PageMaker to HTML

There are several ways to convert PageMaker files to HTML, with varying degrees of pain.

The following instuctions are for a Macintosh. The instructions should be similar for Windows.

Export each file separately and paste the files back together

Open the file in PageMaker.

In the Toolbox, click on A. Move the cursor to the first article and click in the article. Under "File," select "Export." Select "File Format" of "MS Word 3.0-4.0." Export each article, saving the files with simple names, like a, b, c, etc.

Open the first file. Save it as all. Open the next file, select the entire file, close the file, and paste to the bottom of the all file.

You can do this fairly quickly using the key commands:

Command-O: Open
Command-Option-M: Select
Command-W: Close
Command-V: Paste

If you plan on running the split_to_html program, you might want to insert the .bp commands as you go along.

You end up with one MS Word file, named all that contains the whole document as one MS Word file.

Export the entire file at once and then reorder the articles

Open PageMaker.

Under "File," select "New." When the "Page Setup" information is displayed, click on OK.

Under "File," select "Place." Then select the PageMaker file. When "Stories to place as one" is displayed, click on "All" and then on "OK." When the menu comes up asking about font matching results, click on "OK."

When a corner appears, move it to the page and click.

In the Toolbox, click on A.

Click in the text of the document.

Under "File," select "Export." Select MS Word 3.0-4.0.

Close PageMaker.

Open the MS Word file. Check the file. If headlines are added separately and later than the text, they may not precede the article. You may have to find some elements and paste them where they belong.

Put the articles in the order in which you want them to appear.

If you plan on running the split_to_html program, you might want to insert the .bp commands as you go along.

Saving in Rich Text Format

When you export from PageMaker, you can save the file in Rich Text Format (RTF), instead of Word. If you don't have any more work to do on the file, it's fine to save it that way. But if you need to find and move things around, the formatting commands make it difficult to find things.

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Last modified: 1997 Sep 19