Character Tab. Font Face Select desired font. To use fonts specified by the reader, select Variable Width or Fixed Width.

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2 Start from a New Page Normally, when you launch Netscape Composer, the document window already has a new page that you can start composing on. However, there are many ways to open a new page (all of these can be completed directly from Netscape Communicator): 1. Go to File, New, Blank Page. 2. (This opens a template.) Go to File, New, Page From Template. Then, either choose a template you have on file or click on Netscape Templates to go to a web site with some template choices. Go to File, Edit Page. 3. (Step-by-Step Page Building.) Go to File, New, Page From Wizard. Follow succeeding instructions.

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4 1. Highlight paragraphs you want to format. 2. Go to Format menu, Character Properties. Paragraph tab Paragraph Style drop-down menu Headings 1 to 6 are successively smaller. Address is used for indicating the page author and contact. Formatted is used for fixed-width font.

5 Character Tab Font Face Select desired font. To use fonts specified by the reader, select Variable Width or Fixed Width. Font Size

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8 You can c9 pge a table's caption or border, or the width, height, alignment, color, or background of a table or parts of a table.

9 Note: If you are modifying a table that's within a cell, the minimum width and height of the nested table can be percentages of the parent cell. Cell spans Type numbers in the rows box and columns box to specify whether you want the selected cell to span more than one column or row. Header style Centers the text in the cell and sets its style to bold. Nonbreaking Keeps the text from wrapping to the next line. Text will wrap to the next line ony if you insert a paragraph break. Use Color Lets you choose a background color for the table, row, or cell. Click Other, at the bottom of the color palette, to define a custom color. Use Image Lets you use an image as the table, row, or cell background. Type the location and filename of the image you want to use. Click Choose Image to find an image on your hard disk or network. Linking Your Page Linking Within the Same Page Create a target, then create a link that points to the target. 1.Put the cursor at the beginning of a line where you want to create a target, or select some text at the beginning of a line. 2.Open the Insert menu and choose Target. 3.Type a name for the target in the edit box (up to 30 characters). If you selected some text in step 1, this box already contains a name. 4.Click OK. A Target icon (visible only in the Composer window) appears in your document to mark the target's location.

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11 It works just like the HTML tag dialog box (above). When creating tables and links, you can use the Extra HTML dialog box to enter additional HTML attributes or JavaScript for the tag you are working with. Source HTML To view source HTML, go to Edit, HTML source. Composer Preferences -- General To view the Composer Preferences dialog box, open the E, H menu and choose Preferences, then click the Composer category. Author name Enter the name of your pages' author. This information is helpful to readers who find your document by using a web search tool. Automatically save page every minutes Click to have Composer automatically save your document, and then specify how often (in minutes). External E, Hors Enter the path and filename of the text and image e, Hors of your choice. For example, if you want to use Notepad to e, H the actual HTML source, type C:\WINDOWS\NOTEPAD.EXE. Then when you choose HTML Source from the E, H menu, Notepad starts with the current document displayed. If you're not sure of the filename, click Choose to find the application. Note: When you e, H HTML source using an external e, Hor, first save your changes in the e, Hor and then choose Reload from the View menu to see your changes in Composer. Font Size Mode

12 World Wide Web Consortium Extremely, Extremely Technical & Professional Discussions about the Web. (For those with an intense interest.) WWW Developer's Virtual Library Fabulous site on everything possible there is to know about web publishing (Great variety of tutorials) NU Library s Links to Web Publishing Resources Pubweb Pubweb is Northwestern University s public web server. To get an account on Pubweb, all you need is an active NU NetID and valid password. The web page provides the policies for use of Pubweb accounts and instructions on how to create a Pubweb account. Guidelines for publishing on NU s official server: Official NU Web Server Follow these guidelines if you re publishing on Northwestern University s official web server ( Kellogg Webmaster