How to import an html file into MS word, and have Word recognize the H tags?

Question

When you bring a simple HTML file into MS Word, (e.g. with H1 and H2 tags) Word will import it.

But it doesn't seem to fully recognize the H tags as "MS Word "headings"

Anyone know how to fix this?

Answer 1

If you open the HTML file in Google Docs and then, instead of copying and pasting into Word, you  go to File>Download as and select Microsoft Word (.docx) 

and then open the downloaded document in Word, the appropriate Heading # styles will have been applied

Less steps however if you simply paste the text with tags into Word and run the macro that I provided.

Answer 2

What is the format of the tags?

If that is known, it is possible to create a macro that will go through the document and delete the tags, applying the appropriate style to each paragraph to which the tags have been applied.

Answer 3

The Tags are just raw html text file.

e.g. <H1>Chapter on</H2>

What's weird is, MS Word sees the <H> tags, and it correctly arranges them in the left Navigation pane.

But when you actually put your mouse on the text, the STYLE is always set to Normal.

Major bummer.

See image:

Answer 4

Running a macro containing the following code will remove the tags and apply the appropriate styles

Dim rng As Range

Dim lngStyle As Long

Dim i As Long

Selection.HomeKey wdStory

With Selection.Find

    Do While .Execute(FindText:="H[0-9]{1,}", Forward:=True, _

    MatchWildcards:=True, Wrap:=wdFindStop, MatchCase:=True) = True

        Set rng = Selection.Range

        lngStyle = Val(Mid(rng, 2))

        Selection.MoveStart wdCharacter, -1

        Selection.Collapse wdCollapseStart

        Set rng = Selection.Paragraphs(1).Range

        For i = 4 To 1 Step -1

            rng.Characters(i).Delete

        Next i

        For i = rng.Characters.Count - 1 To rng.Characters.Count - 5 Step -1

            rng.Characters(i).Delete

        Next i

        rng.Style = "Heading " & lngStyle

    Loop

End With

Answer 5

Hi

thanks.

This script will search for H characters in the text.

But, checkout my image above. MS Word already removes the headings from the HTML (after you properly import the html file into ms word.)

I have placed my raw html online here http://snippi.com/s/3evb07n

The goal is to turn this raw text, into a MS Word file (with Word's Style 1 and Style 2 appropriately assigned--to the H1 and H2 in the html)