New features

Claris Home Page includes many new features and feature enhancements in the 2.0 release. Topics in grayed italicized text are available only in Claris Home Page 2.0.

Use this new feature

To

Site management

Upload a Web page or Web site to a remote server using FTP (File Transfer Protocol), save or replace a Web page remotely, check the size of your Web site, and store image files in one location so you can upload them easily

Spelling checker

Check spelling in the entire document, or just in the selected text

Support for Apple QuickTime movies

Insert QuickTime movies. When you select a QuickTime movie, you see the first frame of the movie. You can preview the movie using a browser.

Support for plug-in data files

Insert and resize plug-in data files

Support for Java applets

Drag and drop Java applets into Claris Home Page

List enhancements

Add a new entry to a list using Return or Enter

Image enhancements

Display background images in your Web pages

Specify server-side image formats, NCSA or CERN

Control-click (Macintosh) or right-click (Windows) to interlace a GIF image or add transparency to a GIF image

Client-side image map support

Control-click (Macintosh) or right-click (Windows) an image to display a pop-up menu so you can edit images quickly

Table enhancements

Paste, drag-and-drop, or open a tab-delimited text file. Claris Home Page converts the tab delimited file into an HTML table.

Make table font, size, or style changes globally

Set table cell widths and heights to specific measurements to override browser specifications

Change the row and column size by dragging

Text font control

Set the font your viewers use to look at your Web pages. Since viewers might have different fonts installed, you can specify several fonts.

Frame enhancements

Change frame sizes by dragging

Drag a file or anchor icon into a frame

Use the Frame Wizard to choose frame orientation and what Web pages the frames display

Form enhancements

Control-click (Macintosh) or right-click (Windows) a pop-up menu form element to quickly choose Show Object Editor or Show Popup Editor from a pop-up menu

HTML editing enhancements

Distinguish tags from text in Edit HTML Source mode using Syntax Coloring

Wrap text within an HTML document so you can read without scrolling

Selection is maintained between Edit Page mode and Edit HTML Source mode so that you can quickly find the HTML code for a specific part of your Web page

Object Editor enhancements

Set rules to align to the right, left, or center

Use the Shade option for rules

Edit both client-side and server-side image maps

Link command enhancements

Set the URL associated with an object. You can do this by Control-clicking (Macintosh) or right-clicking (Windows) any of the following:

text in the Edit HTML Source mode

linked or selected text in the Edit Page mode

a frame

a hotspot in an Image Map Editor

Use this new feature	To
Site management	Upload a Web page or Web site to a remote server using FTP (File Transfer Protocol), save or replace a Web page remotely, check the size of your Web site, and store image files in one location so you can upload them easily
Spelling checker	Check spelling in the entire document, or just in the selected text
Support for Apple QuickTime movies	Insert QuickTime movies. When you select a QuickTime movie, you see the first frame of the movie. You can preview the movie using a browser.
Support for plug-in data files	Insert and resize plug-in data files
Support for Java applets	Drag and drop Java applets into Claris Home Page
List enhancements	Add a new entry to a list using Return or Enter
Image enhancements	Display background images in your Web pages Specify server-side image formats, NCSA or CERN Control-click (Macintosh) or right-click (Windows) to interlace a GIF image or add transparency to a GIF image Client-side image map support Control-click (Macintosh) or right-click (Windows) an image to display a pop-up menu so you can edit images quickly
Table enhancements	Paste, drag-and-drop, or open a tab-delimited text file. Claris Home Page converts the tab delimited file into an HTML table. Make table font, size, or style changes globally Set table cell widths and heights to specific measurements to override browser specifications Change the row and column size by dragging
Text font control	Set the font your viewers use to look at your Web pages. Since viewers might have different fonts installed, you can specify several fonts.
Frame enhancements	Change frame sizes by dragging Drag a file or anchor icon into a frame Use the Frame Wizard to choose frame orientation and what Web pages the frames display
Form enhancements	Control-click (Macintosh) or right-click (Windows) a pop-up menu form element to quickly choose Show Object Editor or Show Popup Editor from a pop-up menu
HTML editing enhancements	Distinguish tags from text in Edit HTML Source mode using Syntax Coloring Wrap text within an HTML document so you can read without scrolling Selection is maintained between Edit Page mode and Edit HTML Source mode so that you can quickly find the HTML code for a specific part of your Web page
Object Editor enhancements	Set rules to align to the right, left, or center Use the Shade option for rules Edit both client-side and server-side image maps
Link command enhancements	Set the URL associated with an object. You can do this by Control-clicking (Macintosh) or right-clicking (Windows) any of the following: text in the Edit HTML Source mode linked or selected text in the Edit Page mode a frame a hotspot in an Image Map Editor