Web Page Tutorial Using "Composer"

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To begin a page

To create a web page using Nestscape composer, go to the Nestscape Navigator menu , select the navigator icon and select composer on the drop down menu.

This  will bring up a blank page in Composer.  You can simply begin typing as you would in a word processing document. 

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How to format text

To format the text, enlarge it, change the color etc..., you can use the formating icons in the tool bar right above your blank page.

To create a title text and to center it, type the title text, highlight it and select the formatting styles.   To center the text, highlight it, and then select the text alignment tool at the right end of the tool bar.

To create a title text heading, select the text and then select "heading 1" under the drop down menu "normal" on the left hand side of the text formatting tools.  Heading 1 is the largest heading, heading 2 is smaller, heading 3 is smaller still, and so on.

To change the color of the text, select the text and click on the color square on the text formatting tool bar.  If you have a Mac, this brings up a color wheel where you can select the color you want for your text.  If the color wheel is black when it first comes up, move the little lever under the colorwheel.  Then click on a spot on the wheel to select the color and click OK.   If you have a PC, you simply selct a color from the square of color options that pops up when you click on the little color square.


 

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How to create a list:

1.    Write the list.  For example, I will list the things that I like about Cal Poly. 2.   Highlight the list and selected the bulleted list icon on the tool bar. 

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To create a horizontal line

To separate sections of the page, create a horizontal line simply by putting your cursor where you want the horizontal line to be and then selcting the horizontal line button in your tool bar.     

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