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writing html Creatit1g at1 HTML file <Mac) All HTML files are text files. To create a text file you need an application that allows you to create plain text without throwing in a lot of fancy formatting and special characters. You just need plain, pure text. We'll use TextEdit on the Mac in this book; however, if you prefer another text editor, that should work fine as well. And, if you're running Windows, you'll want to skip ahead a couple of pages to the ·w'indows instructions. Step one: Navigate to your Applications folder The TextEdit application is in the Applications folder. The easiest way to get Applications ;i <:>· = there is to choose "New Finder ·window" Fi Network -, from the Finder's File menu and then look : ,__.,;Macintosh HD for the Application directly in your shortcuts. ..H:: Desktop Safari When you've found it, click on Applications. ~ headtirsr Dowments Sherlock System Preferences Step two: GiiMov1e5 4 Music Locate and run TextEdit r You'll probably have lots of applications listed l in your applications folder, so scroll dmrn ( until you see TextEdit. To run the application, double click on the TextEdit icon. Yo1<r Fil'lder shortt1<ts. Step three (optional): Keep TextEdit in your Dock ff you want to make your life easier, : click and hold on the TextEdit icon in ~ the Dock (this icon appears once the ~ application is running). When it displays a popup menu, choose "Keep in Dock." That way, the TextEdit icon will always appear in your Dock and you won't have to hunt it down in the Applications folder every time you need to use it. 12 ----__ ......___ --------- getting to know html Step four: Change your TextEdit Preferences By default, TcxtEdit is in "rich text" mode, which means it will add its own formatting and special characters to your file when you save it - not ·what you want. So, you'll need to change your TextEdit Preferences so that TcxtEdit saves your work as a pure text file. To do this, first choose the "Preferences" mcnu item from the TextEdit menu. Step five: Set Preferences for Plain text Once you see the Preference's dialog box, there arc three things you need Preferences to do. Preferences Wh.ennvingafile: First, choose "Plain text" as the t;set11eformatll'erutod1oose scn,ngs'orindi~ldualdotument default editor mode in the New ~,~.;;:,'..~::'. "w"'"'"' Document tab. wmdowsi" Whenopen1ngaflle: Widt!'! 7S f•ctght 30 Second, in the "Open and Save" Plaintenfileenccding tab, make sure that the ''.A.dd . txt extension to plain text files" is Properties HTMLsa~1ng options unchecked. Dovn~t .,.ype _1::l_~_l:_'.1_ 1n_~:_'.'!::~--- Last, make sure "Ignore rich text commands in HTML fiks" is :!, Check ~p~llu19 n~ you type 7 Sllcwr~l~r checked. _ Numbcrpngcswhen p11nt~g Restor~ All Defaults R~~t~~e-All Defaults That's it; to close the dialog box -- -- ---· ·- click on the red button in the top left corner. Step six: Quit and restart Now quit out of TextEdit by choosing Quit from the TextEdit menu, and then restart the application. This time, you'll sec a window with no fancy text formatting menus at the top of the vvindow. You're now ready to create some HTJ\!IL. 13 .

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