Save the banner above, in your
Stuff folder.
To save the banner graphic above, left click on it to select it. Then
right click (1) on the image. A window will open. Left click (1) on the Save Image
As... A window will open. Left click (1) in the box to the left of the words
Save in: A window will pop down. Left click the arrow button until you
see 3 1/2 Floppy (A:) Left click (1) on 3 1/2 Floppy (A:) You should see three
folders, Grade 6,7, and 8. Choose the grade 7 folder, double click on it, then
choose your Team folder. double click on it to open it. folder. Left
click (2) on the art subfolder. Left click (1) on the Save button.

Save the above graphic
in your Stuff folder .
Follow the instructions used to save the
Banner graphic above.
Save the background on this page in your Stuff folder.
To save the backgound right click (1) on the background. A window will open.
Scroll down and left click (1) on Save Background As... Change the box to
the right of the words Save in: to 3 1/2 Floppy (A:). Left click (2) on
the Stuff folder. Choose Grade 7, and then double click on your Team folder..
Left click (1) on the Save button.
To
Netscape Composer Lesson One
(Print this page now to make following
directions much easier.)

Click
here if you don't have a copy of the graphics on a 3.5 floppy [A:]
- Open Netscape Composer: Find the Netscape icon on the desktop or in
the Start menu and left click. Once you have Netscape open left click (1) on
the word Communicator in the tool bar at
the top. A menu will open! Left click (1) on the word Composer.
Netscape Composer will open and you are ready to start.
- Center the Cursor: Move your arrow over the tool bar buttons until
you find the one that pops up with the word alignment. Left click (1) on the
allignment button. A window will pop down. Left click (1) on the center
button.
- Insert Welcome Graphic From Disk A: Left click (1) on the word Insert
at the top of the tool bar. A window will pop down! Left click (1) on the
word Image. Another window will
open! Now you will need to insert the disk with the graphics. Left click (1)
on Choose File button.Another
window will open! At the top of that window you will see the words Look
in: In the box that follows you will need to change it to
3 1/2 Floppy [A:] by clicking on the arrow next to the box and highlighting
it, then clicking again. You should see three folders. You will need to left
click (2) on the graphics folder. Then
left click (2) on the art folder. Then
left click (2) on the file welcome. A
new window will open! For now lets just left click (1) on apply
and left click (1) on close. Hit the Enter
button one time and type "To".
Then hit the Enter key. Type class name
ie. Mr. Snead's Computer Literacy Class.
- Bold and Change the Font of the Text: In the tool bar at the top
you will see three A's. Use the A's to bold, italic, and underline. The A on
the far right will say bold (ctrl +B) when arrow is over it. To make chages
you must have the text highlighted. To highlight hold the left mouse button
down and drag over the top of the text that you want to change. Bold all of
the text that you have typed. Change font to 24 point. To do so just
highlight text and click on the 12 button in the tool bar and change the 12
to 24.
- Save Page as your Last name i.e. snead: (Remember
to name all files in lower case and never use spaces!!!) To save
your page left click (1) on File.
A window will pop down! Left click (1) on Save
As. Change to 3 1/2 Floppy [A:] or the drive where you created
your folders. Left click (2) on the html
folder. In the file name box: type the name of your home page. "i.e.
snead.htm" Left click (1) on the save button. Netscape will
save your page and the welcome graphic in your html folder. Save often and
in several places! Left click (1) on OK when the window opens.
- Insert a Horizontal Line: Get to the line below your name and
class. Left click (1) on the button at the top that says H.
Line. It will create a horizontal line on
your page. Click the enter button one time. Use the allignment button at the
top to change the justification to left justified.
- Insert a Bullet: Left click (1) on the bullet
button in the top tool bar. (just to the right of the A's). After the first
bullet appears type your reason for creating the page. Create two other
bullets and type some text after each. You may want to tell the objectives
of a lesson or goal of the activity. Remember to stop or remove the bullets
just hit the bullet button again.
- To Alter Text Color: Highlight the text and
left click (1) on the color box in the tool bar. A window will open! Left
click (1) on any dark color.
- Insert Table and Change its Background Color:
Get to the line below all of your text. Left click (1) on the Table
button. A window will open! In the window
keep the number of rows at 1 but change the number of columns from 2 to 3.
Change the table allignment from left to center. Change the table background
to a yellow. To do so check the Use Color
box. Then to change the background color of the table left click (1) on the
blank rectangular button to the right of the box you checked. A window with
many colors will open. Left click on the yellow of your choice. At any time
you can edit the table properties by right clicking on the table and then
left clicking (1) on the words Table
Properties. Left Click Apply. Left click
close.
- Create three links in the table: Get your
cursor in the first cell and type Fort Osage
District. Highlight
Fort Osage District and
left click (1) on the Link
button. A window will pop down! In the window type the URL which is http://www.fortosage.k12.mo.us
Left click (1) on the apply
button. Left click (1) on the close
button. Create a link on your page to the
Fort Osage Help Page. Left click in the middle cell and type "FOSD
Help", then following the same uidlines as above for inserting the
following URL: http://www.fortosage.k12.mo.us/howto/Create
a link to the graphics page. URL: http://www.fortosage.k12.mo.us/howto/graphics.htm
- Insert a Line Break: This is how you create a
space between lines of text and graphics. To insert a break get the cursor
below your table. Then left click (1) on the word Insert
in the tool bar. Then left click (1) on the words New
Line Break. Just
hitting enter does not do the job when writing web pages. It may appear to
work but you will have problems when you upload the page if you don't use
line breaks.
- Insert and Center Indian Graphic: Insert the
indian graphic just as we inserted the Welcome graphic. The indian is on
your A: disk in the art folder. Get your cursor to the right of the Indian
and hit enter.
- Insert a Link to your email: To add a
clickable mailto address at the bottom of your page. Click the Link button
in the tool bar at the top. A new window will open! In the first box put
your name. Example:
Send email to Mr. Snead In the second box or Link
to box type: mailto:youremailaddress Example:
mailto:[email protected] Left Click (1) on apply then left click
(1) on close.
- Change Background: To change the background
left click (1) on the word Format in
the tool bar at the top. A window will open! Left click on the words Page
Colors and Properties. You can figure out
the rest. Just remember if you use an image as a background it msut be in
the same folder.
- View Page in Netscape: To view what page will
look like to others on the internet. Make sure that you have saved your
page. All graghics should be in the folder with your html file. i.e.
snead.htm. Close composer and open Netscape Navigator. Left click (1) on File
A window will open! Left click (1) on Open
Page. A window will open! Left click (1) on
Choose File.
A window will open. Change the Look
In: box to 3 1/2 Floppy A: Left
click (2) on your html folder. Left click (2) on your last name. Left click
(1) on the open button.
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