Contents
Overview of Cosmo Create
Application Overview
Help System Overview
Getting Started
Power User Info
Creating a New Document
About Publishing
Creating and Publishing Documents For Use on Another Server
Creating and Publishing Files Using the public_html Directory
About Your Home Page
Viewing Your Document
Opening, Saving, and Importing Files
Opening a Document
Opening an Existing Document as a Template
Resizing Your Window
Saving Changes
Saving Changes Automatically
Crash Handling
Importing Files and Inlines
Entering and Editing Text
Basic Text Manipulation
Specifying a Title
Typing Text
Adding Comments
Show/Hide Comments
Inserting Text Files
Selecting Text
Inserting Line Breaks
Entering Special (ISO Latin 1) Characters
Cutting Text
Copying Text
Pasting Text
Converting Text Files Into Tables
Finding and Changing Text
Spell Checking
Editing HTML Source
About the Source Editor
Making Changes in the HTML
Formatting and Structuring Text
Changing Font Styles
Changing Font Sizes
Changing Text Color
Changing Justification
Adding a Horizontal Rule
About HTML
Selecting a Paragraph Type
Creating Section Headings
Creating and Nesting Lists
Creating a List
Nesting Lists
Inserting White Space
Creating and Editing Links
About Links and Targets
Creating a Link to Other HTML Documents
Creating a Link to Remote HTML Documents
Creating a Link to Other Types of Files
Creating Generated Links
Creating a Link to a Specific Location Within an HTML Document
Creating a Link Target
Copying and Pasting Links
Showing and Hiding Link Targets in a Document
Changing the Appearance of Links
Testing Links
Adding Cool Stuff to Your Web Pages
Including Forms in a Web Document
What is a Form?
Building a Form
Adding Fill-in Text Fields
Adding Scrolling Text Regions
Presenting Scrolling Selection Lists
Presenting Options Using Menu Buttons
Presenting Options Using Radio Buttons and Checkboxes
Adding Buttons
Using Hidden Fields on a Form
Editing Forms
Attaching a Script to a Form
Creating a Script
Creating Tables
Modifying Tables
Creating Frames
Creating a New Frames Document
Modifying Existing Frames Documents
Tips About Frames
Customizing the Page Background
Placing an Image on the Background
Changing the Background Color
Creating Buttons With Button Magic
Location of Saved Buttons
Editing Text and Button Textures
Applying a Texture
Creating New Texture Palettes
Changing the Material of the Button or Text
Creating & Editing Materials
Creating New Material Palettes
Modifying the Lighting
Light Types: What's the Difference?
Tips for Efficient Lighting
Button Magic Power User Features
Creating Your Own Button Shapes
Creating Button Templates
Minimizing Fringe Problems
Creating a Collection of Artwork
Advanced Uses of Texture Maps
Adding Fonts to Button Magic
Working With Images
Inserting Images Into HTML Documents
Inserting Images by Dragging and Dropping Icons
Inserting Images Using the "Insert" Command
Inserting Images Using the Create Image Button on the Inlines Palette
Converting Images of an Unusual Type
Selecting Images
Cutting Images
Copying and Pasting Images
Aligning Images on the Page
Aligning Images to Surrounding Text
Resizing Images
Attaching Hypertext Links to Areas of an Image
Creating the Hotspots
Creating the Default Link for an Image Map
Selecting Hotspots
Moving Hotspots
Reshaping Custom Hotspots
Resizing Rectangular and Circular Hotspots
Image Maps
Client Versus Server Image Maps
Using Map Files Effectively
Preparing Your Image Map for Publishing
Using Image Maps on a Server Without an imagemap.conf File
Using Image Maps on an NCSA Server With an imagemap.conf File
Tips About Image Use
Working With Inlines
Inserting Inlines
Sweeping Out Areas for Inlines
Importing Inline Protypes
Notes on Importing Inlines
Using Helper Applications
Modifying Plug-ins
Modifying Applets
Packaging and Publishing the Document
Packaging a Document or Scene
Steps for Packaging
Possible Packaging Errors
Packaging Example
Publishing a Document on the Web
Copying a Document to Another Web Server
About Publishing and URLs
About URL Translations
Printing
Customizing the Environment
Adding Browsers
Modifying the Toolbar
Manipulating Palettes
Changing the View
Setting Preferences
General Preferences
URL Translation Preferences
Proxy Preferences
Cache Preferences
Import Preferences
Conversion Preferences
Adding Helper Applications
Helper Application Database File
Anatomy of the Cosmo Create Window
Quick Reference Cards
Keys and Shortcuts
Status Bar
Scroll Bars
About the Menus
File Menu
Edit Menu
Format Menu
Element Menu
View Menu
Tools Menu
Palettes Menu
Help Menu
Toolbar
Palettes
Paragraph Styles
Paragraph Composition
Character Attributes
Character Sizes
Character Styles
Entry
Links and Targets
Object Creators
Object Editors
Default Toolbar Items
Document Title Area
Cosmo Create Tools and Utilities
Form Tool
Form Tool Details
Form Tool Script Dialog
Image Map Tool
Image Map Dialog Interface Details
Table Dialog
Interface Details
Edit Row Attributes
Edit Cell Attributes
Spelling Checker Dialog
Interface Details
Spelling Options Dialog
File Browser
Inline Attributes Dialog
Image Attributes
Applet Attributes
Plug-in Attributes
Import Text File Dialogs
Insert Table Dialog
Create Link Dialog
Link Dialog Interface Details
Create Link Target Dialog
Background/Text Color Tool
Background/Text Color Tool Details
HTML Source Editor
Source Editor Interface Details
Horizontal Rule Attributes Dialog Box
Special Characters Dialog
Find/Change Dialog
Markup Dialog
Right Mouse Button Pop-up Menu
Print Dialog
Preferences Dialog
Button Magic Dialog
Button Magic Details
Lighting Editor
Materials Palette
Materials Palette Editor
Color Editor
Texture Editor
Shadow and Antialiasing Options Dialog
Frames Editor
Frames Editor Interface Details
CosmoPackage Quick Reference
Specifying Root Documents for Packaging
Specifying VRML Preferences
Specifying Custom Mappings
Specifying Trusted References
Inspecting the Packaged Files
Links Followed During Discovery