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About this guide
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This User's Guide explains how to use Homepage Builder. This book is for beginners who know at least the basic Linux operations.

This section contains the following topics:


Note Note Windows and dialogs shown in this guide and those displayed on your monitor might be different. It depends on your system.

Screen shots of a Web browser shown in this guide are taken from Netscape Navigator 4.7. Information on the Internet--that is, Web pages or Web sites--are subject to change without notice.



How this guide is organized

Each chapter and appendix contains the following information:

Preparing
Chapter 1. Web pages and Homepage Builder
This chapter introduces Homepage Builder, explains what Web pages are, and explains which chapter or section of this User's Guide you should read to do what you want to do. Reading this chapter helps you to expand your imagination in creating your original Web pages.

Chapter 2. Installing and starting Homepage Builder
This chapter explains the system requirements, how to start and end Homepage Builder, and how to view online help when problems occur.

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Creating Web pages
Novice:

Chapter 3. Tutorial: Creating your Web pages in an hour
You can create your Web pages in an hour using the templates and materials Homepage Builder offers. Follow the instructions in this chapter to become accustomed to Homepage Builder.

Note Note You can use templates and materials only if you have installed sample images, sample data, and templates.

Intermediate:

Chapter 4. Basic knowledge
This chapter explains the basic knowledge and operations of Homepage Builder. You will learn such terms as site, Web page, and attribute.

Chapter 5. Editing text

Chapter 6. Creating tables
Chapter 7. Inserting images
Chapter 8. Setting links
Chapter 10. Creating materials

These chapters explain essential tasks for creating Web pages.

Advanced:

Chapter 9. Designing Web pages using style sheets
A style sheet is a very recent technology that is likely to become essential for Web page creation. You can use it to design your Web pages.

Chapter 11. Advanced techniques
This chapter explains such advanced techniques as the frames function, images maps, dynamic HTML, and so on.

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Uploading
Chapter 12. Uploading Web pages
This chapter explains how to upload your Web pages to your provider's server to make them accessible on the Internet.


Other information
Chapter 13. Other functions
Appendix
Glossary
Index



Chapters you should read

You do not need to read this guide from the beginning to the end. You should read chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 in order and then go on to the chapters you are interested in.


Vocabulary

This guide explains difficult vocabulary where it first appears and in the "Glossary".


Mouse operations

The following list shows typical mouse operations:

Symbol Meaning
Point Put the mouse pointer on the target object.
Click Point to the target object and press the left mouse button once.
Double-click Point to the target object and press the left mouse button twice.
Drag Move the mouse pointer while pressing the left mouse button.
Drag and drop Move the mouse pointer while pressing the left mouse button. Then release the mouse button at the target point.



Abbreviations

This guide uses the following abbreviations:

Abbreviation Formal Meaning
Windows Microsoft(R) Windows(R) 95, Windows 98, Windows NT(R) 4.0 or Windows 2000