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| Introduction | |
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| Who I Wrote This Thing For | |
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| Why Do I Need the Programs on the CD-ROM? | |
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| How to Use This Book | |
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| Things You'd Probably Figure Out by Yourself | |
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| "To Dos," New Terms, and Special Element Boxes | |
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| QandA Session | |
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| One More Thing | |
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| First Steps, First Web Pages | |
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| Understanding Web Authoring | |
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| Anatomy of a Web Page | |
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| Parts You See | |
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| Parts You Don't See | |
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| How a Web Page Works | |
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| Pictures, Sound, and Other Media | |
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| Extensions: Love 'Em!, Hate 'Em! | |
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| Ways to Organize a Web Site | |
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| Summary | |
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| QandA | |
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| Getting Started with a Web Authoring Program | |
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| Opening FrontPage Express | |
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| Exploring FrontPage Express's Toolbars | |
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| Starting a New Web Page | |
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| Saving and Naming Files | |
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| About Web Page Filenames | |
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| Editing Pages You've Saved | |
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| Opening a Page File You Haven't Used Lately | |
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| Checking Out Your New Page in a Web Browser | |
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| Printing Pages | |
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| Summary | |
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| QandA | |
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| Wizarding Up a Personal Home Page | |
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| What (and Where) Is the Page Wizard? | |
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| Should I Use the Page Wizard? | |
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| Running the Wizard | |
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| Understanding Publishing | |
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| Summary | |
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| QandA | |
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| Starting Pages in Other Programs | |
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| Starting in Your Word Processing, Desktop Publishing, or Other Program | |
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| Starting Web Pages in Word | |
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| Making Web Pages in Publisher 2000 | |
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| Importing Various Types of Files into FrontPage Express | |
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| Working with Templates | |
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| What's a Template? | |
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| Where to Find Templates | |
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| Editing a Template into Your Own Page | |
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| Summary | |
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| QandA | |
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| Titles, Text, and Tables | |
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| Choosing a Title, Text Colors, and Other Page Basics | |
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| About Page Properties | |
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| Choosing an Effective Page Title | |
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| Choosing Custom Colors for a Whole Page | |
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| Choosing Colors You Don't See in the Lists | |
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| Helping Search Pages Catalog Your Page | |
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| Summary | |
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| QandA | |
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| Adding and Editing Text | |
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| Understanding Paragraphs and Their Properties | |
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| What Each Paragraph Property Does | |
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| Normal | |
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| Headings | |
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| Address | |
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| Formatted | |
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| Numbered Lists and Bulleted Lists | |
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| Entering Text and Assigning Properties | |
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| Entering Paragraphs by Typing | |
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| Typing Symbols and Special Characters | |
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| Copying Text from Another Document | |
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| Assigning Paragraph Properties to Existing Text | |
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| Aligning and Indenting Text | |
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| Aligning Paragraphs | |
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| Indenting Paragraphs | |
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| Adding Blank Line Spaces in a Page | |
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| Editing Your Text | |
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| Highlighting Text | |
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| Replacing Selected Text | |
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| Deleting Selected Text | |
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| Copying or Moving Selected Text | |
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| Undoing Edits ("Goofs") | |
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| Tips for Good Text Design | |
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| Summary | |
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| QandA | |
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| Formatting Text | |
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| Working with Lists | |
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| Creating Basic Lists | |
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| Dressing Up Text with Character Properties | |
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| Choosing the Color of Text | |
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| Summary | |
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| QandA | |
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| Organizing Text with Tables and Rules | |
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| About Horizontal Lines | |
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| About Tables | |
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| Table Basics | |
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| Filling in the Table | |
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| Adding a Caption | |
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| Editing and Formatting Tables | |
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| Creating Column and Row Headings | |
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| Working with Rows, Columns, and Cells | |
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| Using a Big Table to Control Page Layout | |
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| Summary | |
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| QandA | |
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| Linking to Stuff | |
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| Understanding Links | |
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| What's in a Link? | |
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| What's Linkable? | |
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| Web Pages | |
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| Bookmarks in Pages (Anchors) | |
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| Local Files | |
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| Other Internet Services | |
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| Summary | |
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| QandA | |
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| Making Links | |
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| Changing Where an Existing Link Leads | |
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| Creating New Links from Scratch | |
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| Creating a Signature (Linking to Email) | |
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| Copying Links from Other Pages | |
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| Checking That Links Lead Where They're Supposed To | |
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| Editing Links | |
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| De-Linking Text | |
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| Summary | |
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| QandA | |
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| More Ways to Link | |
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| Understanding Bookmarks | |
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| Creating Bookmarks in a Page | |
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| Deleting Bookmarks | |
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| Moving Bookmarks | |
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| Linking to Bookmarks | |
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| Linking to a Bookmark in the Same Page | |
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| Linking to Bookmarks in Other Pages Online | |
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| Creating Links that Download Files | |
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| Summary | |
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| QandA | |
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| Using Links to Build a Web Site | |
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| The Basic Act: Linking One Page to Another | |
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| Making New Pages When You Make Links to Them | |
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| Linking from One Page to a Bookmark in Another | |
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| Site-Design Tips | |
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| Building a Multipage Linear Site | |
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| Working with One-Page Linear Pages | |
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| Making a Web-Style Site | |
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| Making a Hierarchical Site | |
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| Summary | |
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| QandA | |
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| Adding Pizzazz with Multimedia | |
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| Getting Pictures for Your Page | |
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| About Inline Images | |
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| Creating and Acquiring Image Files | |
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| Using Images from the CD-ROM | |
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| Previewing Images in Windows 98 | |
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| Important Stuff to Know About Inline Images | |
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| File Type | |
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| File Size | |
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| Copyrights | |
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| Understanding Interlacing | |
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| Understanding Low-Res Versions | |
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| Understanding Transparency | |
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| Creating Images in Paint Shop Pro | |
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| Opening Paint Shop Pro | |
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| Creating and Editing an Image File | |
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| Saving a Picture You've Created in GIF or JPEG Format | |
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| Choosing GIF Interlacing | |
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| Setting GIF Transparency | |
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| Summary | |
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| QandA | |
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| Adding Pictures (and Picture Backgrounds) | |
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| Inserting a GIF or JPEG Image in FrontPage Express | |
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| Changing the Dimensions (Size and Shape) of the Image | |
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| Using the Same Image Multiple Times | |
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| Deleting an Image | |
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| Choosing an Image's Layout Options and Other Properties | |
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| Choosing a Picture's Alignment, Spacing, and Borders | |
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| Alternative Representations | |
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| Automatically Getting the Right File Type, Right Folder | |
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| Entering Images in Table Cells | |
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| Inserting Fancy Bullets and Rules | |
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| Using an Image as a Link | |
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| Adding a Picture Background | |
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| Summary | |
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| QandA | |
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| Snazzing Up Your Page with Sound, Video, and Special Effects | |
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| Adding Background Sound | |
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| Creating a Times Square-Style Animated Marquee | |
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| Inserting an Inline Video Clip | |
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| About External Media | |
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| Understanding Media Types | |
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| Tips for Proper Presentation | |
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| Show File Type and Size | |
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| Use Descriptive Images as Link Sources | |
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| Show Inline Thumbnails for Large External Images | |
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| Summary | |
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| QandA | |
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| Creating Your Own Animations | |
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| About Animated GIFs | |
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| Inserting Animated GIFs into Pages | |
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| Creating Your Own Animated GIFs | |
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| Making the Frames | |
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| Turning Multiple Frames into One Animation | |
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| Summary | |
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| QandA | |
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| Fine-Tuning Your Page | |
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| Editing HTML | |
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| How to Read an HTML File | |
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| Viewing the HTML Source Code of a Document | |
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| Using FrontPage Express to Insert an HTML Tag | |
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| Adding Attributes with FrontPage Express's Extended Buttons | |
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| Editing an HTML Source File Directly | |
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| About HTML Assistant Pro | |
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| Summary | |
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| QandA | |
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| Dividing a Page into Frames | |
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| What Does It Take to Make a Frame Page? | |
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| The Frame Definition Page | |
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| The Frame Content | |
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| Using HTML Assistant Pro to Create a Frames Page | |
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| Creating Frames in HTML | |
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| Specifying the Frame in Which a Linked Page Opens | |
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| Naming the Frames | |
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| Making Links Point to Frame Names | |
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| Accommodating the Frames-Intolerant | |
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| Summary | |
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| QandA | |
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| Designing Fill-in-the-Blanks Forms | |
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| Understanding Forms | |
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| Creating the Visible Form | |
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| Building a Fast, Easy Form with the Form Page Wizard | |
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| Including a Form in Your Personal Home Page | |
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| Creating Custom Forms from Scratch | |
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| Choosing Options for Fields | |
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| Controlling the Way Form Data is Processed | |
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| Summary | |
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| QandA | |
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| Putting Multiple Links in One Picture | |
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| About Imagemaps | |
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| Server-Side Versus Client-Side | |
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| Choosing (or Creating) Images Suited for Imagemapping | |
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| Creating an Imagemap | |
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| Summary | |
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| QandA | |
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| Getting It Online | |
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| Publishing Your Page | |
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| About Web Servers | |
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| How Much Space Do I Need? | |
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| Preparing to Publish | |
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| Publishing from FrontPage Express | |
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| Viewing Your Page Through the Internet | |
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| Summary | |
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| QandA | |
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| Announcing Your Web Presence | |
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| Listing Your Page in Web Search Pages | |
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| Getting in Multiple Search Pages at Once | |
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| Publicizing Your Page off the Web | |
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| Summary | |
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| QandA | |
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| Testing and Updating Your Page | |
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| Testing Your Pages | |
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| Testing Browser Variability | |
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| Testing at Different Resolutions | |
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| Testing Link Validity | |
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| Evaluating Your Page's Ergonomics | |
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| Updating Your Page | |
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| Summary | |
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| QandA | |
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| Developing Your Authoring Skills | |
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| Getting Your Own Domain (Your Own "Dot Com") | |
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| Advancing to New Authoring Tools and Techniques | |
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| Microsoft FrontPage 2000 | |
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| Macromedia Dreamweaver 2 | |
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| Adobe PageMill | |
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| Netscape Composer | |
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| The Future of Web Authoring: XHTML | |
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| How to Grow as a Web Author | |
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| Observe | |
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| Dissect | |
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| For Further Reading | |
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| Summary | |
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| Setting Up the Programs on the Bonus CD-ROM | |
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| Setting Up the Programs | |
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| What's on the CD-ROM? | |
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| Internet Explorer 5 (with FrontPage Express) | |
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| JPEG Graphics | |
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| HTML Assistant Pro 97 | |
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| MapEdit | |
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| Paint Shop Pro 5 (with Animation Shop) | |
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| NetZip | |
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| Adobe Acrobat Reader | |
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| Online Resources for Web Authors | |
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| Browsers and Other Net-Surfing Programs | |
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| General Web Authoring | |
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| Clip Art, Animation, and Templates | |
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| Java | |
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| General-Purpose Software Download Sites | |
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| Plug-Ins, Helpers, and Other Browser Accessories | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Index | |