Clean up Word HTML

[Travis Pupkin]

Hi,

I use a WYSIWYG rich text editor on a few web sites for clients to
manage their content, but a lot of them use word and paste into the box
and end up with a lot of crappy code as a result.

Has anyone created an ASP include that will clean up the word html and
just leave the basic formatting intact?

Thanks.

[Steven Burn]

Not to my knowledge.... perhaps one of the more "experienced" NG users can
help......?

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Travis Pupkin <tp*****@dorrk.com> wrote in message
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Hi,

I use a WYSIWYG rich text editor on a few web sites for clients to
manage their content, but a lot of them use word and paste into the box
and end up with a lot of crappy code as a result.

Has anyone created an ASP include that will clean up the word html and
just leave the basic formatting intact?

Thanks.

[Peter Foti]

"Travis Pupkin" <tp*****@dorrk.com> wrote in message
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Hi,

I use a WYSIWYG rich text editor on a few web sites for clients to
manage their content, but a lot of them use word and paste into the box
and end up with a lot of crappy code as a result.

Has anyone created an ASP include that will clean up the word html and
just leave the basic formatting intact?

I don't know of an ASP method for doing this (though I wouldn't be surprised
if one existed). Whenever I need to copy something from Word into an
HTML/ASP document, I will first paste it into Notepad, then select
everything in Notepad, copy it, and paste that into the HTML/ASP document.
It's an extra step, but seems to get rid of the formatting characters.

HTH
Peter Foti

[Steven Burn]

Personally I just detest Word....... period (prefer to use my own custom
built editor and before that, have used Notepad since I first started in web
dev).

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"Travis Pupkin" <tp*****@dorrk.com> wrote in message
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Hi,

I use a WYSIWYG rich text editor on a few web sites for clients to
manage their content, but a lot of them use word and paste into the box
and end up with a lot of crappy code as a result.

Has anyone created an ASP include that will clean up the word html and
just leave the basic formatting intact?
I don't know of an ASP method for doing this (though I wouldn't be

surprised if one existed). Whenever I need to copy something from Word into an
HTML/ASP document, I will first paste it into Notepad, then select
everything in Notepad, copy it, and paste that into the HTML/ASP document.
It's an extra step, but seems to get rid of the formatting characters.

HTH
Peter Foti

[Peter Foti]

"Steven Burn" <nobody@PVT_it-mate.co.uk> wrote in message
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Personally I just detest Word....... period (prefer to use my own custom
built editor and before that, have used Notepad since I first started in web dev).

Oh, I agree 100%. I would NEVER use Word as a web editor. But
occassionally, I might have some content that needs to be put into a web
page that comes from a Word document. :)

Peter Foti

[Jeff Cochran]

On Tue, 30 Dec 2003 11:52:35 -0800, Travis Pupkin <tp*****@dorrk.com>
wrote:

I use a WYSIWYG rich text editor on a few web sites for clients to
manage their content, but a lot of them use word and paste into the box
and end up with a lot of crappy code as a result.

Has anyone created an ASP include that will clean up the word html and
just leave the basic formatting intact?

That gets tough, because a lot of the Word is XML, and a lot is nested
tables to get formatting, and it's hard to tell what you may or may
not need.

Jeff

[Jon]

> Hi,

I use a WYSIWYG rich text editor on a few web sites for clients to
manage their content, but a lot of them use word and paste into the box
and end up with a lot of crappy code as a result.

Has anyone created an ASP include that will clean up the word html and
just leave the basic formatting intact?

Thanks.

Not what you want, however Dreamweaver can 'tidy up' a lot of Words HTML
(and has a menu option to do so)

Jon

[Travis Pupkin]

Obviously Word as an HTML editor is a bad idea. What I'm talking about
is when a client has a web-based WYSIWYG content editor and frequently
pastes word data into it -- the HTML created is bulky and atrocious.

In trying out some PHP the other day, I found a PHP script which is a
complex series of find-and-replace commands aimed at cleaning up
unnecessary tags and Word html code fromn a string, but leaving the
essentials like bold italics in place.

Just wondering if anyone knew of an ASP equivalent.

[Ken Fine]

The commercial Advanced Content Editor (ACE) has a special button that will
clean up word XML... if the user remembers to press it on paste.

I agree a custom function would be nice. This problem limits the utility of
roll-your-own web-based CMS systems.

"Travis Pupkin" <tp*****@dorrk.com> wrote in message
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Hi,

I use a WYSIWYG rich text editor on a few web sites for clients to
manage their content, but a lot of them use word and paste into the box
and end up with a lot of crappy code as a result.

Has anyone created an ASP include that will clean up the word html and
just leave the basic formatting intact?

Thanks.