How to Convert a Spreadsheet Document to HTML With FrontPage

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On a Web page, you may want to display your company's fourth-quarter sales earnings or your chocolate consumption tally spreadsheet. Do this using the FrontPage Editor. This tutorial uses FrontPage 97.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderate

Things You’ll Need:

Step1
Start the FrontPage program and open an existing web.
Step2
Choose Show FrontPage Editor from the Tools menu, or click on the FrontPage Editor icon on the toolbar. This will open the FrontPage Editor.
Step3
Click on the File menu and choose Open. Click on the Other Location tab.
Step4
Click on the From File radio button and choose Browse to locate the file on your hard drive. In the dialog box, choose the "Files of type" drop-down menu and change it to Excel Files (.xls or .xlw) or the type of spreadsheet you are using.
Step5
Locate the file and click OK.
Step6
Choose the From Location radio button to use a file located on the Internet. Type the URL and click OK. Make sure the URL ends in with the appropriate spreadsheet extension.
Step7
Make any desired changes and save the page when finished.
Step8
Preview the page in a Web browser by choosing Preview in Browser from the File menu. From the dialog box, choose which browser to use and what settings.

Tips & Warnings

  • FrontPage automatically converts the spreadsheet to Rich Text Format (.rtf) before saving it as an HTML document. Spreadsheet data appears in a table created to match the spreadsheet layout.

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