How to Save a Microsoft Word® Document as a Web Page
If you would like to create a study guide or any other document for your Blackboard course so that document is displayed in Blackboard as it would be in a Microsoft Word® document with boldfacing, numbered lists, bulleted lists, tables, etc., follow these steps:

  1. Write your document in Microsoft Word, being sure to save the document as you make changes. When you have completed the document, be sure to save your document so that you save all of your special features such as boldfacing and numbered or bulleted lists. When you create your file name, do not use spacing between the letters in the name, but you may use the hyphen or underscore:

  2. After you have saved your document, click on the “File” menu again, but this time click on “Save as Web Page.”

    Note: You may have to click on the small arrow at the bottom of the File menu to see the “Save as Web Page” option. If you do not see that option, then your version of Word was not installed with the Internet Tools option. You will have to reinstall that portion of Word, as shown in Step 2 below. When you are finished, go to step 3.

  3. To install the Web page features, click on the “Start” button at the bottom of your screen. Then click on Control Panel and then on the “Add or Remove Programs” icon. Then choose the “Change or Remove Programs” option. Then click on the Microsoft Word or Microsoft Office (or some versions of Microsoft Works that contain “Word”). Choose the custom installation and then select the Internet or Web tools features and click on all the “continue” or “OK” options until the program is installed.

  4. After you click on the “Save as Web Page” option on the “File” menu, you will see your document in HTML format. You should look very similar to the way that it looked as a "Word" document.

  5. Now click on "File" again and then on "Web Page Preview." Notice that the file name has changed. The extension on the file name has now changed from ".doc" to ".htm":

  6. Then click on “View” on the menu bar and “HTML Source”:

    Note: At this point, you may be prompted to insert a disk to install the HTML editor/preview feature. Insert your Microsoft Office/Word disk in your CD drive. This will take only a few seconds to a few minutes, depending upon the processor speed of your computer.

  7. When the HTML source code appears in a window on your screen, click on "Edit" on the menu bar and then click "Select All." All of the HTML source code will be highlighted. Then click "Edit" again and "Copy." You can now enter the "Control Panel" in your Blackboard course to create Announcements, or you can add documents ("Items" or "Learning Unit") in the Assignments, Course Information, or Course Documents sections. To do so, create a folder in the Assignments, Course Information, or Course Documents sections (or even a Discussion Board “new thread” or “discussion forum”) and then click on the folder title after you have created the folder. Or you could enter an existing folder by clicking on the folder title from the Control Panel (do not modify the folder itself but enter the folder). You would then “Add an Item” from inside the folder (again, not the folder description box). When you add the item, give a title to the item and then click on “Edit” and “Paste” (or click the right mouse button—unless you have switched the buttons on your mouse—and “paste”). At this point, be sure to click the “HTML” option instead of “Smart Text. Then click your submit button and you are through.

  8. Since Microsoft Word inserts anywhere from dozens to hundreds of HTML tags into the document, it is difficult to edit the document within Blackboard. If you want to edit the Blackboard announcement or a folder item in one of the other sections, instead of trying to edit within Blackboard, return to your Word document that you saved as a Web page and modify the document. Then repeat the procedure in Step 3 above, except that you will modify the item instead of creating the item. You will then erase what is in your document in Blackboard and paste in the contents of your revised Web page.