Your html code should look like:
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> </head> <body> </body> </html>
To insert title, meta and link as children of head using beforeBegin you can use:
Sub beforeBegin()
Dim strHTMLLink As String
Dim strHTMLMeta As String
Dim strHTMLTitle As String
Dim objHead As IHTMLElement
Dim objLink As IHTMLElement
Dim objMeta As IHTMLElement
Set objHead = ActiveDocument.all.tags("head").Item(0)
strHTMLLink = _
vbCrLf & _
vbTab & _
"<link>"
strHTMLMeta = _
vbCrLf & _
vbTab & _
"<meta>"
strHTMLTitle = _
vbCrLf & _
vbTab & _
"<title>" & _
vbCrLf & _
vbTab & _
"</title>"
objHead.insertAdjacentHTML "beforeEnd", strHTMLLink
Set objLink = ActiveDocument.all.tags("link").Item(0)
objLink.insertAdjacentHTML "beforeBegin", strHTMLMeta
Set objMeta = ActiveDocument.all.tags("meta").Item(0)
objMeta.insertAdjacentHTML "beforeBegin", strHTMLTitle
End Sub
After
objHead.insertAdjacentHTML "beforeEnd", strHTMLLink
The HTML will be:
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <link> </head> <body> </body> </html>
After
objLink.insertAdjacentHTML "beforeBegin", strHTMLMeta
The HTML will be:
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <meta> <link> </head> <body> </body> </html>
After
objMeta.insertAdjacentHTML "beforeBegin", strHTMLTitle
Your HTML code will be:
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <title> </title> <meta> <link> </head> <body> </body> </html>
Other methods to accomplish the same thing:
innerHTML, all 3 children at once
innerHTML, Child1, Child 2, Child3
innerHTML, Child3, Child2, Child1
innerHTML, Child1, Child3, Child2 using innerHTML
innerHTML, Child1, Child2, Child3 using outerHTML
insertAdjacentHTML "afterBegin, strHTML
insertAdjacentHTML "beforeEnd, strHTML
insertAdjacentHTML "afterEnd, strHTML