Word-to-HTML frames?

Question

As most users know, one can save MS Word documents in various HTML formats, in addition to the native *.doc/*.docx format. In those circumstances, the *.doc/*.docx acts as "source code" for the ultimate purpose of creating a web page. This is quite adequate for those of us who want to toss a simple, non-interactive "Read Me! My Manifesto on <some subject I care passionately about>" document on the internet without mastering more complex tools.

But, .... I'm interested in creating "Framed" HTML documents from the individual HTML files derived from multiple MS Word documents.

Here's some examples ...

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/wa-fram/frames3.gif

http://www.thecomputergal.com/Images/ScreenShots/Dreamweaver/Frames/FrameSiteScreenshot.jpg

... and an example I'll try to describe verbally:

Let's say you want to publish your book on the web. The book consists of chapters, an index, etc., You could have one giant my_book.docx file and create one ginormous my_book.html file to toss up on the web, but that HTML file will take forever to download every time the reader wants to return to it, forget about the problem of bookmarking where they left off at. To put this into a Framed HTML format, we'd first split the my_book.doc into chapters

my_book_chapter_1.docx   ------>   my_book_chapter_1.html

my_book_chapter_2.docx   ------>   my_book_chapter_2.html

my_book_chapter_3.docx   ------>   my_book_chapter_3.html

my_book_chapter_4.docx   ------>   my_book_chapter_4.html

my_book_chapter_5.docx   ------>   my_book_chapter_5.html

my_book_chapter_6.docx   ------>   my_book_chapter_6.html

my_book_chapter_N.docx   ------>   my_book_chapter_N.html

my_book_index.docx       ------>   my_book_index.html

Then one creates a my_book_frame.docx (----> my_book_frame.html) that has a LEFT PANE and a TOP PANE in addition to the BODY. The TOP PANE generally just displays static text (book title). The LEFT PANE will have hyperlinks for each chapter, the clicking of which (in the final web document) will display that chapter's text in the BODY.

I used to know how to do this in old 1990's versions of MS Word, but I've lost the secret sauce and haven't been able to figure out how to do it in MS Word 2007.

Any ideas?

Answer 1

Hi,

Try as follows to add the "Insert Frame" command from the All Commands group to the Quick Access Toolbar.

1. Click the Office button, and then click Word Options. Click the Customize category.
2. For "Choose commands from," select "All commands."
3. Locate the New Frame Above, New Frame Below, New Frame Left, and New Frame Right commands and add them to the Quick Access Toolbar.