Microsoft Publisher - Text Is Mistakenly Put Into Images

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Text Is Mistakenly Put Into Images

trish_th@dslextreme.com

2007-01-27, 10:40 pm

I just build my first web site with Publisher and one problem completely
baffles me. Of the 6 html pages, the browser user can select text on
only 3 of them. On the pages where you can't select, Publisher, for some
unknown reason, has coded them in images rather than text. If you do try
to select text on these pages, you just get a circle with a line through
it. In addition, the font on these 3 pages is erroneously boldened.

I see nothing different on those pages when I'm in Publisher. Can
someone help? This particularly is a problem for me because some of my
users will be visually impaired - and screen readers see nothing. :-(

Thanks a lot.

Trish

trish_th@dslextreme.com

2007-01-27, 10:40 pm

Addendum - I'm using Publisher 2000 SP3. Thanks again.

trish_th@dslextreme.com wrote:
> I just build my first web site with Publisher and one problem completely
> baffles me. Of the 6 html pages, the browser user can select text on
> only 3 of them. On the pages where you can't select, Publisher, for some
> unknown reason, has coded them in images rather than text. If you do try
> to select text on these pages, you just get a circle with a line through
> it. In addition, the font on these 3 pages is erroneously boldened.
>
> I see nothing different on those pages when I'm in Publisher. Can
> someone help? This particularly is a problem for me because some of my
> users will be visually impaired - and screen readers see nothing. :-(
>
> Thanks a lot.
>
> Trish

Don Schmidt

2007-01-27, 10:40 pm

Sounds like you have some overlapping text/image boxes. Run the Design
Checker to ID the offending boxes.

--
Don
Vancouver, USA

<trish_th@dslextreme.com> wrote in message
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> Addendum - I'm using Publisher 2000 SP3. Thanks again.
>
> trish_th@dslextreme.com wrote:

DavidF

2007-01-27, 10:40 pm

There are things you can do in print documents that you can't do in web
documents, and when Publisher converts the documents to html, if there is no
way to reproduce the print document technique in html, it converts it to an
image. For example if you use a non-web friendly font, try wrapping text
around an image, use master pages, or in some cases overlap some design
elements, you can end up with images. Look for these things and run the
Design Checker under tools to see if it spots anything else. If you don't
spot the problem, post the URL and we'll try to help.

DavidF

<trish_th@dslextreme.com> wrote in message
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>I just build my first web site with Publisher and one problem completely
>baffles me. Of the 6 html pages, the browser user can select text on only
>3 of them. On the pages where you can't select, Publisher, for some unknown
>reason, has coded them in images rather than text. If you do try to select
>text on these pages, you just get a circle with a line through it. In
>addition, the font on these 3 pages is erroneously boldened.
>
> I see nothing different on those pages when I'm in Publisher. Can someone
> help? This particularly is a problem for me because some of my users will
> be visually impaired - and screen readers see nothing. :-(
>
> Thanks a lot.
>
> Trish

trish_th@dslextreme.com

2007-01-27, 10:40 pm

Thanks a million to Don & Davidf for your suggestions about design
checker. You guys really got me out of a bind! &;-)

Trish

Don Schmidt

2007-01-27, 10:40 pm

Great hair-do! ;-)

--
Don
Vancouver, USA

<trish_th@dslextreme.com> wrote in message
news:12qh4gr4kffkn66@corp.supernews.com...
> Thanks a million to Don & Davidf for your suggestions about design
> checker. You guys really got me out of a bind! &;-)
>
> Trish

trish_th@dslextreme.com

2007-01-27, 10:40 pm

Thanks!

Trish (aka Curly Top)

Don Schmidt wrote:
> Great hair-do! ;-)
>
>