[Word] Numbering problem

[Ron Solecki]

LOL back at you.

When you are right about MS, you are right.

I still find "HTML Filtered" adequate for text content copied from web
pages.  I just want the content, fast and dirty.  I'm not worried about how
it looks on the web as long as I can read it on my PC. HTML Filtered keeps
enough of the formatting, like bold, headlines and links, I get rid of
advertising and tables used only for formatting.  If I keep embedded
pictures/graphics I use DOCX/DOC to avoid the separate folders holding the
pictures associated with the HTML .

On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 17:06, Liz <ackerliz at shaw.ca> wrote:

>  LOL, if I want html, I'll paste from a webpage into an html editor and
> add the tags myself. I cannot describe how passionately I dislike what MS to
> perfectly well marked up html.
>
> Microsoft should just pick one thing they could be good at, and stick with
> that I am not sure exactly what that would be.
>
> Liz
>
>
>  *From:* Ron Solecki <rohnskii at gmail.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [Word] Numbering problem
>
> Yes, default MS HTML is cluttered with lots of redundant formatting codes.
> However, I've found a workable alternate.  In Word I do Save As "HTML
> Filtered".  It filters out most of the MS code bloat.
>
>
>
> On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 13:50, David A. Gray <dagray at p6c.com> wrote:
>
>>  Liz,
>>
>> I'm glad to learn that I'm not the only one who takes that belt and
>> suspenders approach, via Notepad.
>>
>> As to the question of what is so special about Paste Special/Unformatted,
>> it is quite straightforward. While regular paste tries to use the "most
>> compatible" format, which is often either HTML or RTF, Paste
>> Special/Unformatted Text (or Unicode Text) uses the lowest common
>> denominator, which is Format 1, Plain Text. As such, Plain Text is devoid of
>> all the other garbage that can muck up a perfectly good Word document.
>>
>> As you noted, Microsoft HTML is a mess. Several years ago, I had to delve
>> into the details of what WinWord includes in its HTML format. Rather than
>> the generic HTML 3.2 or 4.x markup that you expect, it includes all of the
>> Office specific markup, which adds bloat, and attempts to carry over
>> formatting from the source document. The fact that Word tries to carry over
>> the formatting from the source document is the source of all the
>> problems. Incidentally, pasting from Internet Explorer yields identical
>> results.
>>
>> The bottom line is that the HTML clipboard isn't pure HTML, it's Microsoft
>> Office HTML.
>>
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