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May 2, 2008 12:26AM PDT

i use to have a program from microsoft that would convert plain text to html but no longer have it. where can i get freeware program that will do it? thank you

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Re: converting plain text to html.
May 2, 2008 1:54AM PDT

Use Notepad. Open the textfile. Put <html> in front. Put </html> at the end. Save as .htm or .html. Done. Even better (but not necessary): put <html><body> in front. Put </body></html> at the end.

If this isn't what you need, tell more about your needs.

Kees

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May 2, 2008 5:44AM PDT

what im looking for is a free program that will convert my web page to html i had one that done it but no longer have it it was from microsoft it converted reg text to html can you help ? thank you

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Re: html
May 2, 2008 5:56AM PDT

A webpage already is html, so there's no need to convert it to html again.

The way I explained you can make html from a regular text file. Isn't that what you want?

In fact, it's not really nice and grammatical, but if you rename the text file from mytextfile.txt to mytextfile.htm it IS not html, but browsers like Internet Explorer and Firefox SHOW the contents like it was an html-file. That's the second free program to do it: Windows Explorer.

Example: use Notepad to make a file containing only the text Hello World. Save it as test.htm. Open it in Internet Explorer. It shows exactly what you expect: the text Hello World.

Other options:
- It's not exactly free, but you can use MS Word (part of the Office suite) to make a document and save it as an html-file.
- The word proceessing component of the free office suite OpenOffice (download from www.openoffice.org) can do the same.
- And then we have the specialized html-editor like free Komposer (based on nvu, but with some bugs corrected)

Maybe try to explain your needs a little bit better?

Kees

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May 2, 2008 7:21AM PDT

i thgought i did ill try this im trying to make a web page and i need to be able to upload it but need it as html and trying to add links etc.thank you again

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Re: upload and links.
May 2, 2008 8:32AM PDT

To upload, generally any ftp-program can be used. There's a free add-on for Firefox, for example.

You can make links with any editor (like Notepad) or with MS Word, or with Open office Writer or with Komposer. Just start any of these 4. And probably the etc. also, although that depends on what it is. For a java or flash applet you need more.

My site oew.leisb.org is mostly made with Notepad and for a small part with Komposer. But I'm a little bit old-fashioned. Most webmasters nowadays use a CMS (Content Management System), but probably that wouldn't be very suited for your rather modest wants.

Microsofts web-editors (like Frontpage) aren't free. Frontpage Express doesn't exists anymore on download.microsoft.com, but you might find it on some old Microsoft cd you happen have. Or - if you search for it - on some third-party download site. But I don't think it's much better than Open office Writer to make html.


Kees