HTML Tags and Equivalent Word Commands

The following table lists HTML tags with their equivalent Word style or command. Internet Assistant supports the authoring of HTML level 2.0 tags, as well as some commonly used tags that are not yet part of the HTML specification. If you want to add extensions to your markup that Internet Assistant does not provide authoring support for, use the HTML Markup command on the Insert menu. For a detailed description of basic HTML and its extensions, download the HTML Reference Library at ftp://ftp.swan.ac.uk/pub/in.coming/htmlib/htmlib9521.exe.

HTML Tag	Word Style or Command	Use this tag to
<A>		Connect your document to other documents. This is the anchor tag.
<A HREF=...>	Insert menu, HyperLink	Create an anchor that jumps to another document or file—called a hyperlink. For more information, click Hyperlink Command Overview.
<A HREF="#...>	Insert menu, HyperLink, Bookmark Location in File	Create a hyperlink that jumps to another location within the same document.
<A NAME=...>		Identify a destination for hyperlinks to jump to. For more information, click Create an anchor that other hyperlinks can jump to.
<ADDRESS>	Address	Give information about a document's author, typically name and email address.
<B>		Format text in bold type.
<BASE>	File menu, HTML Document Info - Advanced	Provide a base URL for hyperlinks to be resolved relative to, when this URL is different from the current document.
<BGSOUND>	Format menu, Background Sound	Play a sound when a reader opens your document. For information on the attributes of this tag, click Background Sound command (Format menu).
<BLOCKQUOTE>	Blockquote	Set off a block of text quoted from another source.
<BODY>	None	Define HTML document structure. This tag is automatically inserted by the Internet Assistant converter. Attributes like BACKGROUND are set with the Background and Links command on the Format menu.
<BR>	SHIFT+ENTER	Force a line break.
<CENTER>		Center graphics or paragraphs.
<CITE>	Cite	Identify a citation, for example a book title. Typically displayed in italic type.
<CODE>	Code	Identify a line of programming code. Typically displayed in a monospace font.
<DFN>	Definition, or defining instance	Identify a term you are defining for the first time. Typically displayed in bold type.
<DIR>	Directory List	Create a list of short items, usually less than 20 characters each. For more information, click Create a directory list.
<DL>	Definition List	Create a two-column list of terms and definitions. For more information, click Create a definition list.
<DL COMPACT>	Definition Compact	Create a two-column list of terms and definitions (i.e. a definition list) with no vertical space between entries.
<DT>...<DD>	Definition Term... Definition Definition	Distinguish between terms and definition in a definition list. These styles are automatically applied with the <DL> style; you do not create them directly. For more information, click Create a definition list.
<EM>	Emphasis	Identify words you want to emphasize. Typically displayed in italic or bold type.
<FONT>	Format menu, Font	Modify how text is displayed in your document. For information on the attributes of this tag, click Font command (Format menu).
<FORM>	Insert menu, Form Field	Insert an interactive data entry form that will be displayed as part of the current HTML document. For information on form-related tags and attributes, click HTML Forms and Equivalent Word Commands.
<H1> through <H6>	Heading 1 through Heading 6	Show the hierarchical structure of your document. Typically displayed in large bold type, which gets smaller as the heading level gets lower.
<HEAD>	None	Define HTML document structure. This tag is automatically inserted by the Internet Assistant converter.
<HR>		Insert a horizontal line between paragraphs to provide a visual break between sections of information.
<HTML>	None	Define HTML document structure. This tag is automatically inserted by the Internet Assistant converter.
<I>		Format text in italic type.
<IMG>		Insert an inline graphic, or image. For information on the attributes of this tag, click Picture command (Insert menu).
<ISINDEX>	File menu, HTML Document Info - Advanced	Indicate to browsers that your document is an index document, which can be searched using keywords.
<KBD>	Keyboard	Identify text that you want your user to type exactly as shown. Typically displayed in a monospace font.
<LI>	None	Identify an item in a list. This style is automatically applied with the <UL> or <OL> style; you do not create it directly.
<MARQUEE>	Insert menu, Marquee	Insert a scrolling text marquee. For information on the attributes of this tag, click Marquee command (Insert menu).
<MENU>	Menu	Create a list of items, usually with one line per item.
<META>	File menu, HTML Document Head    Information, Advanced options	Add "meta-information" about your document that is not defined by other HTML elements. Some <META> tags (Name attribute of Generator, Author, and Operator) are automatically inserted by the Internet Assistant converter.
<OL>		Create a list of items whose order is important. Typically displayed as a numbered list.
<P>	Normal	Identify the beginning of a new paragraph. This style is automatically applied when you begin a new paragraph; you do not create it directly.
<PRE>	Preformatted	Control how text is displayed on the page, for instance in a table. Typically displayed in a monospace font.
<PRE WIDTH=...>	Preformatted - Wide	Determine how many characters will be displayed in one line of your <PRE> text. The default width is 80.
<STRIKE>	Strikethrough	Identify "strike out" text, as in a legal document.
<SAMP>	Sample	Identify a literal sequence of characters—for example, a word or phrase from a programming language. Typically displayed in a monospace font with single quotation marks.
<STRONG>	Strong	Identify words you want to make even more important than words with the <EM> tag. Typically displayed in bold type.
<SUB>	Format menu, Font	Format text to be subscripted.
<SUP>	Format menu, Font	Format text to be superscripted.
<TABLE>	Table menu, Insert Table	Insert a table into your document. For information on table-related tags and attributes, click Create a table.
<TITLE>		Describe your document so that potential readers can decide whether or not to read it. For more information, click HTML Document Head Information.
<TT>	Typewriter	Format text in a fixed-width font.
<U>		Format text as underlined.
<UL>		Create a list of items whose order is not important. Displayed as a bulleted list.
<VAR>	Variable	Identify text as a variable name. Typically displayed in italic type.


What Is Lost When Word Documents Are Converted to HTML

Word documents commonly contain formatting and other word-processing elements that are not available in HTML. Because there are no HTML equivalents, these elements cannot be converted by Internet Assistant.

Even when you create a document using Internet Assistant, some elements may not be preserved because they are not valid HTML. As Internet Assistant saves your document, it simply ignores invalid HTML markup that your document might produce. For more information, click Why does my Internet Assistant document look different after I close and reopen it?

Word elements that are not converted to HTML include:

annotations

borders and shading (some table borders and shading are preserved, however)

captions

drawing layer elements

fields—only the field result is converted

footnotes and endnotes

frames (although top and bottom frame borders are converted to <HR>s)

headers and footers

indented paragraphs in any paragraph style other than OL or UL

index entries

page breaks and section breaks

revision marks

tabs in any paragraph style other than PRE and DL

TOC entries

Note  This version of Internet Assistant converts embedded graphics in your Word documents to GIF files. Graphics are given file names Img00001.gif, Img00002.gif, etc. and are saved in the same folder where your Word document is located.


Switching Between Browse and Edit Views

Internet Assistant gives you a new way to look at documents in Word. HTML Edit view turns Word into an HTML document editor, and Web Browse view turns Word into a Web browser. This is accomplished using templates.

In Web Browse view, you can open Web documents and activate hyperlinks in them to navigate around the Web. A document displayed in this view is based on the Webview template. The effectiveness of Web Browse view is limited by Word's display capabilities. For example, Word is unable to display background graphics and colors. To test how your HTML documents will look in a standard browser, use the Preview in Browser command on the File menu.

In HTML Edit view, the document you create or modify is based on the HTML template. The styles that you apply in HTML Edit view are automatically converted to HTML tags. Use the HTML Source command on the View menu to see the HTML markup you have created. If you use the styles and commands available in HTML Edit view, you will generate valid HTML. Use the HTML Markup command on the Insert menu to add tags and extensions that Internet Assistant doesn't support the direct authoring of.

Whenever you want to return to Word's default toolbars and menus, either open a document that's based on a non-HTML template or click Templates on the File menu and type normal in the Document Template text box.


Improve Internet Assistant's performance

Use for:  Improving Internet Assistant's performance in Web Browse view.

Click Load Images [off] on the View menu.

Make sure no other applications are running while you are in Web Browse view.

Click Full Screen on the View menu. Press ALT, V, T to view toolbars while in Full Screen view.


Create an HTML document

1	On the File menu, click New.

2	Click Html.dot.

3	Type the text of your document.

Apply styles to create the format you want for your document. To compare available formatting elements with HTML tags, click HTML Tags and Equivalent Word Commands.

Create links to other files by clicking the HyperLink button. You can link to documents that are already on the Web, or you can create links among a set of documents that you have authored and want to publish on the Web. For information on choosing link paths, click HyperLink Command Overview.

4	On the File menu, click HTML Document Info and type a title for your document.

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Convert an existing document to HTML

Why does my Internet Assistant document look different after I close and reopen it?

Hyperlink Command Overview

Picture Command Overview


Create a directory list

Use for:  A list of items containing up to 20 characters each.

1	Type the entries in your list.

Each entry can be in a separate paragraph, or you can type three entries in one paragraph and separate them by tab characters.

2	Select the entries and then click Directory <DIR> in the Style box.


Create a definition list

Use for:  A two-column list where terms appear in the left-hand column and definitions in the right-hand column. When you use the Definition Compact <DL COMPACT> style, the list is displayed in a smaller font with tighter vertical spacing.

1	Type the first term you want to include in your definition list.

2	Type SHIFT+ENTER, and then type the definition for the term.

3	After you have typed the definition, press ENTER.

Repeat steps 1 through 3 for all the definitions in your list.

4	Select all the paragraphs you created in steps 1 through 3.

5	In the Style box, click Definition List <DL> or Definition Compact <DL COMPACT>.

Note  You don't directly apply the Definition Term <DT> style to the terms in your list; you see this style after you save, close, and reopen your document.


Convert an existing document to HTML

Use for:  Generating HTML documents from existing text. You can convert any text file that can be opened in Word.

1	On the File menu, click Open.

2	Specify the path to the file you want to open, select the file, and then click OK.

3	Save the file with HTML Document (*.htm) selected in the Save As Type box.

If you are converting a Word document that contains embedded graphics, the graphics will be saved to the current folder in GIF format. They will be named Img00001.gif, Img00002.gif, etc.

4	Apply styles to any headings, lists, or other text that needs formatting.

For information on converting Word documents that have been formatted with styles, click Map Word styles to HTML.

5	On the File menu, click HTML Document Info and type a title for your document.

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What Is Lost When Word Documents Are Converted to HTML


Map Word styles to HTML

Use for:  Generating HTML documents from Word documents that have been formatted with styles.

1	On the Start menu, click Run. Type regedit

2	In the Registry Editor, select HKEY_CURRENT_USER. Select the Software\Microsoft\Word folder, and then select the Internet Assistant\StyleMap folder.

3	On the Edit menu, point to New and then click String Value.

A text box with the text "New Value #n" appears in the Name column of the Registry. Replace this text with the name of the style you want to map to an HTML tag.

4	Select the text you just typed. On the Edit menu, click Modify. In the Value Data text box, type the HTML tag you want to map the style to.

Following are examples of styles you might want to map:

Heading 1=H1

Head 2=H2

Level 3 Head=H3

List Bullet=UL

List Number=OL

For help on deciding which HTML tags to map Word styles to, click HTML Tags and Equivalent Word Commands.

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What Is Lost When Word Documents Are Converted to HTML

Convert an existing document to HTML


Viewing Non-HTML Files

Web documents often include hyperlinks to non-HTML file formats such as sound, video, or graphics called through HREFs (rather than the <IMG> tag). Internet Assistant handles these hyperlinks in one of three ways:

If the file is a non-HTML text format for which you have a text converter, it is converted and inserted into a new document based on Webview.dot.

If the file is a graphic for which you have a graphics converter, it is inserted into a new document and displayed there.

If the file is a non-convertible format (such as sound or video), or you do not have a converter for the file installed on your computer, Internet Assistant creates a new document and inserts the file as an object. You activate the object by double-clicking on it. If the message "No application is associated with this file" appears, click Associate an application with a non-HTML object for information. If you want to save this non-HTML object, but you do not want to save the Word document that it is embedded in, click Save a non-HTML object for information.

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Internet Services Not Supported by Internet Assistant


Save a non-HTML object

Before you begin:  If the non-HTML object can be opened in an application that is associated with it, open it there and save it from within the application.

1	Select the object by clicking on it.

2	Click the right mouse button.

3	On the shortcut menu, click Edit Package Package.

The Object Packager appears.

4	On the Object Packager File menu, click Save Contents.

5	Type the location and name of your file, and then click OK.


Associate an application with a non-HTML object

Use for:  Viewing non-HTML objects in Web Browse view when you get an error message that no application is associated with the file.

In Windows 95

1	Run Windows Explorer.

2	On the View menu, click Options. Click the File Types tab.

3	Click New Type. In the text boxes, enter the information for the non-HTML object that you want to be able to view.

The association will take effect immediately.

In Windows NT

1	Run File Manager.

2	On the File menu, click Associate.

3	In the Files With Extension box, type the extension of the non-HTML file you want to be able to view.

4	In the Associate With box, type the name of an application that can display (or play, in the case of a sound or video file) the non-HTML file.

The association will take effect after you exit and restart Windows.


Internet Services Not Supported by Internet Assistant

Internet Assistant supports HTTP, FTP, and gopher file transfer formats; it does not support the formats listed below. You will not be able to activate any hyperlinks to these types of files, nor can you access them through the Open URL command on the File menu.

electronic mail

Telnet

Usenet news groups

WAIS


Create a hyperlink

Before you begin:  Decide whether you want to create a hyperlink to a document whose location you want to specify in relation to the current document (called a relative link), or to the fixed file location, or URL, of a document that's already on the Web. For help on deciding which type of link will work best, click Hyperlink command overview.

To create a relative link

Before you begin this procedure, save the file in which you are creating the hyperlink.

1	Select the text or graphic you want to display as the "hot spot" for your hyperlink.

2	On the Insert menu, click HyperLink.

3	Type the location of the file you want to link to, select it from the drop-down list, or select it by browsing to its location on your hard drive or the local area network.

Note  If you want your hyperlink to jump to a specific location within the file you chose in step 3, make sure the location is marked by by a bookmark-type anchor. If the anchor exists, type its name in the Bookmark Location In File box. For more information, click Create a bookmark-type anchor that other hyperlinks can jump to.

To create a hyperlink to a URL

1	Select the text or graphic you want to display as the "hot spot" for your hyperlink.

2	On the Insert menu, click HyperLink.

3	Type the URL of the file you want to link to, select it from the drop-down list, or select it by browsing to its location on the Internet.

Note  If you want your hyperlink to jump to a specific location within the file you chose in step 3, make sure the location is marked by by a bookmark-type anchor. If the anchor exists, type its name in the Bookmark Location In File box. For more information, click Create a bookmark-type anchor that other hyperlinks can jump to.

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HyperLink Command Overview


Create a bookmark-type anchor that other hyperlinks can jump to

Use for:  Identifying a location within your document that can serve as a bookmark-type anchor, or destination, that other hyperlinks can jump to. This is useful when your document is very long.

Before you begin:  Decide whether you want your anchor to be an invisible point in your document, or to be identified by a string of text.

To create a bookmark-type anchor that is a single, "invisible" point in your document

1	Position the insertion point where you want to locate the anchor.

2	On the Edit menu, click Bookmark.

3	Type the name of your anchor in the Bookmark Name box, and then click Add.

The resulting HTML markup will be in the form <A NAME="bookmark_name"></A>

To create a bookmark-type anchor identified by a string of text

1	Select the text you want to associate with the bookmark-type anchor.

2	On the Edit menu, click Bookmark.

3	Type the name of your anchor in the Bookmark Name box, and then click Add.

The resulting HTML markup will be in the form <A NAME="bookmark_name">Text selected in step 1</A>

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Create a hyperlink


Modify hyperlinks directly in your document

Use for:  Quickly modifying hyperlinks that already exist in your document.

Display hyperlinks by clicking Html Hidden [image] on the toolbar.

Now you can use all of Word's text functions, including Find and Replace, on the hyperlinks in your document.


View markup of an HTML document

On the View menu, click HTML Source.

The current document is closed and opened as Text Only, and the HTML toolbar appears.

	The AutoFormat HTML button displays HTML markup in colored text, to help you distinguish it from the content you've written.
	The Return to Edit Mode button closes the text file and reopens it in Internet Assistant's HTML Edit view.
Note  If you view markup of a document that has links to graphics on the Web, the graphics will not appear after you return to Web Browse view. To view the graphics, open the document again.


Remove Internet Assistant

1	On the Start menu, click Run.

2	Enter the full pathname of the Internet Assistant Setup program, and then click OK.

The default location for Setup is the \Program Files\Internet Assistant\Setup folder.

3	On the Microsoft Internet Assistant Setup menu, click Remove All.

Note  You may want to preserve the URLs listed in your Favorite Places document before removing Internet Assistant. Save Favorite.doc under another name, or copy it to another folder.


Customizing Web Browse View

You can customize Web Browse view in several ways:

Change the appearance of text in Web Browse view

Change Default.doc

Add to Favorite Places Doc command


Change the appearance of text in Web Browse view

Use for:  Changing how text looks in Web Browse view, for example: font and size, paragraph alignment, borders. The Style formatting commands that do not apply to Web documents are Tabs, Language, and Frame.

1	Click [image] on the toolbar.

2	On the Format menu, click Style.

3	In the Styles box, select the style you want to modify.

4	Click Modify, and then click Format. Select the style attribute you want to change.

5	Click OK, and then click Apply on the main Style dialog box.

6	Click [image] on the toolbar again, to hide HTML codes.


Change Default.doc

Use for:  Modifying the Default.doc that comes with Internet Assistant

Before you begin:  You may want to make a backup copy of the version that comes with Internet Assistant.

To modify the Default.doc that comes with Internet Assistant

1	On the File menu, click Browse Web.

2	Click Switch to Edit View on the toolbar.

3	Make the changes you want.

4	On the File menu, click Save.

5	In the Save As Type box, select Word Document (*.doc).

To create your own Default.doc

1	Create your default document.

2	When you have finished creating your document, save it as a Word document in \<Program Files>\Internet Assistant\Default.doc (or whichever folder you have installed Internet Assistant in).


Respecting Copyright Laws

Note  Some material on the Web is copyrighted. You are responsible for complying with all copyright use and restrictions where noted on Web documents. The nature of Web browsing often means that you have to search for copyright notices; they aren't always published on the page you happened to jump to. Keep the following guidelines in mind.

Search for copyright notices regarding any material you intend to use.

Seek permission before copying, redistributing, or editing any copyrighted material.

Comply with any licenses or permissions that grant the right to redistribute or otherwise use any copyrighted material. Always include the copyright notice with any such material if it is required by the copyright owner.


Configure proxy servers
Configure a proxy server

Before you begin:  Use the Internet Setup Wizard to configure your computer to connect to the Internet using TCP/IP on your local area network. The Setup Wizard is available when you install Internet Explorer.

1	On the Tools menu, click Proxy Server.

2	Select the Use Proxy Server check box.

3	In the Proxy Server box, enter the network address and port number of the HTTP server you want to use as a proxy. (For example, http://myproxy.mycompany.com:80)

4	In the Bypass Proxy On box, type the names of the computers, domains, and ports on the Internet that, when accessed, will not go through the proxy server. Separate each item you type with a comma.

For example, if you type microsoft.com,:80 you can gain access to computers inside the microsoft.com domain and to computers on port 80, without going through the proxy server.

This option is useful if you want to access Internet servers that are located on your local area network.

Note  If you do not know what to type in the Proxy Server or Bypass Proxy On box, contact your network administrator.

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Proxy Server command


Insert an ISMAP image

Use for:  Inserting an image with the ISMAP attribute into an HTML document.

Before you begin:  Consult with your Web administrator to create the map file associated with this image.

1	On the Insert menu, click Picture.

2	Type the location of the Ismap image you want to insert, select it from the drop-down list, or select it by browsing to its location on your hard drive or the local area network.

3	Type Alternative Text to display in case your reader has chosen not to view graphics.

4	Click the Options tab and select the Image Is a Sensitive Map check box.

5	Click OK.

6	Select the image you just inserted. On the Insert menu, click Hyperlink.

7	Type the URL of the map file associated with this image.


Create a nested list

Use for:  A multilevel, or "nested," list.

1	Type the entries in your list.

2	Apply List Bullet - UL or List Number - OL styles to each entry.

3	Select the entries you want to nest within the larger list, and then click Increase Indent on the Format menu.

To undo the nesting for an entry, select the entry and then click Decrease Indent on the Format menu.

Note  When you use Increase Indent on an item in a numbered list, you will not see the nested numbering scheme until you save the file as HTML, close it, and then open it again.


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HTML Document Information command (File menu)

Inserts information about your document into the head of the document. Like Word's Summary Info, the head element contains information about your document that isn't displayed within it. You do not need to enter the <HEAD> tag into your HTML document; Internet Assistant automatically adds both <HEAD> and <BODY> tags when you save the document as HTML.

Dialog Box Options

Title

Type a title for your document. You should choose a title that is as descriptive of the document contents as possible. It's helpful to think of how the title will be used: for example, a search routine looking for specific content may choose or discard your document based on what it finds in the title.

The recommended limit for a title is 64 characters, since most browsers can display a title of that length. Titles cannot contain anchor tags, paragraph marks, or character formatting.

Advanced

Opens the Advanced HTML Document Information dialog so you can add additional summary information to your document. For more information, click Advanced HTML Document Information.


HTML Document Information - Advanced

HTML Document Information command (File menu)

Inserts additional summary information into the head of your document.

Dialog Box Options

Base (URL)

The base element allows the URL of the document itself to be recorded in situations in which the document may be read out of context. URLs within the document may be in a partial form relative to this base address.

IsIndex

The IsIndex element informs the browser that the document is an index document, which can be searched by keywords.

Meta

Opens the Insert HTML Markup dialog box so you can define the meta element directly in your document. For more information, click Insert HTML Markup command.


HyperLink Command Overview

Hyperlinks are at the heart of what makes the Web so compelling. They provide the ability to connect a Web document to any document or file located anywhere on the Web. Suddenly the document you create can be much richer than any standalone document. Instead of referring your reader somewhere else for more information, you send them there with a hyperlink. You don't have to duplicate information in your document. You can use hyperlinks to educate and entertain.

Before you insert a hyperlink into your document, you need to decide how you will specify the location of the file you are jumping to.

Can you control where the file is located? That is, is it part of a document set that you have published? If so, use a relative link path.

Are you linking to a file whose location you don't control? That is, was it published on the Internet or a local area network by someone else? If so, use a fixed file location (typically a URL).

Before you create hyperlinks, it's a good idea to check with the authors of the pages you're linking to. They might have good reasons for you not to link to their page (for example, they might be planning to move or delete the page).

Even if you don't let the author of a page know that you are linking to his or her site, you should check all the links on your pages periodically. The Web is constantly in flux, and readers commonly experience the frustration of following links that lead to dead ends because the files have moved or been deleted. It is good Web publishing practice to try to save your readers this frustration.

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Create a hyperlink

Create a bookmark-type anchor that other hyperlinks can jump to


HyperLink command (Insert menu)

Inserts a hyperlink in your document.

Text to Display

Type the text you want to display as the "hot spot" for the hyperlink you are creating. The HTML equivalent is the text between the start and end of an anchor tag.

File or URL

Choose the file you want to link to. If the file is located on the Internet, type its URL. If the file is located on your hard drive, or on the local area network, choose the Browse button. The HTML equivalent is the value of <A HREF=" ">.

Browse

Select the file you want to link to by browsing to its location on your hard drive or the local area network. By default, the file's location will be expressed as a relative link if you have saved your document.

Link Path

Use this command to change the link path from a relative link to a fixed file location. For more information, click HyperLink Command Overview.

Bookmark Location in File

Lists bookmarks available in your document. Choose from the list to create a link to another location within your document. The HTML equivalent is <A HREF=#bookmark_name>. If the bookmark you want to link to is located in another file, type its name. The HTML equivalent is <A HREF=other_file#bookmark_name>.

Unlink

Changes selected text from a "hot spot" back to default paragraph font formatting, or unlinks a graphic if you used a graphic for your hot spot.

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Create a hyperlink

Picture Command Overview


Picture command (Insert menu)

Inserts a picture or an animation that will be displayed when your document is viewed by a browser. A picture like this is called an inline graphic or image, equivalent to the HTML image element. For guidelines on when to use this command, click Picture Command Overview.

Picture tab

Image Source

Choose the image you want to display as an inline graphic. The most commonly supported graphic file formats for images are GIF and JPEG. If the image is located on the Internet, type its URL. If the image is located on your hard drive, or on the local area network, choose the Browse button. The HTML equivalent is the value of <IMG SRC=...>.

Browse

Select the image you want to insert by browsing to its location on your hard drive or the local area network. By default, the image's location will be expressed as a relative link.

Link Path

Use this command to change the image's link path from a relative link to a fixed file location.

Alternative Text

Type text to display in place of the image, in case your reader has chosen not to, or cannot, display images. It's a good idea to keep this text under 64 characters; do not embed other tags or character formatting. The HTML equivalent is <IMG ALT=...>.

Video tab

Video Source

Choose the animation, or .avi file, you want to display as an image. If the file is located on the Internet, type its URL. If the file is located on your hard drive, or on the local area network, choose the Browse button. The HTML equivalent is the value of <IMG DYNSRC=...>.

Note  When you insert an <IMG DYNSRC=...> tag into your document, it's a good idea to supply alternative text to display in case your reader's browser does not support this tag. Click the Picture tab and enter text in the Alternative Text box.

Browse

Select the animation you want to link to by browsing to its location on your hard drive or the local area network. By default, the file's location will be expressed as a relative link.

Link Path

Use this command to change the animation's link path from a relative link to a fixed file location.

Start Play

FileOpen

Specifies that the animation will play as soon as the file has been opened. The HTML equivalent is <IMG DYNSRC=... START=FILEOPEN>

MouseOver

Specifies that the animation will play as soon as the reader's mouse hovers over it. The HTML equivalent is <IMG DYNSRC=... START=MOUSEOVER>

Loop

Choose the number of times you want to play your animation. You can choose this number by clicking the up arrow or by typing any number up to 999. If you want the animation to play continually while your document is open, select INFINITE by clicking the down arrow once. The HTML equivalent is <IMG DYNSRC=... LOOP=...>.

Show Controls

Displays a control bar below the animation. The control bar allows your reader to pause or stop the playback of the animation. The HTML equivalent is <IMG DYNSRC=... CONTROLS>.

Options tab

Size

Height and Width:  Type the height and width that you want your graphic displayed in, in pixels. By providing these attributes, you can speed up the rate at which your page is downloaded. If the actual dimensions of your graphic are different from those you specify here, your graphic will be shrunk or stretched to fit. Be sure to test how your graphic will look by using the Preview in Browser command on the File menu. The HTML equivalent is <IMG HEIGHT=... WIDTH=...>.

Border

To display a border around your graphic, check Display Border and specify the border size in pixels. The HTML equivalent is <IMG BORDER=n>, where n is the number of pixels.If the Display Border check box is not selected, your graphic will be displayed with no border around it (<IMG BORDER=0>).

Alignment with Text

The options in this drop-down list allow you to define the vertical and horizontal postion of your inline graphic relative to any text that might be in the line the graphic is located in. The Default option corresponds to giving no ALIGN attribute at all. The other options in the list correspond to the HTML tag <IMG ALIGN=...>.

Default

Aligns your inline graphic with surrounding text based on the default position determined by your reader's browser.

Left

Defines your inline graphic as a "floating" image type. The image "floats" over to the first available space at the left-hand margin. Subsequent text wraps around it to the right.

Right

Also defines your inline graphic as a "floating" image type. The image "floats" over to the first available space at the right-hand margin. Subsequent text wraps around the left-hand side of the image.

Top

Aligns your inline graphic with the top of the tallest item in the line. If the tallest item is another graphic, the top of your image will be aligned with the top of it.

TextTop

Aligns your inline graphic with the top of the tallest text in the line.

Middle

Aligns the middle of your inline graphic with the baseline of the text in the line.

AbsMiddle

Aligns the middle of your inline graphic with the middle of the text in the line; that is, the graphic and text are visually aligned at the middle of each.

Baseline and Bottom

Aligns the bottom of your inline graphic with the baseline of the text in the line.

AbsBottom

Aligns the bottom of your inline graphic with the bottom of the text in the line; that is, the graphic and text are visually aligned at the bottom of each.

Image is a sensitive map

Identifies the graphic as a sensitive image map—a "clickable" graphic, in which different areas of the graphic are mapped to different hyperlinks. When a user clicks on an image map, the location of the area that he clicked is returned to the server. Based on this location, a .map file associated with the graphic determines the hyperlink the user jumps to as a result of his click.

You can set the ISMAP attribute of a graphic with Internet Assistant, but you need to work with your Web administrator to create its associated map file. Click Insert an ISMAP image for more information.

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Related Topics
Picture Command Overview


Picture Command Overview

Using the Picture command, you insert a graphic that will be displayed in your document when it is loaded into a browser. This kind of graphic is called an "inline graphic," or "image," and has the <IMG> markup. You should use these types of graphics judiciously, for two reasons:

1	Inline graphics will not automatically be displayed by every browser. Some browsers are unable to display graphics at all, and most browsers allow users to choose not to download graphics in order to increase browsing speed. Therefore, your page should be understandable even if users can't see the graphics. You should always include alternative text (the ALT attribute) to display in place of these graphics.

2	The fewer inline graphics you include, the quicker your file can be downloaded and browsed through. It is good Web publishing practice not to slow down your users with extremely large (or a large number of) inline graphics. You can speed up your file by reducing the number of colors in your graphics, and also by including HEIGHT and WIDTH attributes.

Inline graphics are commonly used as decorative elements to make a Web page more attractive, like "fancy" bullet characters. Another common use is to provide a graphical "hot spot" that the user clicks in order to activate a hyperlink. The GIF file format is typically used for inline graphics.

There is another way to include graphics in your HTML documents: through hyperlinks. Hyperlinked graphics don't show up when your document is downloaded. The user accesses them by activating a hyperlink. This is the preferred method for linking to graphics that either are very large, or are too important to allow your reader to miss. For more information, click HyperLink Command Overview.

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Picture command (Insert menu)


Insert HTML Markup command (Insert menu)

Use to enter HTML markup directly into your document.

The text you type in this dialog should consist of the markup you want to enter, including opening and closing brackets. The markup will be displayed in your document underlined in blue, as in <HTML Markup>, while you are in HTML Edit view.

When you open a document containing unsupported HTML markup in Web Browse view, the markup is not displayed.

When you open a document in HTML Edit view that has unsupported HTML markup in it, you can edit the markup by double-clicking the blue underlined text.

Note  You can also add HTML markup directly to your document by choosing the HTML Source command from the View menu. Any edits you make to the document's source HTML will be saved when you click the Close button.

However, this method of modifying HTML markup could give unpredictable results the next time you open and save the document in Internet Assistant. Be sure to test your file by previewing it in your favorite browser before you post it to the Web.


Create a form

Before you begin:  Internet Assistant enables you to create the forms your readers will fill out and send back to you. However, you need to work with the administrator of your Web server to receive and process this information.

1	On the Insert menu, click Form Field.

This is equivalent to inserting <FORM> and </FORM> tags in your document.

2	When the message reminding you that you are creating a new form appears, click Continue. You can insert as many forms in your document as you wish, but you cannot nest one form within another.

Top Of Form and Bottom Of Form boundaries appear in your document to delineate the current form.

3	Insert fields into your form, choosing the form fields based on the kind of feedback you want from your readers. For more information, click Form Field command.

4	Type the text that you want to appear next to the form fields you inserted in step 3.

Generally you will want to type the label for a form field before you insert the field itself. For more information, click Tips for Laying Out Your Form.

5	Insert a Submit button.

6	In the Form Submit Button dialog box, enter submission information for the form to specify how you will handle the information coming back from your reader. You need to consult your system administrator. For more information, click Form Submit Button command.

7	Insert a Reset button.

8	When you have finished creating your form, click Protect Form on the Forms toolbar.

Note  To see what your form will look like, save it and then click Preview In Browser on the File menu.


Tips for Laying Out Your Form

Because Internet Assistant's Web Browse view has a limited ability to display Web forms, it's a good idea to check how your form will actually appear in a typical browser. Save the form and then click Preview In Browser on the File menu.

Use these guidelines to help control the layout of your form.

To insert text to the left of a form field, use the left arrow key to position the insertion point, and then type the text. You cannot position the insertion point using the mouse.

You can control spacing by applying the <PRE> style to the paragraphs in your form; this preserves any spacing you applied using tab characters or the space bar. The <PRE> style formats text with a nonproportional font, so it is easier to control horizontal placement of the elements of your form.

Another way to control placement of the fields in your form is by using a table. Move the insertion point between the Top of Form and Bottom of Form boundaries, and click the Insert Table command on the Table menu.

Do not place any form field or button to the right of a wide text area form field. Remember that even though Word displays text areas as if they were five characters long, they will be wide when displayed by other browsers.


Submit Button Form Field

Form Field command (Insert menu)

Use to specify how your form is to be submitted, and to customize the look of the button that users will press to "submit" their responses to the server. The HTML equivalent is <INPUT TYPE=SUBMIT>.

Dialog box options

Name

Lets you define a NAME attribute for the Submit button. This attribute is optional. The HTML equivalent is <INPUT TYPE=SUBMIT NAME=...>.

Appearance

Text

Displays the Submit button as a standard command button. The default label for this button is "Submit." To change the text that appears on the button, type a new label in the Button Label text box. The HTML equivalent is <INPUT TYPE=SUBMIT VALUE=...>

Picture

Lets you select an image to display as the Submit button in your form. Type the name of the graphic in the Picture Source text box, or click Browse and then select the graphic you want from the Insert Picture dialog box. The HTML equivalent is <INPUT TYPE=IMAGE SRC=...>

Submission Information

ACTION

Specifies the URL of the script on your server to which you want to submit the contents of the form. See your system administrator for this information. If you do not specify an ACTION, the default is the current document. The HTML equivalent is <FORM ACTION=...>.

ENCTYPE

This attribute is only present when METHOD is POST. It is a MIME type that specifies the format of the form's data. The default value of ENCTYPE is application/x-www-form-urlencoded. The HTML equivalent is <FORM ENCTYPE=...>.

METHOD

The METHOD attribute of a form specifies the way data is submitted. The default METHOD is GET. The HTML equivalent is <FORM METHOD=...>.


Form Overview

Forms allow you to gather information from your readers. They can fill out a questionnaire, for example, or order your products.

Publishing a form in your Web page is only half of the story. You need to receive the information your readers send back, by running software called a script on your Web server. The type of script you run depends on the operating system of your Web server, and also the type of information you are gathering.

See your system administrator or Internet service provider for information on receiving and processing information that is returned via forms. You will need to discuss issues like how secure the form transactions need to be, the volume of feedback you expect, and how will you store the data you've generated.


Form Field command (Insert menu)
Form Field command

Allows you to choose the types of form fields you want to include in your form. To choose the form fields, you first decide what type of feedback you want from your readers. They can either supply you with information by typing it in, or indicate their preference by choosing an option from a list you supply.

Allowing readers to supply information by typing it

If you want your readers to supply information to you by typing in the form, click Text. Choose Single Line if the information will be fairly short (for example, the reader's name). Choose Multiple Line to give readers a large area to type text in; for example, to type comments.

Allowing readers to indicate their preference

When you display a list of options for readers to choose from to indicate their preference, you have several types of form fields to choose from. You can display one option at a time or all the options at once.

Choose the appropriate form field listed below based on whether your reader can select one, or more than one, option from the list.

If readers can make one selection from a list, and the choice they last made is the only option displayed in the list, click Selection. This type of list is sometimes called a drop-down or pull-down.

If readers can choose several, or all, of the options in a list, and all the options in the list are displayed at once, click Check Box.

If readers can choose only one of the options in your list—for example, Yes or No—click Radio Button Group.

If readers can choose several (or all) of the options in a drop-down list, click Selection, then click Advanced and choose Multiple Selection.

Adding data to the information your readers supply

If you want to include other data with the information your readers send you (data that your readers do not need to be aware of), click Hidden. An example of useful hidden data might be the case where a single script is processing data from many forms, and you need a way to identify which form the data came from.


Text Form Field

Form Field command (Insert menu)

Inserts a form field that allows readers to type information in a form. The HTML equivalent is either <INPUT TYPE=TEXT>, <INPUT TYPE=PASSWORD>, or <TEXTAREA>.

Dialog box options

Field Name

Type the name of the text form field. The HTML equivalent is <INPUT NAME=...>.

Type of Text Field

Single Line

Gives your reader a single line of text to type in. The HTML equivalent is <INPUT TYPE=TEXT>.

Multiple Line

Gives your reader a block of text to type in. The HTML equivalent is <TEXTAREA>.

Password

Gives your reader a single line of text to type a password in. The text is not displayed as it is typed. The HTML equivalent is <INPUT TYPE=PASSWORD>.

Attributes

Maximum Number of Characters

Type the maximum number of characters your script can accept as the value of this field. The HTML equivalent is <INPUT TYPE=TEXTorPASSWORD MAXLENGTH=...>

Visible Size

Type the number of columns, or horizontal spaces, you want to use to display the form field. The HTML equivalent is <INPUT TYPE=TEXTorPASSWORD SIZE=...> or <TEXTAREA ROWS=... COLS=....>.

Default Text

Type the text you want to appear by default in the single-line text form field, if any.


Hidden Form Field

Form Field command (Insert menu)

Inserts a form field that allows you to attach data invisibly to the information your reader sends with the form. The HTML equivalent is <INPUT TYPE=HIDDEN>.

Dialog box options

Name

Type the name of the hidden form field. The HTML equivalent is <INPUT TYPE=HIDDEN NAME=...>.

Value

Type the value of the hidden form field. The HTML equivalent is <INPUT TYPE=HIDDEN VALUE=...>.


Selection Form Field

Form Field command (Insert menu)

Inserts a group of form fields that allows readers to make one selection from a list. The choice they make is the only option displayed in the list. This type of list is sometimes called a drop-down or pull-down. The HTML equivalent is the <SELECT> </SELECT> tag pair with <OPTION>s.

Important  Word cannot display more than 25 items in a drop-down list. To check how your form will actually appear in a typical browser, save the form and then click Preview in Browser on the File menu.

Dialog box options

Field Name

Type the name of the selection field. The HTML equivalent is <SELECT NAME=...>.

Option Name

Type the label you want to appear next to the selection field. The HTML equivalent is the label for an <OPTION>.

Value When Selected

Type text that indicates the value of the form field. This value will be returned when the item is selected by the reader. The HTML equivalent is <OPTION VALUE=...>.

Add

When the Option Name and Value When Selected text boxes are filled in, click Add to add the item to the list.

Remove

Select an item and then click Remove to remove it from the list.

Items in Drop-Down List

Displays the items you have identified for your list.

Move Selected Options

To change the order in which an item appears in a drop-down list, click the item in the Items in Drop-Down List box, and then click the Move buttons.

Advanced

Multiple Selection

Allows readers to make more than one selection from a drop-down list. The HTML equivalent is <SELECT MULTIPLE>.

Selected Option

Identifies the selected option in the Items in Drop-Down List box to appear to be selected in the drop-down list by default. The HTML equivalent is <OPTION SELECTED>.


Check Box Form Field

Form Field command (Insert menu)

Inserts form fields that allows readers to choose several, or all, of the options in a list. All the options in the list are displayed at once.

Dialog box options

Name

Type the name of the check box field. The HTML equivalent is <INPUT TYPE=CHECKBOX NAME=...>.

Value

Type the value of the check box field. The HTML equivalent is <INPUT TYPE=CHECKBOX VALUE=...>.

Checked

Select to display the check box field as being checked by default. The HTML equivalent is <INPUT TYPE=CHECKBOX CHECKED>.


Radio Button Group Form Field

Form Field command (Insert menu)

Inserts a group of form fields that allows readers to choose only one of the options in the list—for example, Yes or No. The HTML equivalent is <INPUT TYPE=RADIO>.

Dialog box options

Group Name

Type the name of the radio button group form field. Every item in the group has the same name. The HTML equivalent is <INPUT TYPE=RADIO NAME=...>.

Button Name

Type the value of the radio button form field. The HTML equivalent is <INPUT TYPE=RADIO VALUE=...>.

Add

When the Button Name text box is filled in, click Add to add the item to the radio button group.

Remove

Select an item and then click Remove to remove it from the radio button group.

Items in Group

Displays the items you have identified for your radio button group.

Move Selected Options

To change the order in which an item appears in the radio button group-down list, click the item in the Items in Group box, and then click the Move buttons.


Reset Button Form Field

Form Field command (Insert menu)

Inserts a Reset button into your form. Your readers use the Reset button after they have filled out and submitted their form; Reset erases all the information they have entered into the form so the next reader will not see what they have written.

Button Label

Type the text you want to display as the button label. The default label for this button is "Reset." The HTML equivalent is <INPUT TYPE=RESET VALUE=...>.


HTML Forms and Equivalent Word Commands

The following table lists HTML form tags and their equivalent Word commands. These commands are all found under Form Field on the Insert menu.

Tag	Attributes		Word command	Use this tag to:
<INPUT	TYPE=TEXT		Text, Single Line	Give your reader a single-line text field to type in.
		NAME	Text, Field name
		VALUE	Supplied by reader, or Text, Default text
		MAXLENGTH	Text, Maximum number of characters
		SIZE	Text, Visible size
<INPUT	TYPE=CHECKBOX			Give your reader a choice of several (or all) of the options in a list. All options are displayed at once.
		NAME	Check Box, Name
		VALUE	Check Box, Value
		CHECKED	Check Box, Checked
<INPUT	TYPE=RADIO			Give your reader a choice of only one of the options in a list.
		NAME	Radio Button Group, Group name	All items in the list have the same name.
		VALUE	Radio Button Group, Button name	Only the selected item returns a name/value pair to the script.
<INPUT	TYPE=SUBMIT			Give your reader a button to push to submit the form.
		VALUE	Submit Button, Button label
<INPUT	TYPE=IMAGE			Give your reader a graphic to "push" to submit the form.
		SRC	Submit Button, Picture source
<FORM		ACTION	Submit Button, Action	Define attributes for how the form is handled.
		ENCTYPE	Submit Button, Enctype
		METHOD	Submit Button, Method
<INPUT	TYPE=RESET			Give your reader a button to push to reset all form-field values to their defaults.
		VALUE	Reset Button, Button label
<INPUT	TYPE=PASSWORD		Text, Password	Give your reader a single-line text field to type a password in.
		NAME	Text, Field name
		VALUE	Supplied by your reader
		MAXLENGTH	Text, Maximum number of characters
		SIZE	Text, Visible size
<INPUT	TYPE=HIDDEN			Send information back to yourself that your reader does not need to see.
		NAME	Hidden, Name
		VALUE	Hidden, Value
<TEXTAREA			Text, Multiple line	Give your reader a large text field to type in.
		NAME	Text, Field name
		ROWS	Text, Visible size, lines
		COLS	Text, Visible size, columns
<SELECT				Give your readers one choice from a type of list typically called a drop-down or pull-down list.
		NAME	Selection, Field name
<OPTION			Selection, Option name	Label each choice in a drop-down list.
		VALUE	Selection, Value when selected
		SELECTED	Selection, Advanced, Selected option is default	By default, the option with this attribute appears to be selected in the drop-down list.
<SELECT	MULTIPLE		Selection, Advanced, Multiple Selection	Give your readers several choices from a drop-down (or pull-down) list.
		NAME	Selection, Field name


Glossary

anchor

bookmark

browser

FTP

GIF

gopher

head

HREF

HTML

HTTP

hyperlink

image

Internet

ISMAP

JPEG

MIME

relative link

tag

TCP/IP

URL

World Wide Web


URL defined
URL
Uniform Resource Locator

Identifies the full path of a document, graphic, or other file to locate it on the Internet. In a Web document, the destination of a hyperlink is often a URL.

The first part of a URL identifies the server type or transfer protocol, followed by a colon and double forward slashes. Some examples of URLs are given below.

http://www.someones.homepage/default.html

ftp://ftp.server.somewhere/ftp.file

gopher://server.name


HTML defined
HTML
Hypertext Markup Language

A system of marking up, or tagging, a document so it can be published on the World Wide Web. Using a generic markup language allows a single text file to be displayed on multiple computer platforms by many types of display software, or browsers. Internet Assistant supports HTML level 2.0 as well as some commonly used tags that are not yet part of the HTML specification. See HTML Tags and Equivalent Word Commands.

You incorporate HTML markup in a document to define the function (as distinct from the appearance) of different text elements. The appearance of these text elements is not defined at the authoring stage; formatting is applied when a browser decides how it is going to display the text elements.

Example


<HTML>

<HEAD>

<TITLE> ... </TITLE>

  other head elements if needed

</HEAD>

<BODY>

  body elements

</BODY>

</HTML>


Browser defined
browser

Software that interprets the markup of HTML files posted on the World Wide Web, formats them into Web pages, and displays them to the user. Browsers can also play sound or video files embedded in Web documents if you have the necessary hardware. Internet Assistant is both a browser and an HTML editor.


Anchor defined
anchor

The HTML element that connects Web documents.  Anchors either jump to another location, or are jumped to by other anchors.  They have two major attributes:  HREF or NAME.  When you insert an anchor with an HREF attribute into your document, the anchor is a hyperlink to another location—either to a file outside of the current document, or to a different location within the same document. When you insert an anchor with a NAME attribute, the anchor becomes a destination for other hyperlinks to jump to. In Word, this kind of anchor is called a bookmark.

Example


Anchor that is a hyperlink to a file outside of the current document::

<A HREF="location.of.outside.file"> text to display as link </A>

Anchor that is a hyperlink to another location within the same document:

<A HREF="#location.within.this.document"> text to display as link </A>

Anchor that is a destination for other hyperlinks to jump to (bookmark):

<A NAME="destination"> optional text to label destination </A>


HREF defined
HREF
hypertext reference

Attribute of the HTML anchor element that identifies the anchor as a hyperlink. The value of the HREF determines the destination of the hyperlink.

Example


HREF to a location within the current document

HREF="#anchor.with.NAME.attribute"

HREF to a URL of a document or other file

HREF="http://www.someones.home.page/default.html"

HREF to a relative link

HREF="../../file.in.subdirectory.two.levels.up"


Relative link defined
relative link

One of two ways to identify the destination of a hyperlink. The destination of a relative link is given by describing its position relative to the file the hyperlink is located in. You only use a relative link when you can control the location of the file you are jumping to.

The other way to identify the destination of a hyperlink is by using a URL, which can be thought of as a fixed file location, or absolute link. A URL identifies the destination of a hyperlink by its full network address, not by its address in relation to the active document. You give a URL as the destination of a hyperlink when you don't control the location of the file you are jumping to on the Internet.

Example


Say that volumes and chapters of a book are organized into subdirectories:

\volume1
         \chapter1.html

         \chapter2.html

          etc.

\volume2
         \chapter7.html

         \chapter8.html

A relative link from chapter 1 to chapter 8 has this form:

<A HREF="../volume2/chapter8.html">Jump to Chapter 8</A>


Image defined
image
IMG

The HTML element used for embedding inline graphics into your document.

The SRC attribute, which gives the location of the graphic, is mandatory.

The ALT attribute, which defines text for a non-graphical browser to display in place of the graphic, is strongly suggested.

The ALIGN attribute specifies the relative position between the graphic and any text displayed in the same line. The three values are TOP, BOTTOM, and CENTER.

The HEIGHT and WIDTH attributes specify the size you want your graphic displayed in, in pixels. Providing these values allows a browser to display your graphic more quickly.

There is no end tag for <IMG>.

<IMG SRC="..." ALT="..." ALIGN="...">

For information on when to use the <IMG> tag, click Picture Command Overview.


Head defined
head

The head element is a collection of information about a document that is used by programs outside of the document. <TITLE> is the only mandatory tag in the head element.

Note that although you do not need to add <HEAD> tags directly because Internet Assistant automatically adds them, you do need to create a <TITLE> tag for each document. For more information, click HTML Document Head Information.

Example


ISMAP defined
ISMAP

Attribute of the image element that informs the browser that the image is a sensitive map—that is, a graphic that contains hyperlinks. You set the ISMAP attribute with Internet Assistant, but you need to work with your Web administrator to generate the graphic's associated map file. For more information, click Insert an ISMAP image.


Bookmark defined
bookmark

In Word, bookmarks are used to name a location or section of text in a file. The HTML equivalent of a Word bookmark is an anchor with the NAME attribute; this type of anchor is used as a destination for hyperlinks. In Internet Assistant, you use bookmarks to create anchors with the NAME attribute.

For more information, click Create a bookmark-like anchor that other hyperlinks can jump to.

Example


Inside a document named Destination.html, a location is marked with this anchor:

<A NAME="jump_here">text to jump to</A>

To jump to this anchor, a hyperlink in another document looks like this:

<A HREF="Destination.html#jump_here">jump there</A>


Tag defined
tag

Text in angle brackets that represents HTML markup. Web browsers display text and graphic elements based on the tags an author used. The tag itself is not displayed by the browser. For example, the text

Make <B>this text</B> look bold

is displayed like this by a browser:

Make this text look bold

When you create HTML documents in Internet Assistant, you don't have to type HTML tags. Internet Assistant automatically converts Word styles into HTML tags for you.


MIME defined
MIME
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions

A standard that allows binary data to be published and read on the Internet. The header of a file with binary data contains the MIME type of the data; this informs client programs (Web browsers and mail packages, for instance) that they will need to handle the data some way other than they handle straight text. For example, the header of a Web document containing a JPEG graphic contains the MIME type specific to the JPEG file format. This allows a browser to display the file with its JPEG viewer, if one is present.


FTP defined
FTP
File Transfer Protocol

A software standard that allows the movement of files from one computer on the Internet to another.You can use Internet Assistant to copy files from FTP servers, but you cannot use it to post files to FTP servers.

URLs of files on FTP servers begin with the string ftp://


Gopher defined
gopher

An interface that allows access to resources on the Internet. Gopher servers contain menus that list categories of information to choose from. Gopher menus have the same function as hyperlinks in Web documents. You can access gopher servers using Internet Assistant.

URLs of files on gopher servers begin with the string gopher://


GIF defined
GIF
Graphics Interchange Format

A graphics file format that many Web browsers can display as inline graphics. GIF was developed specifically for transmitting images. It is best used for graphics with few colors, such as cartoons or line drawings. GIF files are compressed bitmaps. See also JPEG.


JPEG defined
JPEG
Joint Photographic Experts Group

A graphics file format supported by many Web browsers. JPEG was developed for compressing and storing photographic images and is best used for graphics containing many colors, such as scanned photos. JPEG files, which have a *.JPG extension in Windows, are compressed bitmaps. See also GIF.


HTTP defined
HTTP
Hypertext Transfer Protocol

World Wide Web standard for transferring data between Web servers and clients. URLs of files on Web servers begin with the string http://


Hyperlink defined
hyperlink
hypertext link

Hyperlinks are the "hot spots" that connect Web documents to other files on the Internet. Hyperlinks can connect to a location within the same file, or to a document on a server halfway around the world. Hyperlinks can be used to display text and graphics, and—with the necessary hardware support and software viewers installed—video, sound, animation, and even files from productivity applications such as spreadsheets and word processors.

Hyperlinks are created with the HTML anchor element. The locations they lead to are specified by the HREF attribute of the anchor element.


Internet defined
Internet

A network of networks that share a set of protocols, such as TCP/IP and FTP. The Internet has grown from a network of U.S. government and university servers to an international network that encompasses commercial organizations as well. It wasn't until the World Wide Web was established in the early 1990s that the Internet became versatile and easy to use, and its popularity is now expanding at an exponential rate.


Proxy defined
proxy server

A way to protect your local area network from being accessed by others on the Internet. The proxy server acts as a security barrier between your internal network and the Internet, keeping others on the Internet from accessing confidential information on your internal network.


TCP/IP defined
TCP/IP
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol

Internet standard for transferring data among networked computers.


World Wide Web defined
WWW
World Wide Web

A group of Internet servers that share a set of protocols, such as HTTP, and conventions, such as HTML. Using Web browsing software, you can activate hyperlinks in Web documents and jump from one location to another in any order you choose. You can also open documents on Web servers that contain many types of information—not just text, but sound, animations, video, etc. If your computer is capable, you can view these videos and play back the sound files. For further information, see http://www.w3.org/hypertext/WWW/TheProject.html.


Base defined
BASE (URL)

Quoted from HTML specification 2.0, a work in progress:

The BASE element allows the URL of the document itself to be recorded in situations in which the document may be read out of context. URLs within the document may be in a 'partial' form relative to this base address. Where the base address is not specified, the browser uses the URL it used to access the document to resolve any relative URLs. The one attribute for BASE is HREF, which identifies the URL.

Say that the URL of a home page is http://www.myhome/default.htm. All relative links on this page are resolved using this URL—for example, a browser will look for the graphic specified in <IMG SRC="images/mygraphic.gif"> at http://www.myhome/default.htm/images/mygraphic.gif. If you add a base element to the home page that gives http://www.myhome/default.htm/ as its attribute, you can move the home page and the relative links will continue to be resolved using that base URL.


Isindex defined
ISINDEX

Quoted from HTML specification 2.0, a work in progress:

The ISINDEX element informs the browser that the document is an index document. An index document can be queried with a keyword search by adding a question mark to the end of the document address, followed by a list of keywords separated by plus signs. See the network address format for more information.


Proxy Server command (Tools menu)

Defines a computer for you to use as a proxy server on the Internet. You use this command when you want to protect your local area network from being accessed by others on the Internet.

Dialog box options

Use Proxy Server

Select this check box if you want to use a proxy server. All requests to and from the Internet will be filtered through the proxy server. For more information, contact your network administrator.

Settings

Proxy Server

Provides a space for you to type the address and port number of the HTTP server you want to use as a proxy. If you do not know the address or port number, contact your network administrator.

Bypass Proxy On

Provides a space for you to type the names of computers, domains, and ports on the Internet that you can gain access to without going through the proxy server. Separate each item you type with a comma.

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Related Topics


Configure proxy servers


Table Borders command (Table menu)

Applies a border to the current table.

Dialog box options

None

Specifies that the table has no border. This is the default value. The HTML equivalent is <TABLE> with no BORDER attribute.

Grid

Applies a border to all cells in the table. The HTML equivalent is <TABLE BORDER=...>

Line Size

Enter the size of the table border, in pixels. The default value is 1.

Border Color

Choose a color to display the border in. The HTML equivalent is <TABLE BORDERCOLOR=#rrggbb>, where #rrggbb is the hexadecimal color-code equivalent to the color you chose.


Table Background Color command (Table menu)

Specifies a background color in which to display a cell, selected cells, or an entire table. You can specify a different color for each cell.

Dialog box options

Background Color

Choose the color you want to display the cells of your table in. The HTML equivalent is <TH or TD BGCOLOR=#rrggbb>, where #rrggbb is the hexadecimal color-code equivalent to the color you chose.

Apply to

Selected Cells

Displays the selected cells in the color you chose. If no cells were selected before you clicked the Background Color command, the color will be applied only to the cell where the insertion point is located.

Entire Table

Displays the table in the color you chose.


Table Cell Width and Spacing command (Table menu)

Specifies cell width and the spacing between cells. You can drag column borders with the mouse in order to specify absolute column widths (the default setting), or you can choose to allow browsers to automatically size the columns of your table. You can also specify column widths in precise measurements.

Dialog box options

WYSIWYG Column Widths

Specifies absolute column widths for your table that are identical to the columns you see onscreen. If you don't want to determine column widths, but would rather let browsers automatically size the columns, clear this checkbox. The HTML equivalent is<TD or TH WIDTH=...>.

Note  If you clear this checkbox, be sure to select the Automatically Sized option at the same time.

Cell Width

Automatically sized

Allows your reader's browser to determine the width of the cells in your table. Select this option only when you have cleared the WYSIWYG Column Widths checkbox. The HTML equivalent is a table cell (<TH or TD>) with no WIDTH attribute.

Provide hints

Allows you to specify column widths using precise measurements. The value you enter is given in the default units you have set through the General tab on the Tools Options command. The HTML equivalent is <TD or TH WIDTH=...>. If you want to specify column widths in percentages, use the HTML Markup command on the Insert menu.

Note  You'll notice blue underlined asterisks ( * ) in your table after you have changed the WYSIWYG Column Widths setting, or after saving and reopening a document with a table. These asterisks signify that Internet Assistant has stored column width information as direct HTML markup. Do not delete these asterisks unless you intend to redefine column widths.

Cell Spacing

Enter a value to specify the horizontal spacing you want to insert between cells. The value you enter is given in the default units you have set through the General tab on the Tools Options command. The HTML equivalent is <TABLE CELLSPACING=...>.


Table Align command (Table menu)

Specifies the alignment of your table relative to the rest of page. Also specifies horizontal and vertical alignment of text in individual cells.

Note  This command is the only way to align table cells; aligning them through toolbar buttons or keyboard shortcuts does not work.

Dialog box options

Entire Table

Specifies whether the table is left-aligned or centered relative to the rest of the text on the page. The HTML equivalent is <TABLE ALIGN=...>.

Text in Table Cells

Horizontal

Select the horizontal alignment in which you want to display text in the current cell. In many browsers the default value is LEFT for table data, and CENTER for table header. The HTML equivalent is <TR or TD or TH ALIGN=...>.

Vertical

Select the vertical alignment in which you want to display text in the current cell. The default value is MIDDLE. The HTML equivalent is <TR or TD or TH VALIGN=...>. The value of VALIGN=BASELINE applies to all cells in a row and specifies that they all vertically align to the same baseline.


Table Caption command (Table menu)

Displays a caption for your table.

Dialog box options

Caption

Type the text of the caption for your table. The HTML equivalent is <TABLE><CAPTION> Text </CAPTION>...</TABLE>.

Select whether you want to display the caption above or below the table. There is no default value, but the typical position is above the table. The HTML equivalent is <CAPTION ALIGN=TOP or BOTTOM>.


Table Cell Type command (Table menu)

Specifies whether a cell is a table header (the HTML equivalent is the <TH> tag) or contains table data (the HTML equivalent is the <TD> tag). The default value is table data. The two types of cells are identical, except that the default format for a table header is centered and bold.

Dialog box options

Select Table Header or Table Data to specify the type of cell you want the current cell to be.


Create a table

Use for:  Organizing information that is best displayed in a tabular format of rows and columns.

1	On the Table menu, click Insert Table. This is equivalent to inserting <TABLE> and </TABLE> tags in your document.

2	Choose the number of rows and columns you need, and then click OK. Leave the Column Width setting as Auto.

3	Type text in the rows and columns of your table.

If you want to change the width of your columns, drag column borders with the mouse.

Note  By default, you are working in WYSIWYG—what you see is what you get—mode, and the column widths you set here are exactly the same widths as the columns that will be displayed to your readers. If you would rather allow your reader's browser to size column widths, click Cell Width and Spacing on the Table menu, and clear the WYSIWYG Column Widths checkbox. For more information, click Cell Width and Spacing.

4	Distinguish table headers from regular cells by selecting the cell containing the header and clicking Cell Type on the Table menu.

Typically a table header cell is positioned at the head of a column, although you can also specify a row header using this command.

5	Give your table a title, or caption. Click Caption on the Table menu and type your caption. The typical position of a table caption is above the table.

6	Format your table using commands from the Table menu:

To apply a border around all cells, click Borders.

To precisely specify column width and the spacing between columns, click Cell Width and Spacing.

To align the entire table relative to surrounding text, or to align the text within cells, click Align.

To display certain cells (or all cells) with a background color, click Background Color.


Link Path command
Link Path

Picture or HyperLink command (Insert menu)

Lets you change the hyperlink you just created from a relative link to a link with a fixed file location (also known as an absolute link).

Dialog box options

Use Fixed File Location

When selected, this checkbox changes the link path of your hyperlink from a relative link to a path that gives the fixed file location—that is, the full address—of where the file you are linking to is located.

For a discussion of when to use relative links versus fixed file locations, click HyperLink Command Overview.


Unable to Create Relative Link

You cannot create a valid relative link because the current document you are creating the hyperlink in has not been saved yet.

If you click Save Document Now, you will be able to create a valid relative link.

If you click Continue Without Saving, the hyperlink path will be expressed as a fixed file location—that is, the full address of the file.

In the second case, the hyperlink will contain drive information that will be meaningless when you post this document on the Web. The only valid hyperlinks in Web documents are relative links or URLs. Therefore, you should redefine the link after the current document has been saved. For more information, click HyperLink Command Overview.


Background and Links command (Format menu)

Change the appearance of your page by: adding a background graphic, changing the background color, modifying the color that body text and hyperlinks are displayed in, or creating a watermark—a graphic that stays fixed as text scrolls past it. The HTML equivalents are various attributes to the <BODY> tag, described below.

Note  The attributes you set in this dialog box cannot be displayed in Internet Assistant's Web Browse view. To see how your page will look in a standard browser, choose Preview in Browser from the File menu.

Dialog box options

Background

When you customize the background of a Web page, be aware of the effect this will have on the graphics you publish. For some graphics it would be effective to convert them to transparent GIFs so they won't stand out against or clash with the background of your page.

Image

Choose a graphic to display in the background of your page. The graphic will be tiled behind any text or other graphics on the page. Be sure that the graphic you choose for the background doesn't clash with the color you choose for text and hyperlinks, or otherwise interfere with the readability of your page. The HTML equivalent is <BODY BACKGROUND=...>.

Do not scroll image

Select this check box if you want the graphic to stay fixed in position and not scroll with the rest of your page. This is called a "watermark." The HTML equivalent is <BODY BACKGROUND=... BGPROPERTIES="FIXED">.

Color

Choose the color you want to display in the background of your page. Do not change the color of your background if you already have chosen a background graphic (unless the background graphic is transparent). The HTML equivalent is <BODY BACKGROUND=... BGCOLOR=#rrggbb>, where #rrggbb is the hexadecimal color-code equivalent to the color you chose.

Text Colors

Body Text

Choose the color of the body text for your page. The HTML equivalent is <BODY TEXT=#rrggbb>, where #rrggbb is the hexadecimal color-code equivalent to the color you chose.

Hyperlink to pages not yet viewed

Choose the color in which you want to display hyperlinks that have not yet been visited during your reader's browsing session. The HTML equivalent is <BODY LINK=#rrggbb>, where #rrggbb is the hexadecimal color-code equivalent to the color you chose.

Hyperlink to pages already viewed

Choose the color in which you want to display hyperlinks that have been visited during your reader's browsing session. The HTML equivalent is <BODY VLINK=#rrggbb>, where #rrggbb is the hexadecimal color-code equivalent to the color you chose.


Marquee command (Insert menu)

Inserts a rectangular banner in your document for text to scroll across. This is called a marquee. You can set the size and color of the marquee, as well as the rate of motion and behavior of the marquee text. The HTML equivalent is the <MARQUEE> tag.

Note  Marquees cannot be displayed in Web Browse view. To see how the marquee will look in your standard browser, choose Preview in Browser from the File menu.

Dialog box options

Text

Type the text you want to scroll across your page. The HTML equivalent is <MARQUEE> Text </MARQUEE>.

Direction

Specifies the direction the marquee text scrolls in. The default direction is to the right. The HTML equivalent is <MARQUEE DIRECTION=...>.

Movement Speed

Specifies the speed of the marquee text.

Delay

Enter the number of milliseconds to pause between each successive draw of the marquee text. The smaller this number, the faster the marquee text moves. The HTML equivalent is <MARQUEE SCROLLDELAY=...>.

Amount

Enter the number of pixels you want the marquee text to move each time it is redrawn. The smaller this number, the smoother the marquee text moves. The HTML equivalent is <MARQUEE SCROLLAMOUNT=...>.

Behavior

Specifies how the marquee text moves.

Scroll

This is the default setting. The text originates outside the marquee, scrolls horizontally across it, and then scrolls out of the marquee. The HTML equivalent is <MARQUEE BEHAVIOR=SCROLL>.

Slide

The text originates outside the marquee, scrolls horizontally across it, and then stops at the opposite margin and does not move. The HTML equivalent is <MARQUEE BEHAVIOR=SLIDE>.

Alternate

The text originates inside the marquee, scrolls horizontally across it, bounces off the opposite margin, scrolls back across the marquee, bounces off the other margin, etc. The HTML equivalent is <MARQUEE BEHAVIOR=ALTERNATE>.

Size

Specifies the size of the marquee itself.

Height

Enter the number of pixels in height for your marquee. The HTML equivalent is <MARQUEE HEIGHT=...>.

Width

Enter the number of pixels in width for your marquee. The HTML equivalent is <MARQUEE WIDTH=...>.

Align with Text

Specifies the relative placement of any text located next to the marquee. The HTML equivalent is <MARQUEE ALIGN=...>.

Background Color

Choose the background color of your marquee from the list. The HTML equivalent is <MARQUEE BGCOLOR=#rrggbb>, where #rrggbb is the hexadecimal color-code equivalent to the color you chose.


Font command (Format menu)

Modifies how text is displayed in your document. The HTML equivalent is <FONT> </FONT>.

Dialog box options

Font

Select a font from the list. The HTML equivalent is <FONT FACE=...>. To list several fonts as alternatives in case the first one is not available on your reader's computer, use the HTML Markup command on the Insert menu.

Color

Choose a color to display text in. The HTML equivalent is <FONT COLOR=#rrggbb>, where #rrggbb is the hexadecimal color-code equivalent to the color you chose.

Size

Choose the size (in points) that you want text to be displayed in. The HTML equivalent is a value for <FONT SIZE=...> ranging from 1 to 7, as listed in the table below.

Text size	<FONT SIZE=
9	1
10	2
12	3 (default)
14	4
18	5
24	6
36	7
Note  Font size is expressed relative to a user-defined basefont element, if one is present. The default value is 3; valid values range from 1 to 7. Internet Assistant does not support direct authoring of the <BASEFONT SIZE=...> tag. To add this tag to your document, use the HTML markup command on the Insert menu.

Effects

Choose Subscript or Superscript if that is how you want text to be displayed. The HTML equivalent is <SUB>...</SUB> or <SUP>...</SUP>.


Background Sound command (Format menu)

Plays a background sound as soon as a reader opens your document. The HTML equivalent is <BGSOUND>.

Dialog box options

Sound

Type or select the link path of the sound you want to play (.wav or .au file format). The HTML equivalent is <BGSOUND SRC=...>.

Playback

Choose the number of times you want to play your sound file. You can choose this number by clicking the up arrow or by typing any number up to 999. If you want the sound file to play continually while your document is open, select INFINITE by clicking the down arrow once. The HTML equivalent is <BGSOUND LOOP=...>.


Internet Assistant Menu Commands

The commands listed below are added to Word's menus by Internet Assistant.

Menu Commands in Web Browse View

Menu Commands in HTML Edit View


Menu Commands in Web Browse View

File menu

Reload

Open URL

Close All Documents

HTML Document Info

Edit menu

Copy HyperLink

View menu

HTML Edit

Load Images [on]/[off]

HTML Source

Tools menu

Open Favorite Places

Add to Favorite Places

Proxy Server

Window menu

Go Back

Go Forward

Home

History List


Menu Commands in HTML Edit View

File menu

Open URL

Browse Web

Preview in Browser

HTML Document Info

Edit menu

Copy HyperLink

View menu

Web Browse

HTML Source

Insert menu

Form Field

Picture

HyperLink

Horizontal Rule

Marquee

HTML Markup

Format menu

Background and Links

Background Sound

Font

Increase Font Size

Decrease Font Size

Center Align

Left Align

Bullets

Numbering

Multilevel Numbering

Increase Indent

Decrease Indent

Tools menu

Proxy Server

Table menu

Insert Table (Word command)

Borders

Cell Width and Spacing

Cell Type

Align

Caption

Background Color


Open URL command

Displays the Open URL dialog box. Type the URL of the file you want to open.


Browse Web command

Opens Default.doc, the Internet Assistant "home page."


Reload command

Reloads the current document into memory. Use this command to ensure that you have the latest version of a file, or to refresh images that might have been incompletely downloaded.


HTML Document Info command

Allows you to define the title and other information for the head of the document by opening the HTML Document Info dialog box. For more information, click HTML Document Information (File menu).


Close All Documents command

Closes all open documents. If you have not previously saved changes to each document, Word asks if you want to save the document before you close it.

Important  If Word asks if you want to save an HTML file you have not saved before, click Cancel and then click Save As on the File menu. If you say yes to this dialog, Word will save your file as a Word document (*.doc) rather than an HTML document (*.htm).


Copy HyperLink command

Copies to the Clipboard the URL of the document that is currently loaded in Internet Assistant. You can then paste the URL into any other Word document.

Note  If the current document is located on the Internet, the hyperlink copied by this command will always be a full URL. If the document is located on your local drive, the hyperlink copied by this command will be a relative link. For more information, click Create a hyperlink.


Go Back command

Moves the insertion point back to the last HTML document you selected. This command has the same effect as clicking the Go Back button on the toolbar.


Go Forward command

Moves the insertion point forward to the next HTML document you selected. This command is only available if you have previously used the Go Back command. It has the same effect as clicking the Go Forward button on the toolbar.


Preview in Browser command

Allows you to preview how your HTML document will look by opening the current document in Internet Explorer, or whatever browser you have installed. This is especially useful for previewing forms.

Note  After you preview your document and switch back to Internet Assistant, make any edits to your document that you want and then save it. When you return to the browser, use the refresh or reload command to view the latest version of your document.


Home command

Reloads Default.doc, the Internet Assistant home page. This command has the same effect as clicking the Home button on the toolbar.


Web Browse command

Switches you to Web Browse view. When you are in Web Browse view, Internet Assistant is a browser that displays Web pages. This command has the same effect as clicking the Switch to Web Browse View button on the toolbar.


HTML Edit command

Switches you to HTML Edit view. This command has the same effect as clicking the Switch to Edit View button on the toolbar.


Load Images [on]/[off] command

Enables and disables the display of inline graphics. If Load Images [on] appears on the View menu, then loading inline graphics is enabled. If Load Images [off] appears, then loading inline graphics is disabled.


HTML Source command

Closes the current Word document and opens it as a text file. You can edit this file if you need to make changes directly to the HTML markup. To save changes after editing, click Close on the HTML toolbar, and then click Yes.


Horizontal Rule command

Inserts a horizontal rule into your document at the insertion point. Horizontal rules are useful for visually dividing up the information in your Web pages. The HTML equivalent is the <HR> tag. This command has the same effect as clicking the Horizontal Rule button on the toolbar.


Marquee command

Opens the Marquee dialog box so you can insert a text marquee into your document. For more information, see Marquee command (Insert menu).


Background and Links command

Opens the Background and Links dialog box. You can choose an image to display as the background of your Web page (BACKGROUND attribute), and you can specify that this graphic function like a watermark and stay fixed in position on your page (BGPROPERTIES=FIXED attribute). You can set a background color (BGCOLOR attribute) for your page. You can also specify the color that text will be displayed in, as well as the color of visited and unvisited hyperlinks (TEXT, VLINK, and LINK attributes, respectively).

Note  You can specify colors for all these attributes, but you will not be able to see them in browsers that do not support these attributes. Because of limitations in how Word displays text, you also will not be able to see these attributes in Internet Assistant's Web Browse view. To preview in a standard browser, choose Preview in Browser from the File menu.


Background Sound command

Opens the Background Sound dialog box so you can choose a sound file to be played when a reader opens your document. You can specify how many times to play the sound. The HTML equivalent is the <BGSOUND> tag. For more information, see Background Sound command (Format menu).


Font command

Opens the Font dialog box so you can define the typeface and color for text to be displayed in. You can also define text to be subscripted or superscripted. For more information, click Font command (Format menu).


Increase Font Size

Increases selected text by one increment relative to its current size. The HTML equivalent is <FONT SIZE=n+1>.

This command works strictly in relation to the existing size of the text you have selected. For example, you select a string of default paragraph text that has not had its size modified—that is, it is displayed in the basefont of the page. This text is assumed to have <FONT SIZE=3>. If you click Increase Font Size, the selected text will be displayed as <FONT SIZE=4>. In Internet Assistant and Internet Explorer, where the default basefont is 12 points, this will increase the size of selected text to the next increment in the list of available font sizes—for Internet Explorer, this will be 14-point type.


Decrease Font Size

Decreases selected text by one increment relative to its current size. The HTML equivalent is <FONT SIZE=n-1>.

This command works strictly in relation to the existing size of the text you have selected. For example, you select a string of default paragraph text that has not had its size modified—that is, it is displayed in the basefont of the page. This text is assumed to have <FONT SIZE=3>. If you click Decrease Font Size, the selected text will be displayed as <FONT SIZE=2>. In Internet Assistant and Internet Explorer, where the default basefont is 12 points, this will decrease the size of selected text to the next lower increment in the list of available font sizes—for Internet Explorer, this will be 10-point type.


Center Align command

Centers selected paragraphs. The HTML equivalent is the <CENTER> tag. This command has the same effect as clicking the Center button on the toolbar.


Left Align command

Aligns selected paragraphs with the left margin. This command has the same effect as clicking the Align Left button on the toolbar.


History List command

Opens the History List dialog box, which displays a cumulative list of the last 50 URLs you have opened during your Web browsing sessions. To return to a destination you previously visited, select the destination URL from the list and then click Go To. This command has the same effect as clicking the History button on the toolbar.

To delete all entries out of the History List, delete them from the Registry. On the Start menu, click Run. Type regedit. In the Registry Editor, select HKEY_CURRENT_USER and open the Software\Microsoft\Word folder, and then open the Internet Assistant\History folder. Select the History entries and delete them.


Open Favorite Places Doc command
Open Favorite Places command

Opens Favorite.doc, the list of URLs that you can customize to include your own favorite destinations. This command has the same effect as clicking the Open Favorite button on the toolbar.


Add to Favorite Places Doc command
Add to Favorite Places command

Adds the URL of the current document to Favorite.doc, the list of URLs that you can customize to include your own favorite destinations. This command has the same effect as clicking the Add Favorite button on the toolbar.


Proxy Server command

Opens the Proxy Server dialog box. Type the HTTP server address and the port number for the computer you want to use as the proxy server. For more information, click Proxy Server (Tools menu).


Bullet command

Inserts a bulleted paragraph at the insertion point, or formats selected paragraphs as items in a bulleted list. This command has the same effect as clicking the Bullets button on the toolbar. The HTML equivalent is the <UL> tag followed by <LI> list items.


Numbering command

Inserts a numbered list item at the insertion point, or formats selected paragraphs as items in a numbered list. This command has the same effect as clicking the Numbering button on the toolbar. The HTML equivalent is the <OL> tag followed by <LI> list items.


Multilevel Numbering command

Opens the Bullets And Numbering dialog box so you can choose the Multilevel tab to define a group of paragraphs as a multilevel, or "nested," numbered list. Before you use this command, you identify which paragraphs are to be nested by adding a tab character at the beginning of the paragraph. If you want to nest the paragraph two levels deep, add two tab characters; if three levels deep, add three tab characters, etc.

You can also create nested numbered lists using the Increase Indent command. Click Create a nested list for more information.

Note  By using this command, you can modify how multilevel, bulleted, and numbered lists are displayed in your document. However, any modifications made this way are lost when the document is saved, closed, and reopened.

You can permanently modify how lists are displayed by selecting a paragraph formatted with a list style, clicking Style on the Format menu, and making the changes you want. These changes will not affect the HTML markup of your file in any way.


Increase Indent command

Creates a nested list when used on paragraphs formatted with the List Number <OL> or List Bullet <UL> style. If you use Increase Indent on paragraphs that are not formatted with either list style, this command will have no effect when your document is converted to HTML. This command has the same effect as clicking the Increase Indent button on the toolbar.

For information on creating nested lists, click Create a nested list.


Decrease Indent command

Acts as an "undo" command on nested lists you created by using the Increase Indent command. This command returns the nested entries to the next higher level in the list. If you use Decrease Indent on entries that were not formatted with either the List Number <OL> or List Bullet <UL> style, and were not nested with the Increase Indent command, then this command will have no effect when your document is converted to HTML. This command has the same effect as clicking the Decrease Indent button on the toolbar.

For information on creating nested lists, click Create a nested list.


Insert Table (Word command)

Adds a table to your document at the insertion point. Use this command only to specify the number of rows and columns in your table; use the other, Internet Assistant-specific commands on the Table menu to define table attributes.


Borders command

Applies borders and shading to selected cells in a table. For more information, see Table Borders (Table menu).


Cell Width and Spacing command

Modifies the width and vertical spacing of selected columns in your table. For more information, see Table Cell Width and Spacing (Table menu).


Cell Type command

Defines the tag for the selected cells in your table to be either the Table Header (TH) or Table Data (TD) tag. For more information, see Table Cell Type (Table menu).


Align command

Changes the alignment of HTML tables and cells. For more information, see Table Align command (Table menu).


Caption command

Adds a caption above or below the selected HTML table. For more information, see Table Caption (Table menu).


Background Colors command
Background Color command

Speficies a background color in which to display a cell, selected cells, or an entire table. For more information, see Background Color (Table menu).


Frequently asked questions

1	Where can I get more information about HTML tags and extensions? ANSWER

2	What new features are available with this version of Internet Assistant? ANSWER

3	Can I open, edit, and save files with an .html extension instead of .htm? ANSWER

4	How do I view the HTML markup in documents created with Internet Assistant? ANSWER

5	Why does my Internet Assistant document look different after I close and reopen it? ANSWER

6	Does Internet Assistant use extra memory? ANSWER

7	Can I use Internet Assistant to create "clickable images"? ANSWER

8	Why is it that links to the inline GIFs generated by Internet Assistant can't find the images, even though the graphics are in the right location? ANSWER

9	Why do I get the warning "DisplayText cannot span more than one line"? ANSWER

10	Why does text formatted with <PRE> tags appear in a frame? ANSWER

11	Why is it sometimes impossible to use Page Up and Page Down keys when I'm browsing forms? ANSWER


Where can I get more information about HTML tags and extensions?
Q:  Where can I get more information about HTML tags and extensions?

A:	You can download a Help file that discusses HTML tags and extensions in detail, including the tags that are part of HTML level 2.0 specification and those that are proposed or working extensions to the specification. Copy the file available at ftp://ftp.swan.ac.uk/pub/in.coming/htmlib. If you are connected to the Internet now, click ftp://ftp.swan.ac.uk/pub/in.coming/htmlib.


How do I view HTML markup in documents created with Internet Assistant?
Q:  How do I view HTML markup in documents created with Internet Assistant?

A:	On the View menu, click HTML Source.

The current document is closed and opened as Text Only, and the HTML toolbar appears.

	The AutoFormat HTML button displays HTML markup in colored text, to help you distinguish it from the content you've written.
	The Return to Edit Mode button closes the text file and reopens it in Internet Assistant's HTML Edit view.


Why does my Internet Assistant document look different after I close and reopen it?
Q: Why does my Internet Assistant document look different after I close and reopen it?

A:	Occasionally you may notice that your document looks different after you save it and open it again in Internet Assistant. This occurs because Internet Assistant may not have been able to convert all of your document to valid HTML as it wrote the document to disk.

Even though most Word commands that produce invalid HTML have been removed from the Internet Assistant toolbar and menus, some combinations of actions available in Internet Assistant will still produce invalid HTML, for example:

Tabs in any paragraph style other than PRE, DL, or DIR

Indents in any paragraph style other than OL or UL

Any formatting applied through the Font or Paragraph commands on Word's shortcut menu

Before you publish your HTML document, save it, close it, and reopen it. Then make any final adjustments to the document.

For more information, click What Is Lost When Word Documents Are Converted to HTML.


Does Internet Assistant use extra memory?
Q:  Does Internet Assistant use extra memory?

A:	You may notice a slightly longer startup time when first launching Word because Internet Assistant is loading the module that provides hyperlinking capabilities. For information on improving performance in Web Browse view, click Improve Internet Assistant's performance.


Can I use Internet Assistant to create "clickable images"?
Q:  Can I use Internet Assistant to create "clickable images"?

A:	Internet Assistant does not include any utilities for generating ISMAP files. However, if you and your system administrator have the associated MAP files, images and server software, an ISMAP can be inserted and used in an HTML document by clicking Insert Picture, inserting the MAP file and then assigning the image to that hyperlink. For more information, click Insert an ISMAP image.


Why do I get the warning "DisplayText cannot span more than one line"?
Q:  Why do I get the warning "DisplayText cannot span more than one line"?

A:	 This warning appears because Word cannot display a hyperlink that spans more than one line—that is, it will not "word-wrap" a link. It also cannot display a graphic that is wider than the page. This warning doesn't affect the markup of your document in any way. To view your actual markup, you can either click the Html Hidden button [image] or click Preview in Browser on the File menu.


Why is it sometimes impossible to use Page Up and Page Down keys when I'm browsing forms?
Q.  Why is it sometimes impossible to use Page Up and Page Down keys when I'm browsing forms?

A:	 When you open a document with form fields in Word, Word switches to form-protected mode. This mode can give unpredictable behavior in Web Browse view. If you have chosen Full Screen from the View menu, you may not be able to move around in a form at all. If this occurs, press ESC to exit Full Screen view, and use the mouse to navigate the form.


What new features are available with this version of Internet Assistant?
Q.  What new features are available with this version of Internet Assistant?

A:	This version of Internet Assistant supports Internet Explorer extensions to HTML level 2.0, including text marquees, background colors and sound, font size and face, and tables. When you convert Word documents that contain embedded graphics, the graphics are automatically saved in GIF format and called in as inline graphics through the <IMG> tag.

For a complete list of the tags you can author with Internet Assistant, click HTML Tags and Equivalent Word Commands.


Can I open, edit, and save files with an .html extension instead of .htm?
Q:  Can I open, edit, and save files with an .html extension instead of .htm?

A:	Yes. To open a file with the .html extension, type the name in the File Name box, or click All Files in the Files of Type box and select the file.

To save the .html file with the same name, click Save on the File menu. To give the file a new name, use quotation marks when specifying the file name. For example, to create a file named Default.html, type "default.html" in the File Name box.


Why does text formatted with <PRE> tags appear in a frame?
Q:  Why does text formatted with <PRE> tags appear in a frame?

A:	PREformatted text appears in a frame in Page Layout view to preserve its formatting. If the frame is accidentally moved, the text may appear to be in a different position than it will appear in a browser. For the best representation of how PRE text will appear, use Normal view instead of Page Layout.


Why is it that links to the inline GIFs generated by Internet Assistant can't find the images?
Q:  Why is it that links to the inline GIFs generated by Internet Assistant can't find the images?

A:	You are probably viewing your file on HTTP server software that is case-sensitive. The inline GIF files that Internet Assistant creates are given file names Img00001.gif, Img00002.gif, etc. The links to these graphics are given as <IMG SRC="IMG00001.GIF">, etc. To ensure that your link can find the graphic, change the SRC attribute of the link to match the graphic file name exactly.