I use HTML with First Page 2006, and what I want to do is us a document (.doc or .txt) or even an Excell document and list (say) 50 products to sell.
( I have over 3000, but with 50 I can figure out the rest, I hope.) - I want my html page link to go to the page, display the image and then display the correct product description from this document.

Can that be done?

Short answer.... No

HTML is a static web programming language. You will need to use either PHP or ASP along with a database to do what you are trying to do... easily.

Check with your webhost provider... you most likely have PHP/ASP installed and you may also have a few databases already.

Check out the PHP threads for help, as well as google "PHP MYSQL tutorial"

Good Luck.

Well you could have an html link to a Word or Excel document - if that, when someone clicks your link they'll be prompted to download your file and view it on their end. If they have Office and use Internet Explorer, it can host Word or Excel in a browser window.

Next step up, you could tell Word or Excel to save your document for the web, as html. This really isn't a very good solution, because Microsoft laughs in the face of web standards. One page written in MS Word can take longer than the entire rest of your site to download.

But it's easier than our next step, which is to use a programming language, like memberpro suggests. If that's the case, you're better off with ASP if you want to use Excel, or even Word, because ASP can easily talk to Word and Excel files.

I would agree that if you do stay with Microsoft data files then use ASP, PHP is not a good route to go.