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It is possible to save a document created with Word as an HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) file, or web page. Two options which do so are available from the Save as type drop-down list in the Save as dialog box. These are Web Page and Web Page, Filtered.
There are problems associated with generating web pages in this manner. Firstly, there are features available in Word for which only approximate equivalents are available in HTML. This means that web pages created with Word may lose some of the functionality of the original Word document.
Perhaps more important, the HTML generated by Word will not necessarily correspond to independent standards used on the web. This may mean that your web page does not display as intended in all web browsers. For example it may look fine in Internet Explorer, but not in Netscape. Secondly, Word tends to create extraordinarily bulky HTML files, which means that they are relatively slow to download.
The Web Page, Filtered option creates smaller files, but some features present in the original may be lost in conversion.
Finally, Word uses some features of HTML which are now deprecated. Such features can hinder accessibility for people with special needs, such as blind people who may use audio-based tools to access information on the web.
Why is this information important for translators and translation teachers?
Sometimes translators have to translate HTML documents using Word and it is therefore important that they know how to save documents in HTML format.
On the other hand, in translation training it makes sense to show students how they can create their own Web pages out of Word documents and at the same time to show them which are the drawbacks of creating Web pages in this way.