One of the biggest things with creating HTML pages is deciding on what to use to create the html files. I know the tendency to use something like Microsoft Word is very appealing but don’t do it.
I help others who create pages in various word processors get those files up on the Internet in the form of html pages. One thing I have found is that Microsoft sucks at creating webpages.
There is a save function within MS Word that will convert your document over to html without the Word specific tags but it never turns out as expected.
Word seems to keep a hold of a 8.5 x 11 inch document concept. This is now how webpages work.
Every time I have tried to do a conversion, it never works out and I spend countless hours debugging and reformatting for the Internet.
I strongly recommend that you take the time to learn a real html editor such as Dreamweaver and dump MS Word for you webpage development.
For a reference on what kinds of html applications are out there, you can always visit http://brianlyssy.com/tools
I have a pretty good list of the items that I use along with some good free replacements.
If you are going to do any kind of serious development on the Internet, then I suggest you take the plunge and get Adobe CS4 Webmaster package. This package rocks!
I am currently working on a new project that is utilizing new web technology and I am starting to use more and more of the Adobe Webmaster tools to get it done.
Long story short…MS Word has it’s place and developing websites is not one of them.
Tags: Adobe, Dreamweaver, html, MS Word
Tags: Adobe, Dreamweaver, html, MS Word
