Word is not an HTML editor, and HTML is a constantly evolving markup language. “Save as HTML” is limited, at best.
Assuming that the HTML is intended for a web page, I would suggest embedding an editable area in the web page so that the employee can edit it directly online, bypassing Word altogether. There are many good “editable area” scripts around, for free or very little money, which have interfaces which mimic Word and are therefore familiar to the user (no training necessary).
Personally, I don’t have a problem with clients asking me to convert Word documents into HTML, because they pay me to do so.
Understandable point. I certainly don't expect perfection. However, it should be functional enough to realize that if I'd like an unformatted paragraph, it should output "<p>My Text</p>" rather than "<p class=MsoBodyText align=left style='text-align:left'><span style='mso-bookmark: _Toc137009781'>My Text</span></p>" for EVERY SINGLE PARAGRAPH!!!!
Assuming that the HTML is intended for a web page, I would suggest embedding an editable area in the web page so that the employee can edit it directly online, bypassing Word altogether.
That would be great, but unfortunately my client base is the corporate travel industry, which is highly comprised of below-average-intelligence, middle-aged women. There is no possibility they will abandon Word. I've been trying to talk them into Google docs for a while now, to no avail.