Microsoft Word 97 can create simple HTML files. It can convert simple text documents into HTML Web pages. Word 97 cannot convert a two-column Word document to HTML format and retain the two columns.

Using the HELP menu

1. Pull down the Help menu and choose Contents and Index
2. There is a section on "Creating and Working with Web Pages."

Saving an Existing Word Document as an HTML Web Page

1. File menuSave as HTML . . .
(If there isn't a menu option "Save as HTML," click on Save As . . ., and change the Save as type: box to "HTML Document.")
2. Change the Save In box to save the document in the proper folder
3. Type the file name in the File name: box. File names must end in .html and cannot contain spaces or slashes.
4. Click on the Save button

Creating a New Web Page

1. File menuNew . . .
2. Click on the Web Pages tab
3. Click on the Blank Web Page icon. (Alternatively, you could choose the Web Page Wizard icon for some web page templates.)
4. Additional icons for creating Web pages will be added to the Toolbar.

Formatting Text

1. Highlight (drag the mouse over) the text you want to format.
2. Click on one of the formatting buttons on the Toolbar.
3. You can also drop down the Style menu for a range of text formatting options including: Headings, blockquote, definition lists, etc.
4. The Format menu offers several text formatting options including text color, font, background, and style.

Creating A Hyperlink

1. Highlight the text you want to display as the hyperlink.
2. Pull down the Insert menu and choose Hyperlink . . . (or click on the Hyperlink icon).
3. In the Link to file or URL box, type the name of the file you want the hyperlink to jump to, or type in the complete Internet address of the Web site, including the http://
Example: http://www.onethirty.com
4. Click OK

Insert an Image

1. Set the cursor where you want the image to be placed
2. Insert menuPictureFrom File . . .
3. Pull down the menu in the Look in: box and locate the directory where the image file is stored
4. Highlight the name of the image file
5. Click on the Insert button
6. When you insert a graphic from a file, Word copies the graphic to the same folder as your Web page when you save the Web page, unless you select the Link to file check box. If you select the Link to file check box, you can link to a graphic at a fixed location, such as another Web server.
7. When you insert a graphic on a Web page, it is aligned with the left margin by default. You can control the way text flows around the graphic by highlighting the image, then pull down the Format menu and choosing Picture.
If the graphic is in JPG format when you insert it, Word saves it in JPG format. If the graphic is in any other type of format, such as TIF, Word converts it to GIF format.

Spell Check

Tools menuSpelling and Grammar . . .

Saving the File as HTML

1. File menuSave as . . .
2. Change Save in: to the directory of your choice
3. Type a file name with a .html ending. (File names cannot contain any spaces.)
4. Click Save

Background Color and Image

1. Format menuBackground . . .
2. Click on a color for a solid color background or click on Fill effects . . . for a patterned background