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HexWeb XT provides a very powerful set of tools to make file links, scale images, see previews, etc. All these features are controlled from one palette called HexWeb Tools.

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1. Hyperlinks

There are 3 different hyperlink types available:

Hyperlinks to other Web servers

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To create a simple link to another Web server, select a word in a QuarkXPress textbox that will be exported to HTML and click the far left button in the Tools palette:

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In the resulting dialog, type in the URL for the desired destination and select OK.

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Hyperlinks to other files in your Web server

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To create a link to another HTML file on your webserver, just select a word in a QuarkXPress textbox that will be exported to HTML and click the file button (second from the left) in the Tools palette. Note that all linked words are shown in the Tools dialog. If you have selected the checkbox on the left side of the palette, all links from the page are listed, if not, then only the links in the selected textbox are shown.

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When the following Open dialog is displayed, select the appropriate destination file.

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Anchor links between two words in the same HTML document

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Select the first anchor word in a QuarkXPress textbox and click the blue anchor button in the Tools palette.

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Type a definitive name for this anchor...

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...then select ANOTHER word in a QuarkXPress textbox that will be exported in the same HTML file as the first anchor word, and click the red destination button.

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Type in exactly the same name as the definitive name you gave to the first anchor. The two words will now be linked in the HTML document you will export.

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2. Preview in Browser from selected objects

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Using the Preview button, you can select any number of objects (text and picture boxes) on an XPress page and see a preview in the Web browser of your choice. When you click the Preview button, HexWeb XT creates a temporary export of the chosen elements and sends a command to the browser to show it. All defined header-and footer elements are also exported to the preview.

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3. Scaling and aligning images

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With this button you can increase or decrease the scale of images, align the images right or left, and type in the ALT-command for users whose Web browsers do not support graphics.

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Select an image and click the scale button. The following dialog appears in which you can define the desired image attributes. When the image is exported, these settings are used.

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If you want, you can also export a text box as an image, just select one text box and click the image scaling button, you will get the following dialog to adjust the scaling and image type.
For B&W images, GIF format is recommended.

If you decide to keep it as text, go to the dialog and click "Export as text" button.

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4. Add to last exported page

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With this button you can easily add additional QuarkXPress elements to the last exported HTML page. If you are working on a multiple page document, just export the elements from the first page, go to the second page and add the elements from the second page to the exported file.


This is a WWW Service from HexMac International