Copying and pasting text from MS Office documents

You can add the contents of a Word or Excel document to a new or existing web page.

Note: The file size, after Dreamweaver converts it to HTML, must be less than 300K.

When you add content to a page, Dreamweaver converts the content to HTML and copies it to your web page. You can edit the content in Dreamweaver; changes you make to the original file on your computer will not appear on your website.

Note: If you use Microsoft Office 97, you cannot add the contents of a Word or Excel document; you must insert a link to the document. For information, see Inserting a link to a Word or Excel document.

To add the contents of a Word or Excel document to a new or existing web page:

1. Open the web page that you want to copy the contents of the Word or Excel file to.
2. Do one of the following to select the file:
   • Drag the file from its current location to the page where you want the content to appear. If the Insert Microsoft Word or Excel Document dialog box appears, click Insert the contents of the document into this web page, then click OK.
   • Select File > Import > Word Document or File > Import > Excel Document. In the Open dialog box, browse to the file you want to add, then click Open.

   The contents of the Word or Excel document appears in your page.

Inserting a link to a Word or Excel document

You can insert a link to a Microsoft Word or Excel document in an existing page.

To create a link to a Word or Excel document:

1. Open the page where you want the link to appear.
2. Drag the file from its current location to your Dreamweaver page where you want the link to appear.

   The Insert Microsoft Word or Excel Document dialog box appears.

3. Select Create a link, then click OK.
4. If the document you are creating a link to lives outside of your site's root folder, Dreamweaver prompts you to copy the document to the site root.

   By copying the document to the site's root folder, you ensure that the document will be available when you publish the website.

5. A link to the Word or Excel document appears in the page.

   The link text will be the name of the file you link to. To change link text after you create the link, see Managing links.

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