How to create and modify an HTML document in Word 2003

This article describes how to create an HTML document by using Word 2003, including items such as typing text and adding images and hyperlinks to your HTML document.

Create Your HTML Document

To create your new HTML document, use one of the following two methods.

Method 1

1. Start Word 2003.
2. In the New Document task pane, click Web Page under New.
3. Click File, and then click Save.
   
   Note The Save as type box uses Single File Web Page (*.mht; *.mhtml), or you can switch to Web Page (*.htm, *.html).
4. In the File name box, type the file name that you want for your document, and then click Save.

Method 2

1. Start Word 2003.
2. Click File, and then click Save as Web Page.
3. In the File name box, type the file name that you want for your document, and then click Save.

Add Text and Hyperlinks to Your HTML Document

1. Open the HTML document that you created earlier in this article. To do this, follow these steps:
   1. Click File, and then click Open.
   2. Locate your saved article, in the "Create Your HTML Document" section of this article.
   3. Click the file, and then click Open.
2. Type the following text in the document:
   You can use Microsoft Word to create HTML documents as easily as you can create plain Word documents.
3. To create a hyperlink, in the text that you typed, click the words Microsoft Word.
4. On the Insert menu, click Hyperlink.
5. In the Insert Hyperlink dialog box, type http://www.microsoft.com/word in the Address box, and then click OK.
6. Save your changes to the document.

Add an Image to Your HTML Document

1. Put your insertion point where you want the image to be in your document.
2. Click Insert, point to Picture, and then click ClipArt.
3. In the ClipArt task pane, click Search.
   
   Note If you click Search without typing anything in the Search Text box, the search result will display all the images that are currently available on your system.
4. In the Results section, select the image that you want to insert in the page.
5. Save your changes and then close the document.

Open an HTML Document in Word

1. Click File, and then click Open.
2. In the Open dialog box, locate the HTML document that you created earlier, and then select it.
3. Click Open.

For more information about HTML support in Word 2003, follow these steps:

1. Start Word 2003.
2. On the Help menu, click Microsoft Word Help.
3. Type HTML in the Search box, and then click the arrow.
4. Related topics and templates will appear.
   
   Click any item to display the information.