Microsoft Publisher - Conversion from Publisher 2000 to 2003

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Conversion from Publisher 2000 to 2003

Brandi

2004-04-29, 5:39 pm

I recently upgraded from Publisher 2000 to 2003. My website is 60+ pages, with links throughout the different pages. To say that I am frustrated doesn't begin to explain!

2003 now converts to htm instead of html. Is there any way to change this back? It will be very time consuming to go back through and change all of the file extentions.

Also, instead of being www.mywebpage.com/index and then www.mywebpage.com/page2.html it is now www.mywebpage.com/index_page2.html. Is there any way to keep it from throwing the index in there? I know I can go in and physically change the extentions, but
I am hoping there is a better way. The conversion has changed a lot of the formatting on my pages, which has taken up an enormous amount of my time!

The graphics are now fuzzy, even though they appear clear on my computer and look fine in Publisher, they look fuzzy once converted and put online.

Any suggestions are GREATLY appreciated!

Brandi

David Bartosik - MS MVP

2004-04-30, 4:30 am

> I recently upgraded from Publisher 2000 to 2003. My website is 60+ pages,
with links throughout the different pages. To say that I am frustrated
doesn't begin to explain!
>

big differences between the two.
recommend you read http://www.davidbartosik.com/pub2002/pub2002_2.htm
to learn what changed first in 2002 to get caught up, then read
http://www.davidbartosik.com/pub11.htm where I discuss 2003 changes.

> 2003 now converts to htm instead of html. Is there any way to change this
back? It will be very time consuming to go back through and change all of
the file extentions.
>

this was changed in version 2002(see article!). no, it only supports .htm.
you shouldn't have to change anything. Pub writes the files and names them,
when you save to web you'll get all new .htm files. If you are referring to
navigation menus then if manually linked changes would need to be redone, if
you used the nav bar wizard it should update itself.

> Also, instead of being www.mywebpage.com/index and then
www.mywebpage.com/page2.html it is now www.mywebpage.com/index_page2.html.
Is there any way to keep it from throwing the index in there? I know I can
go in and physically change the extentions, but I am hoping there is a
better way. The conversion has changed a lot of the formatting on my pages,
which has taken up an enormous amount of my time!
>

file naming changed in version 2002(again see my article!) and custom naming
disappeared. file naming changed again in 2003 and custom naming came
back(sort of). Use the options under tools menu to set a page file name. if
you use the subfolder the file will be the custom name ( ie mypagename.htm)
if you don't use the sub-folder the naming will be prefixed by the home page
file name (index) - (ie index_mypagefilename.htm)

> The graphics are now fuzzy, even though they appear clear on my computer
and look fine in Publisher, they look fuzzy once converted and put online.
>

post a url if you want this reviewed.

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David Bartosik - MS MVP
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