HTML Document Conversion and Formatting

by Michael Stefanini

e-mail: stefam@rpi.edu

URL: http://www.ecse.rpi.edu/Research/Papers/Convert/

New and Updated Version!! As of 6/15/95!

As presented at the 2nd Annual WWW Conference in Chicago, IL

This document will take you through the steps involved in converting existing material into the HTML format.

This is much more than a simple listing of conversion programs...Adding the HTML tags is only half the job. Developing coherent documents and structured reports that customers and collegues will find useful is the main theme of this paper.

There are many considerations to take into account, including: Organization, the role of Graphics, Speed, Continuity, and Linkage. Using real world experience combined with common sense and cognative psychology, I believe I've touched on and explained most of the major issues.

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Please be aware that this document is still being updated and some parts are subject to change.

To See The Table of Contents, Please Click HERE.

HTML Primer

The World Wide Web FAQ

This process was primarily developed during my time at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, CA

Last updated on: Thu Jun 15 08:11:46 PDT 1995