[bookport] Re: html files
- From: "Scott Duck" <sduck@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 10:45:24 -0600
Hi Sarah,
I already sent the html file that I was having trouble with to Book Port as
a text file. I have a couple hundred Book Share files that I have saved in
html and I was hoping not to have to send each one separately as a text file
because of the amount of time that would take.
Thanks,
Scott
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sarah Cranston" <cranston.sarah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 10:33 AM
Subject: [bookport] Re: html files
> I open HTML files with Internet Explorer, save the page as a text file, =
> then send that text file to the BookPort. This works well for Bookshare =
> books. There is also a "send to BookPort" option in IE. When a page is =
> open, press the applications key and arrow down to "send to BookPort" =
> and press enter. I haven't tried this myself, so I'm not sure how it =
> works, but this might be another way of getting the text of the file on =
> the BookPort and not the HTML codes.
>
> HTH
>
> Sarah
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of ROB MEREDITH
> Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 10:27 AM
> To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bookport] Re: html files
>
>
> I don't think so. (I am hardly a Word expert, though.)
>
>
> >>> sduck@xxxxxxxxx 03/16/05 10:06AM >>>
> Rob,
> I opened the html file with Word and it was in the same format as Book
> Port
> was reading it. That would seam to confirm your suspicion. I have
> several
> Book Share files, saved as html files. I opened a few of them with
> Word and
> got the same results. I opened www.msn.com with Word and did not get
> the
> html code. Is there any word setting that I can change to make it
> suppress
> the html code in the cases where it is not doing so? I am using Word
> 2002,
> also called Word XP.
> Thanks,
> Scott
> ----- Original Message -----=20
> From: "ROB MEREDITH" <rmeredith@xxxxxxx>
> To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 8:34 AM
> Subject: [bookport] Re: html files
>
>
> > Scot:
> >
> > Book Port Transfer uses Microsoft Word to decode the HTML. I suspect
> > that your version of Word is not decoding that particular file
> > properly.
> >
> > Rob Meredith
> >
> > >>> sduck@xxxxxxxxx 03/16/05 09:17AM >>>
> > Hi everyone,
> > I got my Book Port yesterday! Last night, I was transferring
> different
> > file types to the Book Port, just experimenting and trying to get use
> to
> > it. I transferred a html file, that was stored locally on my hard
> > drive, and, when Book Port red it, the html code was being red in
> > addition to the text. Is this normal?
> > Thanks,
> > Scott
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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