About the Source Editor
The Cosmo Create source editor lets you directly change your HTML
source. Some things you should know while using it:
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The source edit window: The source edit window looks like a
standard text editor window, and comes with it's own menu bar. The
items on the menu bar are similar but not identical to the menu bar
items in the main Cosmo Create window.
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The color scheme: Cosmo Create uses different colors to
distinguish between different items in your source file. HTML tags such
as BODY, HEAD, and H1 appear in blue;
text appears in black; comments appear in red. You can turn these
colors on or off by checking the View > Text Colors
toggle.
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The file formatting: Cosmo Create does some formatting in
the HTML source file to assist readability. You notice this most with
lists; nested lists are intented in the source file to make them easier
to pick out. Other items that are formatted to help you edit the source
are tables, comments, and lines containing links.
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Switching from one window to another: When you have the
source editor running with your main Cosmo Create window, the window in
which you are not doing the editing is locked. Before you can edit in
the other window, you must save your current one. In other words, if
you are in the source edit window making changes, you can't edit in the
main window until you save those changes in the source window
by selecting File > Save or File > Update.
The difference between saving and updating is
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Update: Copies the source you have modified to the
WYSIWYG window.
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Save: Copies the source you have modified to the WYSIWYG
window and changes the file on the hard disk.
For further information...
For more details on the source editor, see the Source Editor reference card.
For a description of HTML tags, see HTML
Tag Reference . You can open this tag reference page directly from
the Edit Source window by placing the cursor within a tag and pressing
Ctrl+F1 or by selecting "HTML Tag Reference" from the Help
menu.