RE: xml editor?

["Combs, Richard" <richard -dot- combs -at- Polycom -dot- com>]

Keith Hansen wrote:
 
> This raises a question I've had for a long time.  I use Word as an
HTML
> editor. When I look at the code that Word generates, it always seems
to
> contain tons of extra code. In many cases, I know the same result
could
> be achieved with less code.
> 
> Question: Why does Word do this?
> 
> Just curious.... Presumably there is some reason why Word does this.
> Then again, maybe not...

Much of the bloat is there to support round-tripping, so you can open
the HTML file in Word and all the Word features, functionality, and
metadata that are irrelevant to HTML are still there. 

Some time ago (for Word 2000, I think), MS offered an "HTML export
filter" plug-in that stripped out the Word-specific stuff. In Word 2003
and 2007, that functionality is built in. I believe it's one of the
choices under the Save As command, and there are some configuration
settings in Tools > Options to control what gets filtered out. 

HTH!
Richard


Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
303-223-5111
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303-777-0436
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