Creating a Web page

Creating a Web page

You can make a Web page by saving a word-processing document as HTML so that a Web browser can read it.

Creating a Web page with text and graphics

To create a Web page:

1 Create a word-processing document with the text you want on your Web page.

2 Add art to the page as an inline picture or frame, or as a floating object.

You can draw objects or add painting frames directly in the document, use art from a clipping file, or insert art from another document.

Tip: The default palette in the Tools and Accents windows is arranged to make it easy to determine which colors are best when designing Web graphics (Web-safe colors). Of the shades of gray (the leftmost column), the 1st (white), 4th, 7th, 10th, 13th, and 16th (black) colors are Web-safe. Of the colors (the rest of the palette), all except the top two rows are Web-safe.

3 Save the document.

IMPORTANT: When you save the document, save an AppleWorks and an HTML version.

Adding a background color or image

To add a background color or image to a Web page:

1 With the word-processing document open, choose Preferences from the Edit menu, then choose HTML Import/Export from the submenu.

2 Add either a background color or a background image:

• To add a background color, choose one from the Color pop-up menu.

• To add a background image, click Set Background Image.

You can use any type of file, like JPEG or PNG, that AppleWorks can translate.

Adding links within a Web page

You can define document links and anchors for links within a document. Keep in mind the following:

• The destination for a document link must be an anchor in the same Web page.

• You can attach anchors and document links to selected text, objects, painted images, spreadsheet cells, or frames. You can select part of an item, such as an area of a painted image or a letter within a word.

Note: The AppleWorks HTML translator processes only document links to anchors within the same document. The HTML translator ignores anchors without an associated document link, and document links to another document or to anchors in another document.

Tip: For long pages, you can add horizontal lines to divide the page into topic areas. Then create a list of topics at the top of the page and use document links and anchors to link to each topic area.

Adding links to other Web pages

To link to another Web page:

1 In the document, select the item to which you want to attach a link (the item you want to be clickable).

You can attach a link to selected text, objects, painted images, spreadsheet cells, or frames. You can select part of an item, such as an area of a painted image or a letter within a word.

2 Choose Show Links Window from the Format menu and, if necessary, click the Internet tab.

3 Click New.

4 Type the Internet address (URL) of the page.

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