Power User Info
Cosmo Create has a lot of powerful features to help you create more
interesting HTML pages. Some of the key ones to know about (click the
icon
to see a graphical quick-reference card on the feature):
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Importing inline graphics, applets, and plug-ins: You can
import images, live plug-ins, and applets into your HTML page with the
Cosmo Create file import facilities.
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Web fetching: You can grab and insert files and images from
remote URLs with Cosmo Create. In certain situations (opening files,
creating links, importing background images, modifying inline images),
the file browser dialog
allows you to fetch information from a URL, and not just from a local
file.
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Source editing: Sometimes you may want to modify your native
HTML (if you are inserting a JavaScript, for example). You can do this
with the source editor
window, which is launched from the Edit menu.
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Table creation and manipulation: Cosmo Create provides a
WYSIWYG table creation and
editing tool
,
which is launched from the Tools menu. (If you prefer, you can turn off
the WYSIWYG feature by clicking the checkbox in the View menu.)
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Frame editing: If you want to manipulate frames, you can do
it easily with the Cosmo Create frame manipulation tool, which is
launched from the Tools menu.
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Form creation, modification, and CGI script generation:
Cosmo Create allows you to create
and modify forms with the form tool
,
which is launched from the Tools menu. A basic CGI script can be
generated based on the form contents.
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3D button creation: To jazz up your HTML pages, use the Button Magic tool
to create textured, 3D buttons, which is launched with the Create
button tool in the Object Creators palette from the Palettes menu.
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Out-of-place editing with helper applications: If you need
to edit images with a tool such as Showcase or PhotoShop,
you can use the Cosmo Create out-of-place
editing capabililty, available through the Object Editors palette.
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Image mapping: Use the Cosmo Create image map tool
to create and link up image maps. The tool is launched from the Tools
menu.