Beginner's Guide to Netscape Composer 7

This guide provides instructions for using the Composer component of Netscape Communicator (Version 7) to create a simple, text-only Web page. The instructions assume that you have extensive knowledge of the Windows environment (NT or higher) and that you know how to browse the World Wide Web using Netscape Navigator.

Publishing instructions are available separately at:

http://www.csun.edu/itr/guides/webpublishing

1. Bare-Bones Basics
   • How to Start a New Web Page
   • How to Set Composer Preferences
   • How to Enter Web Page Text
   • How to Save Your Web Page File
     • Naming Your Web Page File
     • Giving Your Web Page a Title
   • How to Preview Your Web Page
   • How to Edit an Unpublished Web Page
2. Formatting Your Web Page
   • How to Format a Paragraph
     • Paragraph Formats
     • List Formats
     • Alignment Options
   • How to Format Text
   • Using a Horizontal Line to Separate Sections of a Page
   • Specifying Page Colors
   • Sample Formatted Page
3. Linking to Other Locations
   • Links to Web Pages Other Than Your Own (Absolute Links)
   • Links to Your Own Web Pages (Relative Links)
   • Links to Locations Within a Web Page (Target Links)
   • Email Links
4. How to Edit a Published Web Page (and Republish)
5. Style Suggestions
6. How to Learn More
   • The Netscape Help Feature
   • HTML Coding and Web Authoring Sources
     • HTML Coding
     • Online Web Authoring Resources
     • Other People's Coding

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August 14, 2003

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