Webplus Essentials User Guide (Edition 2)
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WebPlus Essentials User Guide How to Contact Us Our main office The Software Centre (UK, Europe): PO Box 2000, Nottingham, NG11 7GW, UK Main: (0115) 914 2000 Registration (UK only): (0800) 376 1989 Sales (UK only): (0800) 376 7070 Customer Service/ Technical Support: http://www.serif.com/support General Fax: (0115) 914 2020 North American office Serif Inc., The Software Center, (USA, Canada): 4041 MacArthur Blvd., Suite 120, Newport Beach, CA 92660, USA Registration: (800) 794-6876 Sales: (800) 489-6703 Customer Service: (800) 489-6720 Technical Support: http://www.serif.com/support Online Visit us on the web at: http://www.serif.com/ International Please contact your local distributor/dealer. For further details, please contact us at one of our phone numbers above. This User Guide, and the software described in it, is furnished under an end user License Agreement, which is included with the product. The agreement specifies the permitted and prohibited uses. Portions images ©1997-2002 Nova Development Corporation; ©1995 Expressions Computer Software; ©1996-98 CreatiCom, Inc.; ©1996 Cliptoart; ©1997 Multimedia Agency Corporation; ©1997-98 Seattle Support Group. Rights of all parties reserved. Digital Images ©2008 Hemera Technologies Inc. All Rights Reserved. Digital Images ©2008 Jupiterimages Corporation, All Rights Reserved. Digital Images ©2008 Jupiterimages France SAS, All Rights Reserved. Content ©2008 Jupiterimages Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Portions graphics import/export technology © AccuSoft Corp. &Eastman Kodak Company& LEAD Technologies, Inc. THE PROXIMITY HYPHENATION SYSTEM © 1989 Proximity Technology Inc. All rights reserved. THE PROXIMITY/COLLINS DATABASE © 1990 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd.; © 1990 Proximity Technology Inc. All rights reserved. THE PROXIMITY/MERRIAM-WEBSTER DATABASE © 1990 Merriam-Webster Inc.; © 1990 Proximity Technology Inc. All rights reserved. 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Anti-Grain Geometry - Version 2.4 Copyright © 2002-2005 Maxim Shemanarev (McSeem) SlideShowPro © Dominey Design Inc. All rights reserved. Clipart samples from Serif ArtPacks © Serif (Europe) Ltd. & Paul Harris TrueType font samples from Serif FontPacks © Serif (Europe) Ltd. Microsoft, Windows, and the Windows logo are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All other trademarks acknowledged. WebPlus is a registered trademark of Serif (Europe) Ltd. © 2010 Serif (Europe) Ltd. All rights reserved. No part of this User Guide may be reproduced in any form without the express written permission of Serif (Europe) Ltd. Serif WebPlus Essentials © 2010 Serif (Europe) Ltd. Contents Contents 1. Welcome .......................................................... 1 Welcome! .................................................................................. 3 Key features .............................................................................. 4 Installation ............................................................................... 12 2. Getting Started ............................................... 15 Startup Wizard ........................................................................ 17 Creating a site using a design template .................................. 18 Starting a site from scratch ..................................................... 21 Opening an existing site .......................................................... 22 Working with more than one site ............................................. 23 Saving your site ...................................................................... 23 3. Developing Sites and Pages .......................... 25 Understanding site structure and navigation ........................... 27 Understanding pages and master pages ................................ 29 Viewing pages ......................................................................... 31 Adding, removing, and rearranging pages .............................. 34 Adding navigation bars ............................................................ 41 Using layout aids ..................................................................... 50 Setting site properties ............................................................. 54 Setting page properties ........................................................... 57 Using Site Manager ................................................................. 60 Search engine optimization ..................................................... 62 Using the Gallery..................................................................... 67 Adding Google maps ............................................................... 69 Contents 4. Working with Text ........................................... 73 Importing text from a file .......................................................... 75 Understanding text frames ....................................................... 76 Using artistic text ...................................................................... 84 Putting text on a path ............................................................... 86 Editing text on the page ........................................................... 88 Using Find and Replace ........................................................... 92 5. Formatting Text .............................................. 95 Setting text properties .............................................................. 97 Using fonts ............................................................................... 97 Using text styles ....................................................................... 99 Creating a bulleted or numbered list ...................................... 102 6. Working with Tables ..................................... 105 Creating text-based tables ..................................................... 107 Inserting a calendar ............................................................... 110 7. Editing Objects ............................................. 115 Selecting an object ................................................................. 117 Selecting multiple objects ...................................................... 118 Copying, pasting, and replicating objects ............................... 119 Moving objects ....................................................................... 121 Resizing objects ..................................................................... 122 Rotating an object .................................................................. 123 Cropping and combining objects ............................................ 125 Joining object outlines ............................................................ 128 Locking an object's size or position ........................................ 130 Ordering objects..................................................................... 130 Aligning and distributing objects ............................................ 130 Snapping ................................................................................ 132 Contents Attaching objects to text ........................................................ 133 Creating groups .................................................................... 136 Updating and saving defaults ................................................ 137 8. Lines, Shapes, and Effects ........................... 141 Drawing and editing lines ...................................................... 143 Setting line properties ........................................................... 146 Drawing and editing shapes .................................................. 148 Using 2D filter effects ............................................................ 151 Using 3D filter effects ............................................................ 154 Adding dimensionality (Instant 3D)........................................ 156 Adding borders ...................................................................... 159 Using object styles ................................................................ 161 9. Images, Animation, and Multimedia.............. 165 Adding picture frames ........................................................... 167 Importing images................................................................... 169 Using the Media Bar .............................................................. 174 Setting image export options ................................................. 177 Importing TWAIN images ...................................................... 181 Applying PhotoLab filters ...................................................... 182 Using Image Cutout Studio ..................................................