Using MSWord formatting on Nicenet

by David Nippoldt

You can create a word-processed document and transfer it more or less intact to Nicenet. While the final result will not mirror your Word document, you will maintain:

§ bold, italic, underline

§ indents

§ font

§ relative font size

§ tables

§ left, center, right, justify

§ bullets

You may not include clip art or other inserted files. Line spacing will likely be different that your original document.

After creating your document in MSWord, begin with step one. These instructions are for MS Word 2003 and MS Internet Explorer v 6.0.

Step 1

Save your Word document. Then, preview your document as an internet document. Click on View at the top of the screen and select Web Layout. Make any necessary changes. Save your document again.

Step 2

Now click on File and select Web Page Preview. A new window will open.

Step 3

In this new window, click on View and select Source. Another window will open that you cannot read. This is good! (You’re looking at your document in HTML code, one of the languages of the Internet. Later you’ll be copying this code into a Nicenet document.).

Step 4

This step isn’t as hard as it seems. At the top of the page (that you cannot read), click Edit and select Select All. Then click Edit and select Copy.

Step 5

Go to your Nicenet class page and find the place where you want to add or turn in your assignment. When Nicenet asked for Document Text, don’t type anything. Simply click on Edit then Paste. It will look something like this. Click on Add Document and you’re done!