1. Converting word, excel, and powerpoint into html docs
Michael Roy Information Technology Services
Wesleyan University

2. Assumptions Know how to create powerpoint, excel, and word documents
Know how to publish materials to the web

3. Benefits of using office to create html
Easy conversion of pre-existing materials
powerpoint graphics
excel analysis and formatting of data

4. Drawbacks to this method
Powerpoint treats text as graphics
Word is a clunky web editor
For simple tables, most web editors will do what excel will do for formatting

5. Goals for this class
Convert a pre-existing powerpoint presentation to a web page
Convert a pre-existing word document to a web page
Convert a pre-existing excel document to a stand-alone web page
Insert an excel table into a pre-existing web page

6. Powerpoint

7. Word Conversion

8. Excel

9. Excel as standalone web page
Takes any number of ranges within an existing spreadsheet and creates a single web page.

10. Excel embedded into existing page
Need to insert comment into page at point where you want the data <!--##Table##-->
creates new document (similar to mail merge)

11. Materials
This presentation can be found at
All of the files needed to do the in-class exercises can be found at