PUB2000: HTML Does Not Support All Publisher Features

Publisher is designed to make it easy for you to create good looking Web sites. As much as possible, Publisher tries to make Web pages that appear as close to the original publication as possible.

There are, however, types of page layouts that Publisher supports, but the HyperText Markup Language (HTML) does not.

The following is a list of page layout features that are available in Publisher, but are not supported in HTML. After each item is a description of how Publisher handles the feature when your publication is exported as an HTML page.

Rotated Text

HTML does not support rotated text. Publisher simulates rotated text by converting rotated text frames to inline graphics.

Tabs

HTML does not support tabs. When you are working on a Web publication, pressing the TAB key will insert a single space instead.

Full Justification

There is an HTML tag to justify text to the left and right at the same time, and Publisher uses this tag. However, some Web browsers do not currently support this tag; therefore, fully justified text may appear as left-justified text.

Kerning and Custom Character Spacing

You can adjust the spacing between characters in Publisher, but unless the text is rendered as a picture, the custom character spacing will be lost. Publisher will convert the following types of text objects to pictures:

• Rotated text frames
• Tables
• Text frames that contain BorderArt
• Text frames that contain Gradient Fills
• Text frames that overlap one or more text frames or other objects

Multi-Column Text Frames

When you are working in a Web publication, you cannot format a single text frame to have more than one column. If you want to use multiple columns, create one text frame for each column and then link them together.

Copyfitted Text

Font sizes may change when you publish HTML that contains copyfitted text, especially when the copyfitted text is formatted at fractional point sizes. For example, 26.3pt Times New Roman will appear as 24pt in your browser.