By default, Word 2016, as well as Word 365, saves the page with a ".htm" file extension, but you can change this to ".html" if you prefer. Both extensions work as HTML files.

How to Switch From Word to PDF and HTML. Microsoft Word documents are commonly regarded as the standard when it comes to word-processing files, but sometimes you need something more.

This tutorial will show you how to convert and display a Word document file in an HTML web page template or format properly and easily.