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Using other Applications

Virtually any piece of software released in the last few years has the ability to save its content as HTML - that means, save it in a format that can be viewed in an Internet browser. If you would like to use that content in your school web site, then you will need to either:

1. Copy and Paste the content into the software you are using to manage your web site or...
2. save the original file as an HTML file (with any associated images), upload them and link your pages to them.

Copying and Pasting

This is by far the simplest method of getting text content into your web pages. You can select the text in the original application (such as Word, PowerPoint, Publisher, Textease, RoboLab or any other application that contains text) and paste it into your web pages, whether these are made in Dreamweaver, FrontPage, or any other application - even if you are using a text editor to edit 'raw' HTML.

Issues with using Copy and Paste:

• You will normally lose any formatting such as bold, italic or coloured text.
• Different styles - such as headings, bulleted & numbered lists and footers - won't be preserved.
• It's often not possible to copy and paste images from other applications and paste them straight in to web pages - see the Using Images sections for advice on this.

Creating HTML files from other applications

If you look under the File menu under many applications then you will often see Save as Web Page, Save as HTML, Publish as Web Page or something similar. It's important to note that what results from these commands will depend on what the software package is.

Here's what the process looks like in Textease. This is accessed by selecting File > Save As... within Textease and then changing the Save as type option to HTML:

Some applications (such as SiteCentral) have a number of options (buried deep within their Preferences) about how the HTML is created. Some of these files create any associated images in a particular folder - if you want to use a piece of software it's a good idea to experiment with it to see what happens and what files are created when you save a document as a web page.