Webplus 10 User Guide
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Welcome 1 What's New in WebPlus 10.......................................................... 3 About this User Guide................................................................ 12 Installation.................................................................................. 14 2. Getting Started 17 Understanding Web sites........................................................... 19 Startup Wizard ........................................................................... 22 Creating a Web site using a template........................................ 23 Opening an existing Web site .................................................... 23 Starting a Web site from scratch................................................ 25 Working with more than one site................................................ 25 Saving your WebPlus project..................................................... 26 Using templates ......................................................................... 26 Closing WebPlus........................................................................ 27 3. Developing Sites and Pages 29 Understanding site structure and navigation ............................. 31 Understanding pages and master pages................................... 34 Viewing Pages ........................................................................... 35 Adding, removing, and rearranging pages................................. 38 Working in frames ...................................................................... 42 Using layout aids........................................................................ 44 Incorporating theme graphics .................................................... 49 Using the Gallery ....................................................................... 52 Setting page and site properties ................................................ 55 Using File Manager.................................................................... 61 Adding search engine descriptors.............................................. 62 Using WebSafe Fonts Manager................................................. 63 Promotion via email ................................................................... 65 Updating and saving defaults..................................................... 65 4. Working with Text 67 Importing text from a file ............................................................ 69 Understanding text frames......................................................... 70 Using artistic text........................................................................ 80 Contents Editing text on the page .............................................................81 Setting text properties ................................................................84 Using text styles .........................................................................86 Adjusting letter spacing..............................................................89 Inserting a symbol ......................................................................90 Inserting user details ..................................................................91 5. Working with Tables 93 Creating text-based tables .........................................................95 Manipulating tables ....................................................................98 Formatting numbers .................................................................102 Inserting formulas.....................................................................104 Inserting a calendar..................................................................105 6. Drawing Lines and Shapes 107 Drawing lines............................................................................109 Drawing shapes .......................................................................112 7. Working with Colour and Transparency 115 Applying solid colours ..............................................................117 Using colour schemes..............................................................118 Setting transparency ................................................................121 8. Images, Animation, and Multimedia 125 Importing images......................................................................127 Setting picture export options ..................................................129 Applying image adjustments ....................................................133 Importing TWAIN images.........................................................136 Adding animation .....................................................................136 Adding sound and video...........................................................139 Using the Photo Gallery ...........................................................141 Linking remote images .............................................................146 Contents 9. Hyperlinks and Interactivity 147 Adding hyperlinks and anchors................................................ 149 Adding hotspots to a page ....................................................... 151 Adding rollovers ....................................................................... 153 Rollover options ....................................................................... 153 Adding navigation elements..................................................... 157 Adding Java applets................................................................. 160 10. WebPlus Advanced 163 Creating HTML pages.............................................................. 165 Attaching HTML code .............................................................. 166 Forms ....................................................................................... 172 Using Smart Objects ................................................................ 189 RSS feeds................................................................................ 195 E-Commerce............................................................................ 199 11. Previewing and Web Publishing 207 Previewing your Web site ........................................................ 209 Publishing the site to a local folder .......................................... 210 Publishing to the World Wide Web .......................................... 211 Maintaining your Web site........................................................ 214 12. Index 217 Contents Welcome 1 2 | Welcome Welcome | 3 Welcome to WebPlus 10.0 from Serif—still the easiest way ever to get your business, organization, or household on the World Wide Web! Whether you're a new WebPlus user, or have upgraded from a previous edition, you're sure to appreciate the range of powerful features we've included. As always, if you have comments or suggestions—or samples of the work you create with WebPlus—we'd like to hear from