The Microsoft Word Web Layout View

Word content is, by default, fitted for the printed page. Most of the views in Microsoft Word present content aligned to this paradigm. The one exception is the Web Layout view, which lets you view Word content closer to how it would be viewed if it were to be later converted to HTML (or if Word is in fact directly editing HTML content).

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To get an idea of how formatting in Word for the printed page is different, take a regular Word document and view it in Web Layout view notice the differences? Right margins are based on the window size, and images aren't formatted as specifically as they were in Word.

By creating and editing content in Web Layout view, the developer can get a better idea of the constraints of HTML and how the content will look in a Web page.

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Web Layout view in Word helps provide a better view of how content will look in a browser, but it is still Microsoft Word, not a Web browser. Make sure to check all content in a browser so that you get the desired effect.

If you are having problems reconciling your Word document with the Web version, see "Web Page Looks Nothing Like Word Document in Web View" in the "Troubleshooting" section at the end of this chapter.