What I used
- Mac G3 computer
- Netscape Communicator v4.5
Getting Started
- Opened "Blank Page" from Communicator's File Menu
- Under Composer's View Menu, "Show" all Toolbars
- Typed first three lines, selected, and centered them
- Selected 1st line and changed format to "Heading 1"
- Selected 3rd line and changed format to Italics
Entering the Outline
- For 1st level headings such as "Entering the Outline," used "Heading 3" format
- For 2nd level list items, i.e., this level, used "Bulleted LIst" or "Numbered List"
- For 3rd level list items, i.e., the level of the two lines below:
- Choose "Increase Indent" to move from 2nd to 3rd level
- Change type of list
Making a Table
- Select "Insert Table" and select desired options
- manually enter text
- To add a row [or column] later
- position cursor
- select "Insert" Table row [or column]
- To delete a row [or column]
- position cursor
- select "Delete Table row" [or column]from Edit menu
- To change alignment of individual cells
- position cursor in cell
- select desired alignment
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| Borderline Width | 3 pixels |
| Pixel Spacing Between Cells | 2 |
| Pixel Padding Within Cells | 1 |
| Alignment | Left |
| Include Caption | Yes, above table |
| Table Width | 60% of window |
| Mininum Table Height | none |
| Equal Column Widths | no |
| Extra HTML | none |
| Table Background Color | #FFCCCC |
| Image | None |
Changing Color of Text
- Select text to be colored
- Click on Font Color picker or choose Color from Format menu
- Use HTML picker for Web-safe colors
- Hexadecimal code for "Red" text on this line is #FF0033, meaning:
- Red component is FF [as high as it gets]
- Green component is 00 [as low as it gets]
- Blue component is 33
Adding Links
- Internal links (within same page)
- position cursor at your "target" destination
- choose "Insert Target"
- give your "target" a brief, descriptive name
- select text you want to link to this target
- choose "Insert Link"
- click on name of your target in dialogue box
- External links (to another page)
- select text you want to link to other page
- choose "insert Link"
- type the url of the destination page in the dialogue box
Adding an Image
- Position image where image should go
- Choose "Insert Image"
- Type url in dialogue box
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- Enter pixels, as desired, for border and for space around picture.
- Check if this picture should be the page background.
Important Tip
- Save your work often. Composer crashes frequently; especially when creating links.