How To Convert Word (.docx) Documents To HTML

By PageSection Support Team
Updated 29 September 2022 • Published 15 October 2021

The easiest method of converting Word (.docx) files to HTML is by simply saving the document as HTML — click on the Save As option, then select HTML/HTM file type in the drop-down options. However, for the users of our online services, we provide useful alternatives to the default options provided by Microsoft Word.

Converting Word to HTML using PageSection

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Visit the online HTML Editor and select any of the free sample projects (no login required). If you prefer using custom templates, register and create a user account to upload your own projects and gain full edit access, including the ability to save changes. Then follow the steps below to convert your document into HTML.

1. Copy

Open your word document (or any other text file) on your computer, then highlight the target text and copy as you normally would.

Picture of a Microsoft Word's right-click options

2. Paste

Within your web browser, open the HTML Editor, and select the HTML page to edit from the pages menu. Once the selected page has been fully loaded in the preview, double-click to select any text on the page, and paste to replace with the contents copied in the previous step.

Picture of a HTML Editor's right-click options

In some cases, the HTML page may be blank or it might not have any visible content to select and replace by clicking. In such cases, use the editor's sidebar to open the element structure and add or insert an HTML text node into the webpage. You can then proceed to double-click (select) the text node and replace the text contents with the text copied in the previous step.

3. Edit

Finally, you can proceed to edit the text content in the HTML Editor. Editing can be done in two (2) forms; either visually with both the sidebar editor panel options and the rich text editor, or programmatically using the code preview. This enables both programmers and non-programmers to use the editor with ease.

Using editable HTML templates (Optional)

Save time creating HTML markup/content by using editable HTML templates. These allow users to edit content directly in the web browser, instead of editing Word documents and converting to HTML later on. Highly recommended for web content creators

Click to edit project in new tab

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Upload and edit custom HTML templates

You also have the option of editing custom-made HTML templates using the HTML Editor, which includes multiple useful features such as live-page editing, online previews, file management, code editing, and many more. All you have to do is upload a .zip file containing the HTML template files and get started.

Get HTML Project

This could be a website for a client, or for personal use. Get the necessary project files of the website to upload

Create Zip File

Put the website (project) files in a single zipped (.zip) file, include an index.html at the "top" and not within another folder

Upload Zip File

Upload the zip file using your PageSection user account

Upload the zip file using our service to create a project and receive a link. Later you can edit or delete the project

Receive Web Link

Receive a web URL link for every uploaded project

After any successful project upload, you will receive a web URL link which can be used to visit or share the website

Get Started

Using the online editor provides a variety of benefits including;

Sample url web links for every uploaded file or web project. This may be useful if you want to share or preview the file in a browser. Very necessary when working with other clients and colleagues
Generate url download links. Very useful when sharing project files
Edit anything on the HTML page. Any text and element within the page can be modified using the editor
Work with the HTML element-structure of the page, accessible within the editor's sidebar
Live DOM updates. Content changes are synced (synchronized) across the editor's features
View and export generated code or content. Produce near optimized and unaltered HTML, CSS, JavaScript output
Provided support for both programmers (with code editing) and non-programmers (with visual editing)
Suitable for all HTML web content creators, for example copy-writers, bloggers, freelancers, and many more

For more information about how to save any website/webpage in your browser as an HTML template, feel free to check out this article that explains the process in detail. You can also contact us (using our support email) to ask for help making a template of any webpage

Conclusion

We hope you find this information useful. Feel free to send any queries or ask for more information using our support email support@pagesection.com or visit our many other blog posts which may provide more information. Cheers.