is essentially ASCII text with formatting tags neatly separated by angle brackets
from the rest of the text. Today, HTML files can contain code such as Java-
Script, which hackers can use to link to other websites and embed viruses,
spyware, adware, and other bad things, but plain HTML (without code) is
safe. Unfortunately, Word doesn't create a plain HTML file--it adds a lot of
stuff you probably won't want or need (see Figure 4-3).
you won't know what the heck is going on inside. You can get rid of most of it and use the
standard HTML codes for defining a header and title.
Word or some other program, you probably ran into problems with Word's
special characters. What's so special about em dashes, single and double
a distance, to be a beautiful nude woman? Artists and amateurs have applied the
character set to works that range from interesting emoticons (beyond the smiley :-)
face) to extreme photo-realistic digitizations of portraits. Check out ASCII Artwork
(www.textfiles.com/art) for a gallery of ASCII art.