Word! What did you do to my page!

What I prefer the html of the templates to look like.

<html>
<head> 
<title>
</title>
<meta name="MSSmartTagsPreventParsing" content="TRUE">
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../../../pr_story.css">
</head>
<body>
<p>
1. Either cut and paste, or enter your story directly in this section.<br />
2. If you can avoid using MS Word, it would be greatly appreciated.<br />
   If you wish to see why I ask this, click <a href="gaaaah.html">here.</a>
3. Save story using your name and story name.  PLEASE!  Do NOT put spaces in file name.<br />
   example: starwolf_WillWondersNeverCease.html NOT starwolf Will Wonders Never Cease.html.<br />
   Windows and Macs may not mind the spaces, but it's a pain in unix/linux, which is what 
   the webserver uses.<br />
4. Email the attachment to: submissions@fanlibrary.net.  Be sure to put [story sub] and what genre<br />
   in the subject line of the email.
</p>
<p>
This particular template is intended for Power Rangers fan series/seriels. If that is not what you are 
submitting, please go back and download the correct template.
</p>
<p>
Thank you.  Please remember to remove these sentences <G>.
</p>
<p>
<center>
<table border="1" rules="none" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="7">
<tr>
<td><a href="../../../pr_directory.shtml">Directory</a></td>
<td><a href="../../../directory.shtml">Main Directory</a></td>
<!--<td><a href="__________">NEXT</a></td>
<td><a href="__________">BACK</a></td>-->
</tr>
</table>
</center>
</p>
</body>
</html>
Total size of this first file? 2K

What the html of the templates to look like
after MS Word get's through with it

<html xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"
xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word"
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">

<head>
<meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii">
<meta name=ProgId content=Word.Document>
<meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 9">
<meta name=Originator content="Microsoft Word 9">
<link rel=File-List href="./dewolf_test_files/filelist.xml">
<title> </title>
<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
 <o:DocumentProperties>
  <o:Author>[IT PUTS YOUR REAL NAME HERE]</o:Author>
  <o:LastAuthor>[IT PUTS YOUR REAL NAME HERE]</o:LastAuthor>
  <o:Revision>2</o:Revision>
  <o:TotalTime>0</o:TotalTime>
  <o:Created>2004-01-27T20:33:00Z</o:Created>
  <o:LastSaved>2004-01-27T20:33:00Z</o:LastSaved>
  <o:Pages>1</o:Pages>
  <o:Words>141</o:Words>
  <o:Characters>804</o:Characters>
  <o:Company>Independent Consultant</o:Company>
  <o:Lines>6</o:Lines>
  <o:Paragraphs>1</o:Paragraphs>
  <o:CharactersWithSpaces>987</o:CharactersWithSpaces>
  <o:Version>9.2720</o:Version>
 </o:DocumentProperties>
</xml><![endif]-->
<link rel=Stylesheet type="text/css" media=all href="..\pr_story.css">
<style>
<!--
 /* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
	{mso-style-parent:"";
	margin:0in;
	margin-bottom:.0001pt;
	mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
	font-size:12.0pt;
	font-family:"Times New Roman";
	mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";}
p
	{font-size:12.0pt;
	font-family:"Times New Roman";
	mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";}
@page Section1
	{size:8.5in 11.0in;
	margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;
	mso-header-margin:.5in;
	mso-footer-margin:.5in;
	mso-paper-source:0;}
div.Section1
	{page:Section1;}
-->
</style>
<meta name=MSSmartTagsPreventParsing content=TRUE>
</head>

<body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=blue style='tab-interval:.5in'>

<div class=Section1>

<p>
1. Either cut and paste, or enter your story directly in this section.<br>
2. If you can avoid using MS Word, it would be greatly appreciated.<br>
   If you wish to see why I ask this, click <a href="gaaaah.html">here.</a></a><br>
3. Save story using your name and story name. PLEASE! Do NOT put spaces in file
name.<br>
   example: starwolf_WillWondersNeverCease.html NOT starwolf Will
Wonders Never Cease.html.<br>
   Windows and Macs may not mind the spaces, but it's a pain in
unix/linux, which is what the webserver uses.<br>
4. Email the attachment to: submissions@fanlibrary.net. Be sure to put [story sub] and what genre<br />
   in the subject line of the email. </p>

<p>This particular template is intended for Power Rangers fan series/seriels.
If that is not what you are submitting, please go back and download the correct
template. </p>

<p>Thank you. Please remember to remove these sentences <G>. <o:p></o:p></p>

<div align=center>

<table border=1 cellspacing=4 cellpadding=0 style='mso-cellspacing:3.0pt;
 mso-padding-alt:5.25pt 5.25pt 5.25pt 5.25pt' rules=none>
 <tr>
  <td style='padding:5.25pt 5.25pt 5.25pt 5.25pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal><a href="..\..\..\pr_directory.shtml">Directory</a></p>
  </td>
  <td style='padding:5.25pt 5.25pt 5.25pt 5.25pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal><a href="..\..\..\directory.shtml">Main Directory</a></p>
  </td>
<!--<td><a href="__________">NEXT</a></td>
<td><a href="__________">BACK</a></td>-->
 </tr>
</table>

</div>

<p class=MsoNormal><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></p>

</div>

</body>

</html>
Total size of the same file after Word has gotten through with it? 4K

And some people wonder why this site asks its authors to not use MS Word if they can at all avoid it. Oh, and for the record, FrontPage is as bad or worse than working in Word and saving the file as html.

Thank you for the opportunity to rant. <G>