<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color=navy face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy'>Hello,</span></font></p>
+<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color=navy face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy'> </span></font></p>
+...
+<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color=navy face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy'> </span></font></p>
+
+<table class=MsoTableGrid border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0
+ style='border-collapse:collapse;border:none'>
+ <tr height=14 style='height:10.7pt'>
+ <td width=476 colspan=2 height=14 valign=top style='width:357.1pt;border: solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:10.7pt'>
+ <p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold'>August </span></font></b></p>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr height=57 style='height:42.9pt'>
+ <td width=69 height=57 valign=top style='width:51.4pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.9pt'>
+ <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>8-12</span></font></p>
+ </td>
+...
+</verbatim>
