Problems with Batch Conversion to HTML   

Hello,

I have a large number of documents that I want converted to HTML Format.  I 
know Word is not the best way to generate web pages but for this activity, it 
should be adequate.

However, I do not want to have to go in and edit over 100 documents and do a 
"Save As" so I tried to use the "Batch Conversion Wizzard".

I entered all the information and tried the wizzard out for only 2 files.  
The system hung and after a long time I got a CLEARCASE message "The file is 
under source control and has read-only attributes".  I have Clearcase on my 
machine, but these files have never been in clearcase and they are not 
read-only.  I can open them and save them in the same directory as I used for 
the Batch Wizzard.

Does anyone have any suggestions?  I'd hate to have to do all of this by 
hand everytime a document is updated.

Your input is greatly appreciated.

date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 09:35:55 -0700   author:   Cindy

Re: Problems with Batch Conversion to HTML   

"Cindy"  wrote in 
message 
news:885BC9DC-9023-4EFE-B1A3-0B5B488C70B8@microsoft.com...
> Hello,
>
> I have a large number of documents that I want 
> converted to HTML Format.  I
> know Word is not the best way to generate web pages 
> but for this activity, it
> should be adequate.
>
> However, I do not want to have to go in and edit over 
> 100 documents and do a
> "Save As" so I tried to use the "Batch Conversion 
> Wizzard".
>
> I entered all the information and tried the wizzard 
> out for only 2 files.
> The system hung and after a long time I got a 
> CLEARCASE message "The file is
> under source control and has read-only attributes". 
> I have Clearcase on my
> machine, but these files have never been in clearcase 
> and they are not
> read-only.  I can open them and save them in the same 
> directory as I used for
> the Batch Wizzard.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions?  I'd hate to have 
> to do all of this by
> hand everytime a document is updated.
>
> Your input is greatly appreciated.

You are aware how badly anything beyone Word97 is going 
to bloat your files, right?  Word might make a lot more 
work out of it than you expect when you see all your 
personal information in the HEADs.
   What version of Word?

It's only a Preview 1.0 release, but you might look at 
NVU (NView) at nvu.com.  It's post Beta, open source, 
and not quite ready for prime time but for text files 
it should work perfectly and is free.   It'll still be 
some work, but at least it doesn't write bloated and 
xml code as Word does.  And, it's pretty much CSS2 
compliant if you go that way.  I only typically have up 
to 7 files open at a time, but the limit is much 
higher, probably memory constrained.

If your wish to convert is simply for distribution to 
other machines, try OpenOffice(.Org).  It'll write PDF 
files and it's a free app.  It works just like Word but 
doesn't create bloated HTML like Word.  Oh, it's a huge 
download for the whole suite; not sure you can download 
just Write, the part you'd need.

If you end up with common problems, NoteTAB is a great 
program for doing Search & Replace on multiple files 
all at once.  You can open as many files as you want 
and operate on one or all at the same time.  It also 
has an HTML template.  I forget their adress; google 
for it; it's easy to find.

HTH,

date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 12:06:42 -0400   author:   PopS