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Apple AppleWorks 5 : Windows 95/NT 4.0 User Manual

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Use boldface and italic styles sparingly. Too much emphasis makes text
difficult to read. Don’t use underline, because underlined text indicates a
jump to related information.

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Choose typefaces and colors that are easy to read onscreen.

Creating an HTML file

To create an HTML file for a Web page, start by creating a word processing
document, and then save your work as an HTML file.

Important

Before you begin, be sure you understand the information in the

previous sections of this chapter.

1.

Click

on the Default button bar to create a new document, or click

to

open an existing document.

(If you don’t see the button bar, choose Show Button Bar from the Window menu.)

2.

In the document window, press Ctrl+; (semicolon) to show formatting
characters (such as carriage returns and spaces).

3.

Create the document with the text and art you want posted to the Web.

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Choose Index from the Help menu and type the first few letters of the entry. Double-click the
entry and then double-click a topic.

To

Do this

Apply a style to text

Select the text to format, and then click any style from
the stylesheet palette.

Apply a type style to text

Select the text, and then click

to make the text bold

or click

to make the text italic. Don’t use underline,

which is a convention used to indicate a link.

Organize information into a
numbered or bulleted list

Choose styles from the

pop-up menu. Use

Harvard, Legal, or Number for numbered lists; use Diamond,
Bullet, or Checklist for bulleted lists.

Insert a horizontal line to
separate sections of text

Place the insertion point where you want the line to
begin. Choose Insert Page Break or Insert Section Break from
the Format menu. AppleWorks ignores automatic page
breaks when you save the document as HTML.

Add a table

Use an inline or floating spreadsheet frame.

Insert a picture

See “Adding pictures” on page 11-5.

Create a link from your
document to a different
document, or to other
information on the Internet

See “Linking Web pages” on page 11-5.

In the Help index,

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see:

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Web pages, creating