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Hmkitche

2005-01-21, 7:17 pm

Hi, thanks for helping me. Someone here at work designed an entire web page layout in Publisher. Can I open that an Dreamweaver? If so, I haven't figured out how.


SamMan

2005-01-21, 7:17 pm

First off... walk over to that person and smack them in the back of the
head!

You can open Publisher source files in DW, but all you see is the encoding.
Totally useless. You can however, save the file as HTML from Publisher.
After you do this, you may want to walk back over to your co-worker and give
them another smack, as it creates a mess of code no sane person would want
to go near!

--
SamMan
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"Hmkitche" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:csrt4d$3et$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> Hi, thanks for helping me. Someone here at work designed an entire web
> page layout in Publisher. Can I open that an Dreamweaver? If so, I
> haven't figured out how.
>
>



Lawrence TMM

2005-01-21, 7:17 pm

I've seen the unholy mess that Publisher spits (or pukes) out. The
reasonable answer to you question is, unfortunately, no. You *can* open a
Publisher HTML doc in Dreamweaver but working with the mess is an entirely
different matter.

Truthfully it would be quicker to start from scratch. Sorry.
--
Lawrence Cramer - TMM
lawrence at cartweaver dot com

Cartweaver - ASP & ColdFusion Shopping Cart for Dreamweaver
http://www.cartweaver.com




"Hmkitche" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:csrt4d$3et$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> Hi, thanks for helping me. Someone here at work designed an entire web
> page layout in Publisher. Can I open that an Dreamweaver? If so, I
> haven't figured out how.
>
>



Murray *TMM*

2005-01-21, 7:17 pm

It's just HTML, so yes. But wear dark glasses. And Dreamweaver is likely
to explode! Publisher writes the nastiest HTML I've seen next to Net
Objects Fusion....

--
Murray --- ICQ 71997575
Team Macromedia Volunteer for Dreamweaver
(If you *MUST* email me, don't LAUGH when you do so!)
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"Hmkitche" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:csrt4d$3et$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> Hi, thanks for helping me. Someone here at work designed an entire web
> page layout in Publisher. Can I open that an Dreamweaver? If so, I
> haven't figured out how.
>
>



middletree

2005-01-21, 7:17 pm

I'm a bit of a pacifist, but I'd agree with you that in this instance,
violence is called for.


"SamMan" <sam@psfdevrip-it.com> wrote in message
news:csrtpu$44b$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> First off... walk over to that person and smack them in the back of the
> head!
>
> You can open Publisher source files in DW, but all you see is the

encoding.
> Totally useless. You can however, save the file as HTML from Publisher.
> After you do this, you may want to walk back over to your co-worker and

give
> them another smack, as it creates a mess of code no sane person would want
> to go near!
>
> --
> SamMan
> Rip it to reply
>
>
> "Hmkitche" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
> news:csrt4d$3et$1@forums.macromedia.com...
>
>



Alan

2005-01-21, 7:17 pm

Print it out on paper.
Use it as a guide to build a real page. It would be quicker.

You can't open a publisher native document in dw.
You can export it in Publisher as html but it's not worth the effort.

> Someone here at work designed an entire web page layout in Publisher.


Lawrence TMM

2005-01-21, 7:17 pm

Murray, the proper way to pronounce that, if you *must* speak the words, is
Net Rejects Confusion.

--
Lawrence Cramer [TMM]
lawrence at cartweaver dot com

Cartweaver - ASP & ColdFusion Shopping Cart for Dreamweaver
http://www.cartweaver.com




"Murray *TMM*" <forums@HAHAgreat-web-sights.com> wrote in message
news:csru2l$4fm$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> It's just HTML, so yes. But wear dark glasses. And Dreamweaver is likely
> to explode! Publisher writes the nastiest HTML I've seen next to Net
> Objects Fusion....
>
> --
> Murray --- ICQ 71997575
> Team Macromedia Volunteer for Dreamweaver
> (If you *MUST* email me, don't LAUGH when you do so!)
> ==================
> http://www.dreamweavermx-templates.com - Template Triage!
> http://www.projectseven.com/go - DW FAQs, Tutorials & Resources
> http://www.dwfaq.com - DW FAQs, Tutorials & Resources
> http://www.macromedia.com/support/search/ - Macromedia (MM) Technotes
> ==================
>
> "Hmkitche" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
> news:csrt4d$3et$1@forums.macromedia.com...
>
>



Murray *TMM*

2005-01-21, 7:17 pm

I just call it NOF. Then I take an aspirin.

--
Murray --- ICQ 71997575
Team Macromedia Volunteer for Dreamweaver
(If you *MUST* email me, don't LAUGH when you do so!)
==================
http://www.dreamweavermx-templates.com - Template Triage!
http://www.projectseven.com/go - DW FAQs, Tutorials & Resources
http://www.dwfaq.com - DW FAQs, Tutorials & Resources
http://www.macromedia.com/support/search/ - Macromedia (MM) Technotes
==================

"Lawrence TMM" <lawrence@cartweaver.com> wrote in message
news:csrunk$54r$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> Murray, the proper way to pronounce that, if you *must* speak the words,
> is Net Rejects Confusion.
>
> --
> Lawrence Cramer [TMM]
> lawrence at cartweaver dot com
>
> Cartweaver - ASP & ColdFusion Shopping Cart for Dreamweaver
> http://www.cartweaver.com
>
>
>
>
> "Murray *TMM*" <forums@HAHAgreat-web-sights.com> wrote in message
> news:csru2l$4fm$1@forums.macromedia.com...
>
>



Lawrence TMM

2005-01-21, 7:17 pm

Here's something that may help you get things moving more quickly...

1. open the Publisher HTML document in IE.
2. do a screen capture of it
3. open the screen capture in Fireworks and slice it up to get the images
you may need in Dreamweaver
4. rebuild the page in Dreamweaver.
5. open the Publisher HTML document in IE, Then select/copy the text and
paste it into Dreamweaver as you rebuild the page so you wont have to spend
time retyping it.

I guarantee you this will be quicker and less painful in the long run than
trying to mess with the Publisher generated HTML docs.

Hope this helps...

--
Lawrence Cramer [TMM]
lawrence at cartweaver dot com

Cartweaver - ASP & ColdFusion Shopping Cart for Dreamweaver
http://www.cartweaver.com





"Hmkitche" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:csrt4d$3et$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> Hi, thanks for helping me. Someone here at work designed an entire web
> page layout in Publisher. Can I open that an Dreamweaver? If so, I
> haven't figured out how.
>
>



SamMan

2005-01-21, 7:18 pm

"You can't open a publisher native document in dw."

I just did... but like I said before, all that displays is the encoding. It
is like opening a Word doc in Notepad...

--
SamMan
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"Alan" <dont_mail_me_period@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:BE16E690.1D7913%dont_mail_me_period@macromedia.com...
> Print it out on paper.
> Use it as a guide to build a real page. It would be quicker.
>
> You can't open a publisher native document in dw.
> You can export it in Publisher as html but it's not worth the effort.
>
>



Murray *TMM*

2005-01-21, 7:18 pm

Good advice, Lawrence.

--
Murray --- ICQ 71997575
Team Macromedia Volunteer for Dreamweaver
(If you *MUST* email me, don't LAUGH when you do so!)
==================
http://www.dreamweavermx-templates.com - Template Triage!
http://www.projectseven.com/go - DW FAQs, Tutorials & Resources
http://www.dwfaq.com - DW FAQs, Tutorials & Resources
http://www.macromedia.com/support/search/ - Macromedia (MM) Technotes
==================

"Lawrence TMM" <lawrence@cartweaver.com> wrote in message
news:csrv54$5gn$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> Here's something that may help you get things moving more quickly...
>
> 1. open the Publisher HTML document in IE.
> 2. do a screen capture of it
> 3. open the screen capture in Fireworks and slice it up to get the images
> you may need in Dreamweaver
> 4. rebuild the page in Dreamweaver.
> 5. open the Publisher HTML document in IE, Then select/copy the text and
> paste it into Dreamweaver as you rebuild the page so you wont have to
> spend time retyping it.
>
> I guarantee you this will be quicker and less painful in the long run than
> trying to mess with the Publisher generated HTML docs.
>
> Hope this helps...
>
> --
> Lawrence Cramer [TMM]
> lawrence at cartweaver dot com
>
> Cartweaver - ASP & ColdFusion Shopping Cart for Dreamweaver
> http://www.cartweaver.com
>
>
>
>
>
> "Hmkitche" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
> news:csrt4d$3et$1@forums.macromedia.com...
>
>



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