Any utilities to remove the ALL the Microsoft formatting tags?

[Shiperton Henethe]

http://www.finertechnologies.com/index-xls2html.html

Absolutely no way!
I am NOT going to spend over 20 dollars let along 100
on this f***ing microsoft-created problem.

http://www.jafsoft.com/doco/a2tdoco.html?help&p=AscToTab

No use.
I tried it but it failed to align much of the data
in their correct TDs.

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Shiperton Henether

 

[Shiperton Henethe]

"Shiperton Henethe" <[email protected]> wrote in message

This is Office 2000 HTML Filter 2.0.

"The Office HTML Filter is a tool you can use to remove
Office-specific markup tags embedded in Office 2000 documents saved as
HTML."

I don't know how it works.
Made by MS, so don't expect miracles.
http://office.microsoft.com/downloads/2000/Msohtmf2.aspx

Nope. it wont even install with Office 2002!!


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Shiperton Henethe

 

[Shiperton Henethe]

AccessValet will do it for you. I wouldn't normally recommend it over Tidy
for this particular task, but it does come with a full GUI

http://valet.webthing.com/access/

As far as I can tell it cost GBP 40 or 60.

Am I mad or deranged or something?
But I find it somehow sticks in my gullet to
have to lash out hard earnt cash
simply because Microsoft are scr*wing us.

They obviously felt guilty enough to produce
a compact HTML version for Office 2000 but
guess what? No Office 2002 version!

Those b*st*rds!


Ship

 

[Adrienne]

So near... yet so far!

Nope, sorry, it's getting the columns all wrong.

Now, how do I *CLEANLY* uninstall everything to do with Asctotab?


Ship

Asctotab isn't like a lot of other programs that mysteriously hide parts of
themselves in your registry. Just a plain add/remove should be fine.

Belay that. I would keep the program as you may find it useful some time
in the future. It's small, doesn't eat up memory, etc.

 

[Alan D-W]

Please avoid excessive cross-posting. This post did not belong in
html.critique (removed). I also removed the microsoft group, since
the solution is not MS. Followups set (you should have set them in
the first place) to alt.html.

Annoying isn't it, almost as annoying as those people who insist on top
posting.
Alan.

 

[Karim]

Nope. it wont even install with Office 2002!!


Ship
Shiperton Henethe

Use Access 2002 ti import, then export.

 

[S.T.]

Hi

Know any good utilities to help me strip out the tags that
Microsoft Excel 2002 leaved behind when you try
and export an HTML format file?

I just add new columns with the HTML codes and save as a tab-separated text
file.

In other words, I add a new column 'A' and each cell in that column is
"<tr><td>". Skip one column, insert another that contains "</td><td>" on
each line and add another at the end... "</td></tr>". Save as a text file
and it's easy to work with.

 

[Nick Kew]

As far as I can tell it cost GBP 40 or 60.

Indeed, and I said I wouldn't normally recommend it over Tidy for
this particular task - which is the primary function of Tidy but a
secondary function of AccessValet.

But I find it somehow sticks in my gullet to
have to lash out hard earnt cash
simply because Microsoft are scr*wing us.

Huh? So you're happy to fork out large sums to Microsoft for defective
software[1], but not to a third party to fix it? Does that extend to
embracing M$'s viruses and refusing to use any antivirus?

Those b*st*rds!

Can't help that.

[1] unless you're proclaiming yourself a pirate?

 

[Shiperton Henethe]

Annoying isn't it, almost as annoying as those people who insist on top
posting.
Alan.

We've had this debate before.
I've done both. And it's easier
to see the new messages if they
are at the top of the page, because
you dont have to scroll down.

Admittedly it gets harder to read
afterwards... All I'm saying is its a
person thing!

Though no doubt each community has it's own
views. And I'll try and comply if I remember!


Ship

 

[Shiperton Henethe]

Use Access 2002 ti import, then export.

I've not tried it. But rumour has it that it leaves
microsoft crud as well.


Ship

 

[Brian]

So you're happy to fork out large sums to Microsoft for defective
software[1], but not to a third party to fix it?

Though I'm loath to come to the defense of MS, I think it fair to
point out that producing html is a secondary feature of Excel. One
might, thus, fork over money for a functioning spreadsheet program,
and be disappointed with its support for html. Note that I do believe
you should be paid for your work. That is not the issue.

 

[Brian]

I just add new columns with the HTML codes and save as a tab-separated text
file.

In other words, I add a new column 'A' and each cell in that column is
"<tr><td>". Skip one column, insert another that contains "</td><td>" on
each line and add another at the end... "</td></tr>". Save as a text file
and it's easy to work with.

Clever. And since Excel lets you hide columns, it can still be a
functioning worksheet.

 

[Toby A Inkster]

We've had [the top vs bottom posting] debate before. I've done both. And
it's easier to see the new messages if they are at the top of the page,
because you dont have to scroll down.

And how far did you need to scroll down to read this reply?

 

[Nico Schuyt]

Nico Schuyt wrote

Absolutely no way!
I am NOT going to spend over 20 dollars let along 100
on this f***ing microsoft-created problem.

LOL. The time you spent so far on this problem costs you a lot more then $20

But if you want a free solution:
- Create a suitable table in MySQL
- Import the CSV
- Create the HTML table with a PHP script.
Makes it very easy to reload new data.
PHP and MySQL are free.

Regards, Nico

 

[David Venn-Brown]

Gazing into my crystal ball I observed Karim <karim3411@!!yahoo!!.com>
writing in



In what world does Access produce clean code? Access produces the same
bloat that MS Word and Excel produce.

Don't worry, it's only Karim.

 

[David Venn-Brown]

I tried to use Dreamweaver MX 2004 to clean a html file produced from
Excel

and it said "Nothing to clean up!". If there are no redundant or empty
tags, a cleanup utility won't be of much help. Excel produces verbose html
which is still valid.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrggggggggghhhhhhhhhhh!! >>>:-[

Is it just me?

This kind of persistent Microsoft-dominate-the-planet
-and-screw-who-is-inconvenienced (by having to
download bloated HTML...)

...makes me so cross I can scarely speak.

Gads!

If they want to take over the planet
all I can say is that they need to
do so a damned site more ethically.

Frankly it's the sort of thing that spawns terrorists.

Ship

It's Karim. He is an expert at dispelling incorrect information.

If he says something, the truth is probably the opposite.

You are right

 

[Shiperton Henethe]

As far as I can tell it cost GBP 40 or 60.

Indeed, and I said I wouldn't normally recommend it over Tidy for
this particular task - which is the primary function of Tidy but a
secondary function of AccessValet.

But I find it somehow sticks in my gullet to
have to lash out hard earnt cash
simply because Microsoft are scr*wing us.

Huh? So you're happy to fork out large sums to Microsoft for defective
software[1], but not to a third party to fix it? Does that extend to
embracing M$'s viruses and refusing to use any antivirus?

Happy?
No, not remotely happy.
But they've got me.
I am a freelance consultant. I am in business.
I live in the real world. I *have* to go with the
defacto standards when sharing files and data.
They own the operating system and the primarly business
applications. (No company should IMHO be allowed to make both)
It's a monopoly.
And realistically I have no choice.

Wrong, I am happy to fork out a few quid for utilities but no more.

If there was a decent fast alternative to MSIE I would use it too.
For a few quid. (Netscape blew that one badly!)

Other thinkgs being equal I would go to long lengths
to avoid Microsoft. But usually they arent equal.
FWIW, I use Norton Anti-virus, which seems okay so far.

The cost of catching a virus far exceeds the 100 quid
a year or so.

Again I have no choice but to USE an anti-virus utility.

Ship
Shiperton Henethe

 

[Shiperton Henethe]

So you're happy to fork out large sums to Microsoft for defective
software[1], but not to a third party to fix it?

Though I'm loath to come to the defense of MS, I think it fair to
point out that producing html is a secondary feature of Excel. One
might, thus, fork over money for a functioning spreadsheet program,
and be disappointed with its support for html. Note that I do believe
you should be paid for your work. That is not the issue.

The issue is that Microsoft were bullied into producing
a compact HTML version, for Office 2000 but have deliberately
not produced an Office2002 version. Why not?
Because they want *their* standards to become defacto.

Just like the O/S and browsers have become.

This is the unacceptable face of capitalism.


Ship
Shiperton Henethe

 

[Ian Miller]

If there was a decent fast alternative to MSIE I would use it too.
For a few quid. (Netscape blew that one badly!)

Opera? http://www.opera.com/

Firebird? http://www.mozilla.org/products/firebird/

Doubtless countless others too. You should try some and see.


Ian M

 

[Shiperton Henethe]

Opera? http://www.opera.com/

Firebird? http://www.mozilla.org/products/firebird/

Doubtless countless others too. You should try some and see.

As a professional web developer I'm only really very interested
in things with < 1 or 2% penetration...

I did try opera years ago but found it confusing/irritating.

Might try again sometime I guess


Ship