Copyright: HTML Writer® 1994 Kris Nosack


HTML Writer

HTML Writer is an easy-to-use, Windows-based authoring tool for creating or editing HTML documents.

General Information

Introduction

Setup

Quick Tutorial

Special Features

The Toolbar

The Statusbar

Functional Index (follows the pull-down menu order)

File

Edit

HTML

Options

Window

Help


Introduction

Welcome to HTML Writer!

HTML Writer is an easy-to-use Windows text editor specifically designed for the creation and editing of HTML documents.  It was developed by Kris Nosack using Microsoft's Visual Basic 3.0.  I am continually improving and refining HTML Writer.  If you have a suggestion of think you have found a bug, please let me know by sending me an e-mail message to the address given below.

HTML Writer is donationware.  Since you probably haven't heard of this concept (mostly because it's something I came up with on my own ;-), I'll explain how it works:  This program is yours to use as long as want with no restrictions (no 30 day evaluation period, no nags or threats).  In other words, you can use HTML Writer - guilt free - for as long as you want.  If you like HTML Writer and you feel like rewarding me for writting this program, by all means send me $5 or $10 as your way of saying thanks.

Donations will initially be used for paying for the development tools and utilities I am already using or would like to use with the HTML Writer project.  For example, I would like to add spell checking to HTML Writer using an add-on spell checking module.  Unfortunately I don't have the money right now to pay for it.  Your donation will help me improve HTML Writer.

HTML Writer is NOT in the public domain as I do reserve all rights to this program and any accompanying works (like this help file).  I encourage the wide distribution of this program, but I do ask that all the documentation and other files released with this program be kept together.  I also expressly prohibit any sale of this program without my prior written consent.  I will not give out the source code, so don't ask.  Other than these few restrictions, HTML Writer is yours to use however you wish as long as you like!

Any questions or comments may be directed to the author at:

Internet:  html_writer@byu.edu

CompuServe:	INTERNET:html_writer@byu.edu

I have an e-mail mailing list for those who wish to receive news and update notices concerning HTML Writer.  If you would like to subscribe to this mailing list, please send a request to the appropriate e-mail address given above.

For the latest news and information concerning HTML Writer, look at the HTML Writer WWW home page at:

http://wwf.et.byu.edu/~nosackk/htmlwrit.html

Those who wish to make donations may send them to:

Kris Nosack

376 North Main Street

Orem, Utah  84057


Setup

This section presents steps for setting up HTML Writer.

1	Copy the executable file (HTMLWRIT.EXE), this help file (HTMLWRIT.HLP) and the data file (HTMLWRIT.DAT) to a directory of your choosing.  For example "C:\WINDOWS\HTMLWRIT"

2	Make sure the following files VBRUN300.DLL, CMDIALOG.VBX, COMMDLG.DLL and TOOLBARS.VBX are in your Windows (usually "C:\WINDOWS") or Windows System (usually "C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM") directory.

3	View the README.TXT text file for any last minute changes or instructions not included here.

4	While in Windows, run HTMLWRIT.EXE

That should be all you need to do to get HTML Writer up and running!

All of the settings which are preserved from session-to-session are stored in the initialization file HTMLWRIT.INI which is created the first time you change any settings within HTML Writer.  This initialization file should be found in your Windows directory (usually "C:\WINDOWS") if it has been created.  If you have problems with HTML Writer, you may want to use a text editor (even HTML Writer will work!) to change any problematic entries in the HTMLWRIT.INI file.

NOTE: The first time you test a document in either Mosaic or Cello (by selecting the File|Test... menu item or the Test Toolbar button), you will be prompted for the location (drive and directory) of your Mosaic or Cello executable (i.e. MOSAIC.EXE or CELLO.EXE).  This location information is stored in the HTMLWRIT.INI file so you should only have to do this once.


Quick Tutorial

Here's a quick tutorial for making a simple HTML document using HTML Writer.

Starting a new HTML document

1	Start up HTML Writer and select the File|New pull-down menu item.

2	When the HTML Document Head Info dialog box appears, type "This is a test document" in the text box (and leave the Make matching header box checked).

You should now see the following lines in the document window inside the main HTML Writer window:

<title>This is a test document</title>

<h1>This is a test document</h1>

Creating a line of bold text using the Toolbar

1	Below the "<h1>This is a test document</h1>" text, type "This is bold text!".  Now highlight this text with the mouse.

NOTE: To highlight, position the mouse cursor just in front of the first word in the sentance and hold down the left mouse button as you slide the mouse to the right.  Release the left mouse button when all of the text you want to select is highlighted.

2	Once the text "This is bold text!" is highlighted, click on the bold button on the toolbar (it's the one that looks like a large, bold B).

The text should now be tagged as bold and look like this:

<b>This is bold text</b>

Making a bulleted list using the pull-down menu

1	Below the bold text type:

"Item number one"

"Item number two"

"Item number three"

2	Highlight all three lines and then click on the HTML entry on the menu near the top of the main window.  When you do, it should drop down to reveal a number of entries.  Now click on the Lists entry and then click on the Bulleted menu item.

NOTE: The shorthand way of describing a menu selection like the one described above would be: HTML | Lists | Bulleted.  This shorthand will be used throughout this help document.

NOTE:  You may also "pop up" the HTML menu next to the mouse cursor by clicking the right mouse button.

The text is now tagged as a bulleted list and should look like this:

<ul>

<li>Item number one

<li>Item number two

<li>Item number three

</ul>

Defining an inlined image

Now let's add an inlined image (a picture which will appear in this document)!

1	Position the text cursor (the short, flashing vertical line) where you want the image to appear.

2	Now click on the Toolbar button that looks like a small picture of a landscape.  The Inline Image dialog box should appear.

3	Under the Resource heading, click on the small button with the down arrow on it and click on the file item in the list that just poped down.

4	Then skip over to the Path heading and enter the directory where you have a GIF file, or just any made-up path if you don't have a GIF file.

5	Finally, enter the filename (with the ".GIF" extension) of a GIF file that is in the directory you just entered.  If you don't have a GIF file, just enter a made-up filename.  When you're done, click on the OK button.

You should now see the following tag in your document:

<img src="file:///c:\vb3\projects/my_pic.gif">

Testing your document in Mosaic

1	If you have Mosaic installed on your computer, select the File | Test... entry from the pull-down menu.  (You can also initiate the test function by clicking on the left-most Toolbar button that looks like an eye.)

2	If this is your first time testing a document in Mosaic from HTML Writer, you will be prompted for the location of the MOSIAC.EXE file on your system.  (This location is saved so you should only have to do this once).

3	HTML Writer should now save your document as $TEMP.HTM, launch Mosaic and load your document into Mosaic where you can look it over and make sure it is formatted correctly.  If something doesn't look right, just switch back to HTML Writer and change it.

That's pretty much it!  Of course there are many more HTML tags and functions of HTML Writer for you to explore and use, but this should help get you started.

Enjoy!


The Toolbar

The Toolbar provides a quick and easy way of accessing the most often used functions of HTML Writer.

Below is a short decription of each Toolbar group and links to the on-line help pages of the corresponding pull-down menu items.

Note that when the mouse is over a button on the Toolbar, a short phrase will appear in the left most field of the Statusbar which gives a brief description of what that particular button does.

  Test button

Tests the active document in Mosaic or Cello.  See File|Test.

  Clipboard buttons

Performs Cut, Copy and Paste operations.  See Edit.

  Remove Codes button

Removes the HTML tags from the selected (highlighted) text block.  See HTML|Remove Codes.

  Style buttons

Inserts the bold, italic, underline, or preformated HTML style tags into the active document.  See HTML|Style and HTML|Paragraph.

  Header buttons

Inserts a HTML level 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6 header tag into the active document.  See HTML|Style|Header.

  List buttons

Inserts a HTML list item, bulleted (unordered) list,or numbered (ordered) list tag into the active document.  See HTML|Lists.

  Paragraph buttons

Inserts a HTML paragraph, line break or horizontal rule tag into the active document.  See HTML|Paragraph.

  Hyperlink buttons

Brings up various dialog boxes to aid in defining and inserting inline images, hyperlink targets (named anchors), and local or remote hyperlink jumps.  See HTML|Hyperlinks.


The Statusbar

The Statusbar gives you information about the current status of several functions in HTML Writer.

Below is a short decription of each Statusbar field:

Toolbar Button Information

Whenever you position the mouse cursor (pointer) over any of the Toolbar buttons, a short message will appear in this field which describes the function of the button.

Caps Lock Status (C.L.)

Indicates whether the Caps Lock is on or off.  Double-clicking on this field will toggle the Caps Lock status.

Num Lock Status (N.L.)

Indicates whether the Num Lock is on or off.  Double-clicking on this field will toggle the Num Lock status.

Clock

Displays the current time in either 24 or 12 hour (AM/PM), hours:minutes or hours:minutes:seconds formats.  The Options|Clock submenus are used to select the format.


File

This section discusses functions available under the File menu.

New

Begins a new document by opening a new window.  A dialog box will appear to prompt you for the HTML title of the new document as well as give you the option of creating a level 1 heading that has the same text as the title.  Here's what it will look like:

<title>My First HTML Document !</title>

<h1>My First HTML Document !</h1>

Open...

Brings up a file selector dialog box so you can select a file to load into a new window in HTML Writer.

Insert...

Also brings up the file selector dialog box, but the selected file is inserted into the currently active document (window) at the position of the text cursor, instead of opening up a new window.

NOTE:  The text cursor is the flashing bar which locates your position in the text of a document.

Close

Closes the currently active document (window).  If you have made any changes to the document since it was loaded, a message box will appear to give you the chance to save or discard the changes.

Save

Saves the currently active document (window) with the file name specified in the title bar (caption) of the window.  If the document doesn't have a file name (the word "Untitled" is the name in the title bar), a message box will appear to give you the opportunity to supply a file name for the document.

Save As...

Brings up the file selector dialog box so you can give a file name for your document to be saved under.  If your document already has a file name, Save As... will allow you to save the document under a new file name while leaving the original file unchanged.

Test...

Loads the currently active document into Mosaic or Cello for evaluation.  The currently active document is saved as "$TEMP.HTM" and is then loaded into Mosaic or Cello depending on which test program is selected in the Options menu.

You may also elect to have HTML Writer save your document before it is loaded into Mosaic or Cello by selecting the Save on Test item in the Options menu.

Print

Prints the text of the currently active document (window) to the currently selected printer.  The printer is selected in the Printer applet in the Windows Control Panel.  The font used for printing will be whatever is the default for the selected printer - it will not be the screen font!  I may improve the printing at some point, but since HTML Writer is intended for producing hypertext document, I didn't see a need for any fancy printing.

Exit

Quits HTML Writer.  If there are documents which have been changed since they were loaded, you will be prompted as to whether you want to save or discard the changes.


Edit

This section discusses functions available under the Edit menu.

Undo  (Ctrl-Z)

Undoes the last operation which changed the text of the active document.  Should be able to undo any deletions, remove codes or HTML tagging operations.

Cut  (Ctrl-X or Shift-Del)

Copies the selected (highlighted) text from the window to the Clipboard and deletes the selected text.

Copy  (Ctrl-C or Ctrl-Ins)

Copies the selected (highlighted) text from the window to the Clipboard but leaves the selected text alone.

Paste  (Ctrl-V or Shift-Ins)

Copies the selected (highlighted) text from the Clipboard into the currently active document (window) at the position of the text cursor.

Select All

Selects (highlights) all of the text in the currently active window.

Time/Date

Inserts the time and date into the currently active document at the position of the text cursor.  The format of the time and date will follow what is set in the International applet in the Windows Control Panel, but it will generally look like this:

6/3/94 10:55:44 AM


Search

This section discusses functions available under the Search menu.

Find

Opens the find dialog box which allows you to enter a word (or any characters) you wish to search for in the text of the currently active window.  You may also specify whether the search will procede up or down from the current postion of the text cursor and whether the search should be case sensitive or not by selecting the appropriate options in the find dialog box.

Find Next (F3)

Searches for the next occurance of the search term entered in the search dialog box.  Will not work if no search term has been entered, therefore you must do Find before you use Find Next.

Replace

Similar to Find with the addition of a replace term and the Verfiy before replacing or replace All action buttons.  The search term will be replaced with each instance of the replace term.  Clicking the Verify button will cause a message box to come up and ask you if you want to replace the search term for every one that is found.  Clicking the All button will automatically replace all instances of the search term.  You may also specify whether the search will procede up or down from the current postion of the text cursor and whether the search should be case sensitive or not by selecting the appropriate options in the replace dialog.


HTML

This section discusses functions available under the HTML menu.

Notes and tips for using the HTML menus:

•	The HTML menu may also be "poped-up" by pressing the right mouse button.

•	If a particular menu item supports a shortcut key, it will be presented in parenthesis next to the menu entry name in this on-line help.

•	Holding down the Shift key while selecting a HTML menu item or Toolbar button will cause a paragraph tag (<p>)to be added to the end of the tag (i.e. <b>my text</b><p>).

•	The actual HTML tags inserted by HTML Writer are presented to the right of the menu item names in this on-line help.

•	The "..." indicates that the HTML tag is 'double-ended' (it inserts a beginning and ending tag, such as <b>...</b>).  Any text that is highlighted before these double-ended tags are selected in HTML Writer, will have the beginning tag added to the front of the selected text and the ending tag added to the end of the selected text.

Document

Style

Paragraph

Hyperlinks

Lists

Other

Remove codes

Selecting this menu item will cause all of the HTML codes (tags) that begin with the < character and end with the > character to be deleted from the selected (highlighted) text in the currently active document.  To delete all of the HTML codes from the currently active document, select Edit|Select All and then HTML|Remove Codes.


HTML | Document

This section discusses functions available under the HTML - Document menu.

Html  <html>...</html>

Inserts the html tags into the current document.

Head  <head>...</head>

Inserts the HTML head tags into the current document.

Title  <title>...</title>

Inserts the HTML title tags into the current document.

Body  <body>...</body>

Inserts the HTML body tags into the current document.


HTML | Style

This section discusses functions available under the HTML - Style menu.

Header  <hx>...</hx>

Selecting this menu item will display another sub-menu that lists the 6 heading levels available in HTML.  Level 1 is the highest (largest and boldest font), while level 6 is the lowest (smallest and lightest font).  The "x" in the above heading indicates the number that is used to indicate the heading level (i.e. <h1>...</h1> is a level 1 heading).

Bold  <b>...</b>

Inserts the HTML bold tags into the active document.

Italic  <i>...</i>

Inserts the HTML italic tags into the active document.

Underline  <u>...</i>

Inserts the HTML underline tags into the active document.

Typewriter  <tt>...</tt>

Inserts the HTML typewriter tags into the active document.

Emphasis  <em>...</em>

Inserts the HTML emphasis tags into the active document.

Strong  <strong>...</strong>

Inserts the HTML strong tags into the active document.

Sample  <samp>...</samp>

Inserts the HTML sample tags into the active document.

Code  <code>...</code>

Inserts the HTML code tags into the active document.

Keyboard  <kbd>...</kbd>

Inserts the HTML keyboard tags into the active document.

Variable  <var>...</var>

Inserts the HTML variable tags into the active document.

Definition  <dfn>...</dfn>

Inserts the HTML definition tags into the active document.

Citation  <cite>...</cite>

Inserts the HTML citation tags into the active document.

Address  <address>...</address>

Inserts the HTML address tags into the active document.


HTML | Paragraph

This section discusses functions available under the HTML - Paragraph menu.

Paragraph  (Ctrl-P)  <p>

Inserts the HTML paragraph tag into the active document.

Line Break  (Ctrl-L)  <br>

Inserts the HTML line break tag into the active document.

Horizontal Rule  (Ctrl-H)  <hr>

Inserts the HTML horizontal rule tag into the active document.

Preformated  <pre>...</pre>

Inserts the HTML preformated tags into the active document.

Quoted  <blockquote>...</blockquote>

Inserts the HTML quoted tags into the active document.

Listing  <listing>...</listing>

Inserts the HTML listing tags into the active document.

Plain Text  <plaintext>

Inserts the HTML plain text tag into the active document.  All text following this tag (to the end of the document) will be rendered in a fixed-space font.


HTML | Hyperlinks

This section discusses functions available under the HTML - Hyperlinks menu.

Inline Image...  <img {options} src="URL">

Brings up a dialog box for entering the URL and other attributes used in defining an inline image.  The Resource, Host, Port, Path and Filename fields are used to specify the URL for the inline image file (usually either a GIF or XBM file).  If a Resource is not specified, HTML Writer will assume you wish to construct a relative URL, otherwise an absolute URL will be constructed.  Here's an example of each:

    Absolute:	Resource - http

Path - my/home/dir

Filename - my_page.html

Resulting URL - http:///my/home/dir/my_page.html

    Relative:	Path - my/home/dir

Filename - page_two.html

Resulting URL - my/home/dir/page_two.html

The Alternate field allows you to enter some text that will apear when the program reading/displaying the HTML file is either not capable of displaying inline images or is setup to not display them.

The Alignment buttons determine where the text following the inline image will be placed.  Selecting the Middle or Top alignment options inserts a align=Middle or align=top option code.  Bottom alignment is the default so no align option code is inserted when Bottom is selected.

Clicking the Paste button will generate an inline image tag in the active document with the Clipboard text put in place of the URL argument in the above example.  This is useful for grabbing interesting URLs of other inline images from other sources (newsgroup and e-mail messages, WWW browsers, etc.) and incorporating them into your document.

NOTE:  Using the Paste option merely copies the text from the Clipboard verbatim with no attempt made by HTML Writer to verify that the text is or is not a valid URL!

Target...  <a name="anchor_name">...</a>

Brings up a dialog box for defining a hyperlink target (named anchor) for Local and Remote hyperlinks to jump to.  Simply enter a name for the target in the Target Name field.  This name will be put in place of anchor_name in the above example.  All Target Names entered in this dailog will appear in the drop-down list of the Local hyperlink dialog box (see Local below).

Local...  <a href="#anchor_name">...</a>

Brings up a dialog box for entering the URL and other attributes used in defining a local hyperlink.  You can either enter a Target Name or select one from the drop-down list accessed by clicking on the button with a down arrow on it.

Remote...  <a href="URL#anchor_name">...</a>

Brings up a dialog box for entering the URL and other attributes used in defining an a remote (full) hyperlink.  Any text that was highlighted before selecting this funtion will appear in place of the ... argument in the above example and will be used as the "trigger" which initiates the hypertext jump.  The Resource, Host, Port, Path and Filename fields are used to specify the URL for the resource you wish to create a "jump" to.

You may also use this dialog box for specifying relative jumps.  Once the user has jumped to the first HTML document, subsequent jumps need only specify the URL information that is new.  If a Resource is not specified, HTML Writer will assume you wish to construct a relative URL, otherwise an absolute URL will be constructed (see the examples under Inline Image... above).  For example, if all your HTML documents are in the same directory and a remote user jumps to your "home page", subsequent jumps from your home page to other documents in that directory need only supply the filename.

The Target field allows you to enter a target name (named anchor) in the destination HTML file you wish to jump to (see Target above).  So not only can you jump to another HTML document, you can also jump to a specific location in that document.

Clicking the Paste button will generate a remote hyperlink (anchor) tag in the active document with the Clipboard text put in place of the URL argument in the above example.  This is useful for grabbing interesting URLs from other sources (newsgroup and e-mail messages, WWW browsers, etc.) and incorporating them into your document.

NOTE:  Using the Paste option merely copies the text from the Clipboard verbatim with no attempt made by HTML Writer to verify that the text is or is not a valid URL!


HTML | Lists

This section discusses functions available under the HTML - Lists menu.

List Item  (Ctrl-I)  <li>

Inserts the HTML list item tag into the active document at the position of the text cursor or in front of the highlighted text.

Bulleted  <ul><li>...</ul>

Produces an unordered (usually bulleted) list from the highlighted lines of text.  Here's the before and after and how these tags are generally rendered:

list item one

list item two

<ul>

<li>list item one

<li>list item two

</ul>

•	list item one

•	list item two

Numbered  <ol><li>...</ol>

Produces an ordered (usually numbered) list from the highlighted lines of text.  Here's the before and after and how these tags are generally rendered:

list item one

list item two

<ol>

<li>list item one

<li>list item two

</ol>

1	list item one

2	list item two

Definition  <dl><dt>...<dd>...</dl>

Produces a definition list from the highlighted lines of text.  Since a definition list consists of a term and its definition, you should select an even number of lines (term and definition pairs).  If you tag an odd number of lines, HTML Writer will warn you that a definition is missing.  Here's the before and after and how these tags are generally rendered:

first term

first definition

second term

second definition

<dl>

<dt>first term

<dd>first definition

<dt>second term

<dd>second definition

</dl>

first term

first definition

second term

second definition

Menu  <menu><li>...</menu>

Produces an unordered (usually bulleted) list from the highlighted lines of text.  Here's the before and after:

menu item one

menu item two

<menu>

<li>menu item one

<li>menu item two

</menu>

(I'm not exactly sure how this tag is rendered since NCSA's Mosaic for Windows doesn't recognize this tag.)

Directory  <dir><li>...</dir>

Produces an unordered (usually bulleted) list from the highlighted lines of text.  Here's the before and after:

directory item one

directory item two

<dir>

<li>list item one

<li>list item two

</dir>

(I'm not exactly sure how this tag is rendered since NCSA's Mosaic for Windows doesn't recognize this tag.)


HTML | Other

This section discusses functions available under the HTML - Other menu.

Special Character  &lt; &gt; &amp;

Since the greater than (>), less than (<), and ampersand (&) characters are used to denote HTML tags in a document, this menu (and sub-menus) will insert the HTML codes which represent these special characters into the active document at the position of the text cursor.  Here's how it works:

Sub-menu	HTML Code	How it will be interpreted

    <	    &lt;	<

    >	    &gt;	>

    &	    &amp;	&

    "	    &quot;	"

ASCII Character...  &#xxx

Inserts the HTML code for displaying an ASCII character.  The "xxx" above is the decimal number for the ASCII character one wishes to display (i.e. &#136 will cause the carret symbol "^" to be displayed).

Comment  <!-- ...>

Inserts the HTML comment tags into the active document.  Any text enclosed by this tag (put in place of the "..." above) will not be shown when interpreted by an HTML document viewing program.  Obviously this is so you can put comments into a document for your use that will not be seen by the end reader.


Options

This section discusses functions available under the Other menu.

NOTES:  A checkmark appears next to menu items that are enabled.

All options are saved in the HTMLWRIT.INI file so that they will be set next time you run HTML Writer, unless noted.

Toolbar

Selecting this menu item will either hide or show the Toolbar.

Statusbar

Selecting this menu item will either hide or show the Statusbar.

Clock

Selecting this menu item will display four submenus which allow you to change the format of the clock in the Statusbar.  Presented below are the four formats and an example of the time which would be displayed:

   Format	Example

24 hr. HH:MM:SS	15:31:26

24 hr. HH:MM	15:31

12 hr. HH:MM:SS	03:31:26 PM

12 hr. HH:MM	03:31 PM

Uppercase Tags

Selecting this menu item will cause all subsequent HTML tags inserted by HTML Writer to be in upper case (i.e. <B>some text</B>).

Save on Test

Selecting this menu item will cause HTML Writer to save the active document before switching to Mosaic or Cello to test the document.  If you are having problems with Mosaic or Cello crashing Windows, you may want to use this option.

Save as Unix Text

Selecting this option will cause the text file writen to disk by HTML Writer to use unix style line termination.  DOS and Windows uses a carriage return and line feed pair to indicate the end of a line of text.  Unix uses only a line feed to terminate its lines of text.  Enabling this option tells HTML Writer to end each line of text with only a line feed.

NOTE:  Most ftp programs - when set to ASCII transfer mode - will correctly change line termination codes when transfering text files to/from unix and DOS/Windows systems.  If your ftp (or other transfer) program handles this translation properly, you would probably not want to use the Save as Unix Text option.

Test in Mosaic

When this option is selected and the File|Test function is used, HTML Writer will test the active document in NCSA's Mosaic.

Test in Cello

When this option is selected and the File|Test function is used, HTML Writer will test the active document in Cello.

Screen Font...

Selecting this menu item will bring up a font selection dialog box so that you can set the screen font you'd like to use within HTML Writer.  Note that this only affects the font used to display the text in the open documents (windows) in HTML Writer  Selection of screen fonts does not determine the font used for printing documents from HTML Writer!


Window

This section discusses functions available under the Window menu.

Cascade

Selecting this menu item causes all of the open documents (windows) to be rearranged within HTML Writer's main window such that each document window overlaps with only the title bar and left edge each document window showing (except for the top document window).  This function may be useful for arranging document windows that have become disorganized.

Tile

Selecting this menu item causes all of the open documents (windows) to be resized and rearranged within HTML Writer's main window such that each document window is fully visible.  This arrangement can be useful for cutting/copying and pasting text from one document to another.

Arrange Icons

If you have a number of open documents which have been minimized (iconized) and are scattered around in the main HTML Writer window, selecting this menu item will cause the icons to be arranged (lined up) along the the lower edge of the main HTML Writer window.

(Window List)

Every document (window) that is open will appear in this list using the name that appears in the title bar of the window.  The currently active document is shown with a checkmark next to it.  Selecting any other document (window) from this list will cause that document to be the active document (brought to the front so it is fully visible).  This list can be very useful for selecting windows when they are maximized.  You can also use the Next menu item in the Control box's (the box in the upper right corner of every window) drop-down menu to go to the next document (as seen in the Window List).


Help

This section discusses functions available under the Help menu.

NOTE: You can also call up the on-line help by pressing the F1 key at any time.

Contents...

Bring up the Contents page in this on-line help.

About...

Brings up a small message box which gives some information (program name, author's name, version number, etc.) about HTML Writer.