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1. How do I start my new page ?
2. How Do I set up font size and style?
3. Why set up a structure?
4. How to set up the structure ?
5. Tell me about importing text into the program
6. How about importing picture files?
7. Where to preview?

How do I start my new page?

You start by going to File menu and selecting 'New'
When you are first starting a web site to be made up of more than one page you should select 'New Web'.  This will set up the folder and you should name your first page as Index.htm.  This is normal practice for a web site.
If you are adding a page later on you go to 'File - New - Page'

• Simply type what you want at the cursor
• Save in the normal way by giving the page a name. Call the first or home page Index.htm
• Subsequent pages should be given meaningful names ending with .htm to show they are web pages

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How do I set up Font size and style?

A number of font styles and sizes are set up by the program.  The default font is already set up (see 'Tool -Options' menu) as Times new Roman.  The 'normal' size is HTML size 3 (12 points). There are also a number of pre-set heading sizes. Size 6 is the smallest and size 1 is the largest. Look at the formatting toolbar illustration below. This contains the normal formatting options and allows you to set the emphasis (bold, underlined and italic) as well as the font colour and justification for the text.

You can override the pre-set sizes by setting whatever font you want in the font style and size boxes. This has been done here with the main body text in Arial and the headings remaining in Times New Roman.

If you look at the HTML code you will see the sizes are referred to as numbers.  This is size 4 (equivalent to 14 points)

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Why set up a structure ?

Web sites need to have a structure to work.  Have a look at the diagram below.  This shows that web sites are set up with a hierarchical structure.  The first page created is normally called the home or index page and this will contain links to all the others. 

Most of the pages (including this one) are linked directly to the Index page from where they are loaded as required.  Several pages are linked only to Layout2 and Uploading. 

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How to set up the structure?

• First you need to have made some pages.
• Secondly you will need to go to navigation view
• There you will see a list of your files on the left and the index page graphically shown in the right hand pane.
• Now pick up (by clicking and holding down left mouse button) and drop the selected page over the index page a structure link is defined.
• You will need then to set up links (hyperlinks) between the pages so you can navigate between them.

Look at the diagram below.  You will see the navigation bar.  This can be used for viewing the whole structure or just parts of it (sub trees).  You can also see all external links. (outside the site to other sites)

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Tell me about importing text into the program

• Put cursor where you want text to appear.
• Go to Insert menu - File
• The Select File dialogue box will allow you to navigate to where the file is stored.
• Now look for the type of file used for the file you wish to import.  Word processing files can be saved in various formats (.doc, .txt and .rtf are most likely).  Look under  ' All Files *.* '
• If you import a .txt file you will be asked what format you want to convert to.  Select 'normal paragraphs' or 'normal paragraphs with line breaks'.  You will need then to add any emphasis, underlining etc

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How about importing picture files?

• Put the insertion point where you want the picture to appear
• Click Insert menu - Picture
• You are given the choice of selecting from either 'clip art' or from 'file'  You can select from Microsoft Clip Gallery or from a file saved from a art program to file
• When the clip art is inserted if you click on it you can increase or decrease its size by clicking on one of the black editing squares surrounding it and then 'dragging' it to a new size (hold down left mouse button whilst moving it.).  You can also format it left, centre or right side of the page. 
• Have a play with Bart below!! (only in the editor)

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Where to preview?

• You can see your page as it will appear on the web by clicking on the Preview tab at the bottom of the editor screen.  This will not however allow you to use any links set up.
• To see it properly you need to use the browser you will use on the web.  To see the page in Internet Explorer click on the icon on the Standard toolbar to the right of the printer icon
• How you page appears depends on the resolution of a computer's display.  To synchronize your page to your display go to File menu and select 'Preview in Browser'.  Here you can select the browsers set up on your computer and see what the page looks like in different resolutions.  'Default' sets display to how your computer is set up.

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David Felgate
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