A SIMPLIFIED GUIDE

 中文版


(The following instructions are adapted and translated into a simpler English version for Netscape 4.0 from the Chinese instructions of Netscape Gold offered by
小正正的家)

English Reference: A Beginner's Guide to HTML -- Part 1



 

1.  Set-Up  2.  Edit 3.  Screen Areas 4.   Page Design
5.  Verbal Text 6.  Making Table 7. MakingLinks&
        Target		 8.  Inserting Image


1. Encoding--- View--Encoding--Traditional Chinese Big 5
(if you have Chinese words in your text)
    or Western (for English)

2. Editor-- blank-- File → New Document → Blank。
    old file -- File → Open Page...，



3. Areas on the Screen
Title
Fuctions
Tool

　
 

工作區域

　　
　

訊息列

 

Title

Show your file name.
顯示出你現在正在編輯的檔名，或這個HTML的標題(title)。

Functions

Pull down to choose the function you need. 
Most frequently used on 4.0 are: File, Edit, View, Format
下拉式選單，有的有很多層選項，所有的功能控制都在這裡面。

Tool Buttons

Press button for a quick use of certain functions.
On 4.0 [Save, Preview], [Cut, Copy, Paste], [Link, Target, Image], [Hard line, Table]
快速啟動按鈕，為功能選單裡的某些常用功能。

Work Area

我們所製作的首頁即顯示在這個區域裡面。
你現在看到的是什麼樣子，在WWW瀏覽器上看到的就是什麼樣子(所見即所得)。

Message

會顯示物件超連結的訊息或是其他訊息。

4. Page Design

         Format  →  Page Colors and Properties→1. General --give a title to your file
                                                                             2. Colors and Background
 
General Set Up

Title, Author, Description 
Colors and Background
Background Image
--Use Image : Browse for file--
Remember to move the picture file to the same folder

Remember to save your working file regularly.
Press Preview --to view the effects of your design ;
 Press Reload --to view further changes after the file is shown in the browser.
5. Verbal Text
smaller sizelarger size 
 

word size  boldface  italics 
 
 
 
 

Left Justification  right 
 
types of word (title, list, ...) 

item mark  numbered items 
 

indent  de-indent 

Center 
 
No space bar function: When you press it many times, it remains one space.  (Unless you use table.)
To make more spatial arrangement, you need to make invisible table--choosing border line width as zero.

6. Making Table

Remember to choose the number of rows and columns first. To adjust their size, you need to go to Table properties by using the Mouse Right key or the tool button.

 
Cell --one box 是各別欄位的設定。
Cell span--choose two rows to merge two cells in a row.
Text alinment --vertical or horizontal justification。
Cell width--two choices: percent of the table, or pixel Cell min. height

7. Making Links and Targets

Hyperlinks


1.  Highlight the text (verbal or picture)  you want to link to a local file or a web site 
2. Choose  and you will see: 

then type in, or paste, the complete site address. 

Or you can Browse Files...) to choose a local file。 

To make an e-mail hyperlink so that people can send mail to you, 
type: mailto: [your E-mail address].


Target--hyperlink to another place of the same file:

1. Move your curser to the spot of the working text you want to link to, and press，
then you can  type in the target name, or you can choose to highlight some text first before pressing 

After you have  set the target, choose the text to link to this target. 
The following steps are the same as that of making hyperlinks: 

 
                                      1. Highlight  the text
 2. Press ，and choose the target name.

　8. Insert Image

 Image location--browse 

Image alignment 

Image size  (around 300 pixels would be an average size)

 
For your interest:

Choosing an image to be your computer background:

    Choose an image in from an html page --Mouse Right Key [ChooseSet as Wallpaper]
Make a front page for your Netscape. Edit→Preferences→Homepage→Browse