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They are not text editors. They will have a lot of hidden characters in them that can disrupt the file. Along with the actual text, it will include the data that defines the font and the size and so on, and they all become part of the file. A HTML file should be done in a pure text editor and only have text in it. Formatting should not be important in the text itself. Then the browser will be able to read the file without being disrupted by other things in the file. Only if you can save the file as text only, would you use something that is not a text editor.

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Word documents contain a lot of extraneous characters for formatting these are not seen on screen and they could cause trouble if you copy paste text sections.

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