12.5.1 HTML export commands

C-c C-e h     (org-export-as-html)

Export as HTML file myfile.html. For an Org file myfile.org, the ASCII file will be myfile.html. The file will be overwritten without warning. If there is an active region¹, only the region will be exported. If the selected region is a single tree², the tree head will become the document title. If the tree head entry has, or inherits, an EXPORT_FILE_NAME property, that name will be used for the export.

C-c C-e b     (org-export-as-html-and-open)

Export as HTML file and immediately open it with a browser.

C-c C-e H     (org-export-as-html-to-buffer)

Export to a temporary buffer. Do not create a file.

C-c C-e R     (org-export-region-as-html)

Export the active region to a temporary buffer. With a prefix argument, do not produce the file header and footer, but just the plain HTML section for the region. This is good for cut-and-paste operations.

C-c C-e v h/b/H/R

Export only the visible part of the document.

M-x org-export-region-as-html

Convert the region to HTML under the assumption that it was Org-mode syntax before. This is a global command that can be invoked in any buffer.

M-x org-replace-region-by-HTML

Replace the active region (assumed to be in Org-mode syntax) by HTML code.

In the exported version, the first 3 outline levels will become headlines, defining a general document structure. Additional levels will be exported as itemized lists. If you want that transition to occur at a different level, specify it with a numeric prefix argument. For example,

     C-2 C-c C-e b

creates two levels of headings and does the rest as items.