How to Convert a Spreadsheet Document to HTML With FrontPage

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.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Microsoft FrontPage

1. Start the FrontPage program and open an existing web.

2. Choose Show FrontPage Editor from the Tools menu, or click on the FrontPage Editor icon on the toolbar. This will open the FrontPage Editor.

3. Click on the File menu and choose Open. Click on the Other Location tab.

4. 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.

5. Locate the file and click OK.

6. 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.

7. Make any desired changes and save the page when finished.

8. 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.