Using MS Word to Create a Web Page

Using MS Word to Create a Web Page

Microsoft Word is a typical word processor that allows you to convert (change) any file that you have into a web page. There are however a few things that you need to know about the WWW before you can begin.

  1. You need to be using one of the following MS Word systems:
    1. Microsoft Windows 95 version 7.0 with Internet Assistant
    2. Microsoft Office 97
    3. A Macintosh version with the Internet Assistant
  2. Have a WWW connection. All computers in the labs on campus are equipt with Netscape
  3. Know your path on the WWW. Example www.oswego.edu/~username

As an example, say that you just created your resume and would like to post it on the web. Create the document like you normally would. Save your resume as resume.doc. This file will act like every other file that you have used in Word. Now that your resume is saved, go back up to the File Menu and choose Save as HTML.

You have now been moved to a screen that appears just like the saving screen. The file that you would like to be moved onto the web should appear in the File Name box and the save as type should say HTML document. Click on the save button if this information is correct.

Once the saving is complete the page will look no different than before. In order to check and make sure that the transforming is complete click on the View Menu and choose HTML Source. You are now viewing the HTML code that will allow you to place the document on the web. In order to get back to the regular screen, on the toolbar click Exit HTML Source.

Your work in MS Word is now done. Since your document is saved as an HTML code, you can exit Word. Your next step is to log onto your e-mail account using Rocky and Telnet, not Mulbury. Once you have logged in you need to create a public_html file. Type in ls and hit enter. If you see a file named public_html you do not need to do the following step. Type mkdir public_html and hit enter.

Now type cd public_html and hit enter. Type Pico "the name of your file that you saved into Word".html, hit enter. Open MS Word and open your document that you saved as HTML. View the source and highlight the whole document in HTML form. Under Edit choose Copy. Go back to Pico and choose Paste. You now have to save this file. Type ^X and then Y to the question, followed by an enter. This has saved your file in your directory.

If you ever would like to update the information on the page that you just created, type cd public_html and enter. Type Pico and the name of the file you would like to change. From this point you can add or delete from your HTML code.

To view this on the web, connect onto Netscape and leave it on the home page.

http://www.oswego.edu and add /~(your log on name). From there you will be able to see your web page.