Basic file operations include creating new documents, opening existing documents, saving documents, and closing documents. All of these types of operations can be accessed from the File menu. Some can be found on the editor right-click menu as well. Also, the main toolbar provides access to most of the operations.
The New operation creates a new document for editing.
If you execute the New operation from the File
menu, the New Document dialog box is opened.
From here, you can select to create document from a standard template, wizard or from any custom template
that you've created. Any other place from which the New operation
can be executed will automatically bring up a new document containing the Spider
Writer standard template.
The Open operation
opens an existing document on your hard drive for editing. It will bring
up a small dialog box which allows you to search for the file to open. You
can also open documents by going to the
Local Files sidebar
and double-clicking on an HTML document or
highlighting an HTML document, right-clicking to bring up the right-click menu,
and selecting the Open In New Document option.
Reopen Documents stores a list of the last ten documents opened or saved. All you have to do is click on one and it will automatically be opened if it still exists.
The Open from the Web feature connects to the Internet and
downloads a remote page's source for editing in Spider Writer.
The Convert Text File feature converts a text file on your drive to an HTML document, adding the appropriate tags to retain the text file's look and feel.
The Convert RTF File feature converts a rich text file (saved by applications such as Microsoft Word) on your drive to an HTML document, adding the appropriate tags to retain the document's look and feel.
The Close operation closes the current document. If it is not saved, Spider Writer prompts you to see if you want to save it. This operation is available from the editor right-click menu as well.
The Close All operation closes all open documents. If any documents are not saved, Spider Writer prompts you to see if you want to save them.
The Save operation saves the current document. If the
document has never been saved, Spider Writer prompts you for a file
and path of which to save it. This operation is available from the
editor right-click menu as well.
The Save As operation prompts you for an alternate file and path of which to save the current document.
The Save As Template feature saves the current document as a
user template, under the name you supply in a dialog box. Execute the
New operation from the File menu to use this
user template.
The Save All operation cycles through all the open documents
and saves them. If a document has never been saved, Spider Writer prompts
you for a file and path of which to save it.
The Print operation prints information to your printer with the output
depending on which workspace view you are in. If you are in the
Document Source
view, the source of the current document will be printed.
If you are in Design view, the current document is printed. If
you are in Web View,
the document is printed as it appears in the browser.
Finally, if you are in Document Summary view,
a summary report of the document is printed.
The Print Setup dialog box configures the printer to be used with the Print operation.