Yes it is the reason.
Using - File, Export as web page - Pub 2002 writes what MS has coined
"filtered html".
Using - File, Save as, Web page - Pub 2002 writes what MS calls "rich output
html".
You can refer to my site's 2002 page for details and how-to's.

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Tips and How-to's.

"brent Lotridge" <brent@nampapaving.com> wrote in message
news:046b01c35088$de7e9d80$a101280a@phx.gbl...
> I have created my site in Publisher, but rather
> than "exporting as a web page", i saved my files as a web
> page then used an ftp program to transfer those HTMl files
> to our URL. I dont know if this is causing my site to load
> so slow or if there is another reason. Any help would be
> appreciated.
>
> [url]www.nampapaving.com[/url]
>
> Thanks,
> Brent Lotridge