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