RE: tool question: Word to HTML and PDF

["Combs, Richard" <richard -dot- combs -at- Polycom -dot- com>]

Writers Book Mall wrote:
 
> I should add that this is for a one-off project, not an 
> ongoing setup, and for only one writer, not a team.
> 
> Thanks again.
> 
> 
> --- Writers Book Mall <steve -at- writersbookmall -dot- com>
> wrote:
> 
> > For someone who hasn't had to look into tools for a long, 
> long while, 
> > what's a recommended tool to work with Word and produce 
> HTML and PDF 
> > outputs of essentially similar content? Inexpensive would also be 
> > nice.

For the HTML output, the least expensive solution is Word. No, don't
scream. If you have Word 2003, use File > Save As > Web Page, Filtered.
That strips out all the crud Word adds to its HTML files to enable
round-tripping with no loss of non-HTML data. It still won't look like
Dreamweaver or hand-coded HTML, but it'll do. If you're using Word 2000,
MS has an HTML Filter for Office 2000 download that does the same thing.


For PDF (I assume you don't have Acrobat, or you wouldn't ask, and it's
not cheap), Google "word pdf converter free" (sans quotes) and check out
your options (note that some are only free for non-professional use or
are trials). I've been using Acrobat for years, so I really don't know
anything about which alternatives are best.

HTH!
Richard


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Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
303-223-5111
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rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom
303-777-0436
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