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HTML Conversion Problems and Remedies

Various issues can arise when converting Word documents to HTML. The first step in the word2canvas process. The following explains known issues and suggests possible remiedies.

base64 Images

Problem: Canvas doesn't support base64 encoded images in HTML

When convering a Word document to HTML any images are currently converted to base64 encoded images

The problem is that the Canvas Rich Content Editor will remove base64 encoded strings. Breaking the images.

word2canvas will identify any base64 encoded images after conversion to HTML and insert placeholder images in the newly created module.

Solution

The solution is to manually save the base64 images to your computer and use the Canvas RCE to replace the word2canvas placeholder images with the saved images.

Two steps:

  1. Save the images to your computer.

One Check HTML tab of word2canvas you can view the base 64 encoded images. Right click on the image and select Save Image As to download a copy of the image.

  1. Replace the placeholder images.

    Once word2canvas has created the module, edit the pages with placeholder images and replace them with the appropriate saved image.