Scott, Try this. Go into IE and open one of those HTML Bookshare files. Next, = press the Applications key. Arrow down to "send to BookPort" and press = enter. See how that works out for you. I'll try it on this end and see = what I come up with. Sarah -----Original Message----- From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Scott Duck Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 10:45 AM To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bookport] Re: html files 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 -----=20 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, =3D > then send that text file to the BookPort. This works well for = Bookshare =3D > books. There is also a "send to BookPort" option in IE. When a page = is =3D > open, press the applications key and arrow down to "send to BookPort" = =3D > and press enter. I haven't tried this myself, so I'm not sure how it = =3D > works, but this might be another way of getting the text of the file = on =3D > 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 -----=3D20 > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > >