Creating web pages with MS Word

  1. Open a MS Word document and Save as Web Page (*htm, not a “single file web page”) to your webpages (W:) drive. If this is going to be your main (home) web page name it "index" WARNING: If you already have a home page (index.htm) in your W: drive, give the file a different name!
  2. Go to Format àTheme…  or Format à Background and choose a color or go to Fill Effects...
  3. Add text and format (size, bold, alignment, bullets, etc.) just as you would in Word.
  4. Save again.
  5. Insert à Picture à Clip Art... Resize the picture as you would in Word. Right click on the clip art and select Format Picture…
  6. Insert a link by typing in the internet address and Enter, or...
    Select some text and go to Insert à Hyperlink... and type in the address in the Link to file... field.
  7. Insert an email link by typing in your name, select the text, go to Insert à Hyperlink... and type in mailto:username@norman.k12.ok.us in the URL field (replace username with your own username!).
  8. Go to Insert à Date and Time. Select a date format. Check the Update Automatically box.
  9. Go to File à Properties and give your page a descriptive title and your name as author.
  10. Type the following text near the bottom of your web page:

We have made every reasonable attempt to insure that our web pages are educationally sound and do not contain links  to materials that violate the District's Student Policy on Internet and Internet Safety for the Computer Network.

  1. Save again.
  2. To view your web page in a browser, open Internet Explorer, put in the address http://staff.norman.k12.ok.us/~username/filename.htm To view changes you make you must Save in MS Word, and then reload (or refresh) the web page in the browser.

To edit your MS Word web page...

Open your W: drive and right click on the web page and choose Open with Word, or...
Open Word and go to File > Open, navigate to your W: drive, and double click on the web page document.

To add tables to your MS Word web page...

Besides making organizational charts and calendars, tables can be used to format your web page with columns, sidebars, headlines, and to more precisely align graphics with text.

1. Click on the Insert Table button, drag down and over and then click, or use the Table menu àInsert….
2. With the cursor blinking in your table, go to Table menu àProperties to format your table (borders, colors, cells, etc.). If you don't want borders showing, go to the Table tab à Borders and shading...

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Last updated on January 24, 2005
Questions? Please contact Lee Nelson

We have made every reasonable attempt to insure that our web pages are educationally sound and do not contain links
to materials that violate the District's Student Policy on Internet and Internet Safety for the Computer Network.