Transcript How to make a web page

Know your
computer
Format the
Background
Make a Folder
Format the Colors
Copy from Word to Insert a Picture
Composer
Targets and Links
Format the Font
Change the
Alignment
Introduction: Know your
computer screen:
menu
bar
tool bar
task
bar
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Step 1: Make a folder on
the C drive.
Open “My Documents.”
•Right click in the
folder.
•Click “New.”
•Click“Folder.”
Name the folder:
Use the name of your country
without any capitals, followed
by your period of French
without any spaces.
Example:
senegal6
SAVE EVERYTHING
HERE!
Save your country report
Word document here.
Save your Web Page here.
Save your pictures here.
Save your background here.
If you don’t, your links
will NOT work!
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Step 2:
Open your Country Report
Word document:
Step 3:
Highlight the
entire document (Ctrl + a).
Step 4: Move the cursor over the
highlighted area and right click.
Step 5:
click “copy.”
Step 6: Open Netscape
Communicator
Step 7: Click “Communicator” on
the menu bar.
Step 8: Click “Composer.”
Step 9:
Right click and then click “paste.”
You are now ready to
design your web page!
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Format the font:
•Highlight the
entire document
(Ctrl+a)
•Click the arrow
on the right of
the font box.
•Select the font you like.
Format the font:
•Highlight the entire document
(Ctrl+a)
•Click the arrow on the right of the
font size box.
•Select the
size you like.
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Change the Alignment:
•Highlight the entire document
(Ctrl+a)
•Click the button on the tool bar with
several lines aligned to the left.
•Click the button
with the lines set
up the way you
want your page.
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Format the background:
•Go to freebackgrounds.com
•Click the right arrow and select one
of the backgrounds.
Format the background:
•Right click over the background.
•Click “save background as. . .”
Format the background:
•Click the arrow
in the file
window and
select “My
Documents.”
•Double click
your folder (or
single click and
click “open”).
Format the background:
•Click “Save.”
Format
the background:
•Click the composer button on the
task bar at the bottom of the screen.
Format the background:
•Click “Format” on the menu bar.
•Click “Page Colors and Properties.”
Format the background:
•Click the “Colors and Background” tab.
•Click the “Use Image” box.
•Click the
“Choose File. . .”
button.
Format the background:
•Click the arrow
in the file
window and
select “My
Documents.”
•Double click your folder (or single
click and click “open”).
Format the background:
•Double click your background, or
single click and then click the
“Open” button.
Format the background:
Click the “OK” button.
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Format the colors:
If you have a dark background with a
dark font, your text may seem to
disappear.
Format the colors:
Go back to “Page Colors and
Properties:”
•Click “Format” on the menu bar.
•Click “Page Colors and Properties.”
Format the colors:
•Click the “Colors and Background” tab.
•Click the colored button to the left of
“Normal Text.”
Format the colors:
•Choose
your new
font color.
•Or click the “Other” button.
Format the colors:
•Click and
drag the color
and darkness
selectors until
you find a
color you like.
•When the “Color|Solid” button is the color
you like, click “OK.”
Format the colors:
•Do the same with the links.
Click
“OK.”
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Insert a picture:
You must have a copy of the
picture saved in your file.
•Go to the
Internet site
with the
picture you
wish to use.
Insert a picture:
•Put your arrow on the picture and right
click. Then click “save picture as. . .”
Insert a picture:
•Click the arrow
in the file
window and
select “My
Documents.”
•Double click
your folder (or
single click and
click “open”).
Insert a picture:
•Click “Save.”
Insert a picture:
•Click the composer button on the
task bar at the bottom of the screen.
Insert a picture:
•Click your cursor into the position on
your web page where you would like
to position your picture.
•Click “Insert” on the menu bar.
•Click “Image . . .”
Insert a picture:
•Click the “Choose File” button.
Insert a picture:
•Click the arrow
in the file
window and
select “My
Documents.”
•Double click your folder (or single
click and click “open”).
Insert a picture:
•Double click your picture, or single
click and then click the “Open”
button.
Insert a picture:
•Click the “OK” button.
Insert a picture:
You must site your source for
each picture!
•Go back to the site
from which you
took the picture.
•Right click over the URL and
click “Copy.”
Insert a picture:
•Click the composer button on the
task bar at the bottom of the screen.
Insert a picture:
You must site your source for
each picture!
•Click your cursor
under the picture.
•Right click, and
click “paste.”
The URL appears below the picture.
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Targets and Links
Links allow the
viewer to jump
around from
one spot to
another on your
page, or to go
to another site.
Targets and Links
•Click your cursor onto the top of your web
page.
Click the “Target” button on the tool bar.
Targets and Links
•Type the word “top” in the space
provided.
•Click “OK.”
Targets and Links
•A target appears on the top of your
page. (The viewer will not see it.)
•Move your cursor to the bottom of
the page and type “to the top.”
Targets and Links
•Select the text, “to the top.” (Click
and drag your mouse across it.”
•Click the “Link” button on the tool
bar.
Targets and Links
•Click the word “top.”
•Click the “OK” button.
Targets and Links
•Click the “save” button.
•Click the “Preview” button.
Scroll to the bottom of the page and
click your link to be sure that it works.
Close the preview window.
(Click the “x” in the top right
corner.)
Targets and Links
You can also
link to other
sites on the
Internet. You
can make
pictures and
text into a link.
Targets and Links
•Go to the site to
which you wish to
link you text (or
picture).
•Right click over the URL and
click “Copy.”
Targets and Links
•Click the composer button on the
task bar at the bottom of the screen.
Targets and Links
•Select the text or picture you wish
to use as a link.
•Click the “Link” button on the tool
bar.
Targets and Links
•Right click in the window that says,
“Link to a page location or file.” Click
paste.
Your URL
appears in
the window.
•Click
the “OK”
button.
Targets and Links
•Click the “save” button.
•Click the “Preview” button.
Scroll to the bottom of the page and
click your link to be sure that it works.
Close the preview window.
(Click the “x” in the top right
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Be sure that everything is
saved in your folder!!!
Save your country report
Word document here.
Save your Web Page here.
Save your pictures here.
Save your background here.
If you don’t, your links
will NOT work!
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Congratulations!
You have successfully
completed a web page.
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