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Your Text: Insert Slimies » Insert UBB Code » Close Last Tag \| All Tags UBB Help	Basically because it is a word processor with the ability to export as HTML but does so poorly. Up to Word 97 the actual export was fairly straightforward but with Word 9/2000 the unwary could find themselves with massively bloated webpages with horrific code (it can be up to 2 or 3 times the size). This is because it adds non-WWW tags and styles so that you can go back and forward between Word and the HTML version. For an explanation and fix see the links below: [url="http://www.w3c.org/People/Raggett/tidy/"]HTML Tidy[/url] esp. the: [url="http://www.w3c.org/People/Raggett/tidy/#word2000"]Word 2000 config[/url] You can either use HTML Tidy or download the fix provided by Microsoft: [url="http://office.microsoft.com/downloads/2000/Msohtmf2.aspx"]Office 2000 HTML Filter 2.0[/url] Now that you have fixed the problems caused by using MS Word get yourself a proper code editor: [internallink=5570]Can you recommend a code editor?[/internallink] ________________________ [internallink=4626]Emperor[/internallink] [small][i](Added by: [url=http://www.ozoneasylum.com/cgi-bin/ubbmisc.cgi?action=getbio&UserName=Emperor]Emperor [/url] on Mon 10-Mar-2003)[/i][/small] Loading...
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