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How to do it in Weboardo
If you already know how to create HTML pages (you have read Internet publishing) here is a quick reference about how to do it in Weboardo.
Pages are created by inserting HTML objects (e. g. text, image, heading, HyperText link, etc.) with particular features - not by reformating already written text, as in some Windows HTML editors!
When you insert an object it is active until you reach the end of the object and move one position further. You can insert another object there or you can continue writing in the standard font or if the italic or underline is still active in these fonts. All fonts can be either regular or italic. To insert an italic font insert italic object and insert the font you want into it. All fonts can be underlined too. To insert underlined text, just insert "Underlined text" object and insert the font you want into it.
Every line of text and every different text style on the line is a different object. Selecting and Undo/Redo mechanism is "object local" in the Visual editor. You can select only a part or the whole object but not several objects in the current version. Undo/Redo works but a bit different way than in other programs - it is object dependent - every object has its own Undo/Redo, so if you want to undo or redo something in some text you must place the cursor to that text. In a different part of text - object - undo/redo will undo/redo the last operation in that particular object.
Tutorial
The previous description may not be very clear and it is necessary that you understand it, so here is an example of how to create a simple page.
- File - New page and save it as 'MyFirstHomePage.html' - Weboardo generates standard HTML frame for the page and signs it with the name you have specified in Edit - Preferences - General - Your name.
- Every page should have a name so you should get used to giving the page you create a title immediately as you create it. You may forget about it later. You can set or change the title of a page at - Edit - Preferences - Page settings - Title. In this example we will call the page "My first HomePage".
- Now we place the heading of the page. You can choose from 6 sizes - 1 - the biggest, 6 - the smallest. We will use Heading 1. Click Headings - Heading 1. It inserts 'Heading 1' object at the cursor. Type "My first HomePage". This gives the object the body. When you press the 'right arrow' button you leave the 'Heading 1' object and the cursor appears in the next object - 'Normal text'. Do it.
- Here you can type the main text - "This is my first HomePage which was created on ". Here comes the date but because the date is important for you - you learnt how to create web pages - you'll write it inBold.How to do it? Simply. Just click Physical fonts - Bold text or quicker way - press <ALT+B> and it inserts 'Bold text' object at the cursor. Now type the body of the object - current date. Pressing 'right arrow' leaves the 'Bold text' object and you can continue writing in the 'Normal text' object. Press enter twice.
- Here we can write something in italics. Click Physical fonts - Italic text or quicker way - press <ALT+I>. It inserts 'Italic text' object at the cursor. Type "My name is ". Here you learn how to create an object that has features of two or more objects - simply insert one object with some features e.g. 'Bold text' into another object with different features e.g. 'Italic text' and you get 'Bold Italic text'! This is what we will do here. You want to type your name in bold italics. You are in the 'Italic text' object, so you just need to insert 'Bold text' object the same way as in the point 4. Type your name. Is it in bold italics? Great! Now you are in 'Bold text' object inserted into 'Italic text' object. Press the 'right arrow' button once to leave the 'Bold object' and you can continue writing in italics. Press the 'right arrow' button to leave the 'Italic text' object and you can continue writing in the 'Normal text' object. Press enter twice.
- Now we will center some objects. Insert 'Center' object by either Insert - Center or <CTRL+ALT+C>. Everything you insert into a 'Center' object will be centered on the screen. Type "Mail me ". Here will be your e-mail address as an active HTML link - when somebody clicks it his/her mail program will open and he/she can write you a letter. Insert 'HyperText link/target' object by either Insert - HyperText link/target or <ALT+H>. TAG settings window will appear. Type "mailto:" and your e-mail address to the 'Link to:' field e.g. "mailto:raycone@iname.com". Press enter. Address where the link leads to is set and now type the text which will appear in the browser - your e-mail address. Press right arrow twice to leave the 'HyperText link/target' object and the 'Center' object.
- Save the page by <ALT+S> - always save your work regularly - and you can see how it looks in the NetPositive by Edit - Preview. CONGRATULATIONS! You have passed the "Tutorial of Basic use of Weboardo". This tutorial is not meant to show you all the features of Weboardo at all. It just introduces you into the logic of work with Weboardo. Now you should be able to learn all the features of Weboardo and use them properly.
How to insert objects
You can insert objects either from the menu or by pressing a short-cut. Here is a list of objects with their short-cuts:
- HyperText link/target
- <ALT+H> or Insert - HyperText link/target
- Image
- <CTRL+ALT+I> or Insert - Image
- Unordered list
- <CTRL+ALT+U> or Insert - Unordered list
- Ordered list
- <CTRL+ALT+O> or Insert - Ordered list
- Definition list
- <CTRL+ALT+D> or Insert - Definition list
- Blockquote
- <CTRL+ALT+B> or Insert + Blockquote
- Center
- <CTRL+ALT+C> or Insert - Center
- Horizontal line
- <CTRL+ALT+H> or Insert - Horizontal Line
- Break line
- <ENTER> or Insert - Break line
- Paragraph
- <ALT+P> or Insert - Paragraph
- Nonbreakable space
- <SHIFT+SPACE> or Insert - Nonbreakable space
- Normal text
- Insert - Normal text
- Bold text
- <ALT+B> or Physical fonts - Bold text
- Italics text
- <ALT+I> or Physical fonts - Italics text
- Fixed font
- <ALT+F> or Physical fonts - Fixed font
- Big
- Physical fonts - Big
- Small
- Physical fonts - Small
- Underlined text
- <ALT+U> or Physical fonts - Underlined text
- Sub
- Physical fonts - Sub * - currently appears like normal text
- Sup
- Physical fonts - Sup * - currently appears like normal text
- Striked text
- Physical fonts - Striked text * - currently appears like normal text
- Embed
- Logical fonts - Embed
- Strong embed
- Logical fonts - Strong embed
- Definition
- Logical fonts - Definition
- Code
- Logical fonts - Code
- Sample
- Logical fonts - Sample
- Keyboard input
- Logical fonts - Keyboard input
- Variable or command
- Logical fonts - Variable or command
- Cite
- Logical fonts - Cite
- Heading 1 (biggest)
- <ALT+1> or Headings - Heading 1
- Heading 2
- <ALT+2> or Headings - Heading 2
- Heading 3
- <ALT+3> or Headings - Heading 3
- Heading 4
- <ALT+4> or Headings - Heading 4
- Heading 5
- <ALT+5> or Headings - Heading 5
- Heading 6 (smallest)
- <ALT+6> or Headings - Heading 6
How to set/change page title or settings
Open Preferences window - Edit - Preferences. The first card changes page settings. You can set or change the title of the page here. Page background image - insert name of the image file there. It should be stored in the Image directory which you have specified in the "General" card in the Preferences window. And finally you can set the text color, link color and page background color here too.
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