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Always Learning - 26 Oct 2004 19:03 GMT

How does one attach or embed a Word file onto the Webpage design in MS
Publisher such that when the page is posted on the Web, the files will open
correctly?

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JoAnn Paules - 26 Oct 2004 20:14 GMT

I'm going to play the devil's advocate...........What if your target
audience doesn't use Word?

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

> How does one attach or embed a Word file onto the Webpage design in MS
> Publisher such that when the page is posted on the Web, the files will
> open
> correctly?

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analog@logwell.com - 27 Oct 2004 16:23 GMT

But JoAnn darlink, isn't Word the only important word processor in the entire
universe? Seriously, don't the vast majority of Winblows based machines have a
viewer of some kind that will display .doc files, even if the user does not have
Word itself? Of course, the .pdf option makes sense, and I am sure that is
where you are going with this. On logwell.com, we often post both the .doc and
.pdf versions of documents, and sometimes an .html version as well.

Syd

>I'm going to play the devil's advocate...........What if your target
>audience doesn't use Word?

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JoAnn Paules - 27 Oct 2004 20:19 GMT

Although most systems have Word, not everyone does. Nor can you guarantee
that all viewers will have the same version or newer. My point was that
.pdfs are a much more universal format to use on the web.

And how have you been dear? I haven't heard from you lately. :-)

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JoAnn Paules
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> But JoAnn darlink, isn't Word the only important word processor in the
> entire
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>>I'm going to play the devil's advocate...........What if your target
>>audience doesn't use Word?

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DavidF - 27 Oct 2004 00:27 GMT

You can insert the text of a Word file. Draw a text box > Insert > Insert
Text File. This will not insert any images that might be in your Word file.
Alternatively you could copy and paste if the Word doc has both text and
images, but the result would be just an image. And if you want a Word file
on your site, then from David Bartosik's FAQ page:

Q. I inserted my [mpg, mp3, pdf, etc.] file into my page using
Insert, Object, and it doesn't work on the web page.
A. Inserting objects is OLE technology that only applies to print
publications, not web publications. In a web site everything "links", your
.htm files link to other .htm files and to any other type of file. If you
have a video file or an audio file or pdf or doc file, whatever, you have to
upload that file to your site and then link to the file from a link in your
publisher web page. You have to pay attention to the URL of your uploaded
file and then in the hyperlink dialog use the internet address option and
enter your files URL.

Here is a link to the FAQ page:

http://www.publishermvps.com/Default.aspx?tabid=30

DavidF

> How does one attach or embed a Word file onto the Webpage design in MS
> Publisher such that when the page is posted on the Web, the files will open
> correctly?

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