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Old 05-30-2023, 08:24 AM
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Folks, I've created what is supposed to be a webpage using Word. When I am viewing in Word (as a webpage) everything looks OK.



But when I view it online in Chrome or Edge, the text in the text boxes is distorted.

I can make this problem go away by using a one by one table instead of a text box.

I have copied the text in the top text box to show you on the website and in the attached image, and I have outlined the text box. The text is Calibri (Body) 12 pt, but the same thing happens with Arial.

How do I fix this? The URL of the offending website is:

Trinity East United Methodist Church Exterior

This is what the webpage looks like in Chrome



This is what the webpage looks like in Word.



Solutions very much appreciated.
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Try using a table rather than a Text Box.
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Word is a terrible html editor so you shouldn't expect a great result but this one is a pretty bad example.

I had a look at the html that was produced and that text box was converted to a GIF graphic so it is no surprise that it looks as bad as it does. I suspect there won't be much you can do about text boxes converting to gif images so I would also recommend you use a table cell instead.
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Thanks to both of you, and in particularly the note that a text box is rendered as a .gif.

Seems like a bug... treating a text box as a picture element when a one cell table does work.

Live and learn. Thank you, folks.
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Thanks to both of you, and in particularly the note that a text box is rendered as a .gif.

Seems like a bug... treating a text box as a picture element when a one cell table does work.

Live and learn. Thank you, folks.
In Word, Text Boxes are treated as graphical elements, not text. They are not in the regular document layer or story. This has always been the case.
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