Saving Files as Web Pages – by Floyd Winters 01/13/2006

If you are using WebCT to turn your assignments in, when possible, please save your Assignments as a Web page (Ex: in Microsoft Word choose File, Save as Web Page) and upload the resulting .htm file. That way I can grade your projects anywhere, from any machine, on a PC, on a Mac, on a Linux box, with or without having Word, and without having to worry as much about viruses… Additionally .htm files load faster. For instance this document was 26K as a standard Word file but only 5K as a “Filtered” Web Page .htm file.

To make your Web files more efficient in size and consequently load even faster:

a. In Microsoft Word, choose File, Save As Web Page, and name your file. Under Save as type: choose Web Page, Filtered - to keep your file size small. Pay attention to the location or path that you save to.

b. Click the Change Title button to set the Web page Title that you want to appear in the Title bar.

c. Click the Save button, and close Word.

To check your file, open the Windows Explorer, locate your.htm file, and double-click on it to view your Web page in your default browser.

If you want to reedit your file, locate it in the Windows Explorer, right-click the file, choose Open With, and select Microsoft Word.

NOTES:

When you use Word to create your Web Page and the page has graphics, it will automatically create a corresponding images folder. For instance, if you name your file ResumeSmith, it will create a ResumeSmith.htm html file AND a ResumeSmith_files images folder if you Save As a Web Page.

If you are going to FTP these files to your Web site, you must upload both the .htm file and the images folder to the same location on your Web site so your .htm file will automatically open the images.

Some FTP sites or FTP programs allow you to upload the whole corresponding images folder at one time. Other FTP sites or FTP programs require you to make a folder with the same name as the images folder that Word automatically created (such as ResumeSmith_files). Then you open or browse to that newly created folder and upload each image to the ResumeSmith_files images folder one at a time.

Additionally – note how for this .htm file, I first created a table one row by one column. The table constraint keeps my document in a confined area, instead of allowing all the text to run clear across the screen.