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Word Conversion to HTML creates folders...help

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Barry - 06 May 2006 17:42 GMT
Hi:

    I am using MS Word 2000 in an XP environment.  I am trying to use the
Batch Conversion Wizard to create html from about 100 .doc files.

    When I run the Wizard, it creates the files, but then creates a folder
for each file.  That folder is named sonmething like MyFile_files.htm.
In that folder are two useless files: (for me) filelist.xml and
header.htm.

    HOWEVER, although my new .HTM file does not look like it is in that
folder (it is in the parent folder and these MyFile_files.htm are at the
same level)it behaves as if it is in the folder.  If I move the desired
.htm file, the folder moves.  If I delete the folder, the desired .htm
file disappears, even though it is not shown as being in the folder!

    I tried setting the Tools Options General (Web Options button) and
selected NOT to organize the supporting files in a folder.  However that
option is not remembered when I run the Batch Conversion Wizard.

    Any help on this would be appreciated.  I do not want these separate
folders nor do I want the extra files...but once they are not in the
folder, then I can delete them manually.

Thank you,

Barry
Barry - 06 May 2006 22:26 GMT
HI:

    I solved it myself.  The option that I mentioned in the original  post
(below) is attached only to that .doc file.  It is not a global
parameter for the USER.  Microsoft does not tell us which options are
for the specific document, and which are general.  Nonetheless...

    I recorded a macro that simply sets that parameter for the current
file.  I then pointed to that macro in the appropriate place of the
Batch Find & Replace (many files) listed in the MS Word MVP site.

    I ran it against all the .doc files...changing them so that when  they
create a .htm file, the supporting files will be in the same directory.

    The Batch Conversion Wizard (.doc to .htm) worked appropriately.

    It was a simple matter using windows file explorer to delete the XML
files, and then to delete the approximately 2 kilobyte _header.htm files.

Works fine!

Barry

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PopS - 07 May 2006 02:09 GMT
Barry,

Are you saying that the option to not create the files folder
must be set for each individual file/page?

I've been trying unsuccessfully to get my head around your
original question and just cannot duplicate it.  Once I set it to
not create the special folder, that's it; it "sticks" from that
point on .  And goes back to creating them on the fly when I
check it again.

Or am I misunderstanding something in your post?

Regards,

Pop
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Before a bunch of people jump in here screaming at me to not use
Word to create web pages, it wasn't meant for that, it was meant
for ... etc. etc. etc. ; please save the ether and don't bother:
I know the story already and have no need for that information.

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Barry - 07 May 2006 14:00 GMT
HI:

   I just tried it again, and it seems to work the way I described...

    That is, if I use Tools|Options|General|Web Options and ask NOT to have
supporting folders for HTML generation on one file, that option is not
the way I want it for another file that I open.

Barry

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PopS - 07 May 2006 16:54 GMT
I'll try some more experiments and come back.  Unless you get
success in the meantime <g>.

Pop

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Don - 07 May 2006 22:50 GMT
"PopS" <nobody@devnull.spamcop.net> wrote in news:#BWL2LXcGHA.4224
@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl:

> Barry,
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> Pop

See this thread

http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.word.web.authoring/browse
_thread/thread/7525c8133f834950/eefa610505970315?lnk=st&q=group%
3Amicrosoft.public.word.web.authoring&rnum=3&hl=en#eefa610505970315

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