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Welcome to HotDog

No more “Mr Nice guy”.   The green dog’s back after months of workin’ hard at the gym. Sick and tired of being pushed around by the 16bit HTML editor crowd……HotDog is BACK and flexing those 32bit muscles!!!

Introduction to HotDog

Contact Sausage Software


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Introduction to HotDog

Welcome to HotDog, the easy and powerful way to create pages for the World Wide Web (WWW) .    The HotDog Web Editor helps you design pages for the World Wide Web (WWW). Web pages are written in HyperText Markup Language (HTML), a text-based language. Browsers like Netscape and Mosaic read the HTML files, and display them on the screen. The difference between an HTML document and a word processing document is that the same HTML document can be read on many different computer platforms, for example PC, Macintosh and UNIX.

Overview of HotDog

Detailed look at HotDog


HotDog Overview

As mentioned previously,  HotDog is a stand-alone program thus it doesn't need an expensive word processing program to run.  HotDog offers many ways to making creating HTML documents easier. If you are an experienced HTML author, you can type all the formatting tags directly, or make your own toolbars.  If you are new to HTML, HotDog has menus to let you do things such as inserting images, formatting, and hypertext links into your document without having to learn all the specific requirements of HTML.

What do you want to know about HotDog?

HotDog Pro Vs HotDog Standard

HotDog Features

Latest information for HotDog, Web and HTML related topics,

What’s “New” in HotDog

HotDog resources on the Web

Latest HTML Tags reference

Questions, questions more questions…

What’s a “Hosting service” & why use one?

The Jargon Buster

Frequently Asked Question


Features found in HotDog

We've put a lot of work into making HotDog easy to use, flexible, powerful, and fun! Here's just some of the ways that HotDog makes life easier for you.

1  Background Reality Checker An easy way to let you pick backgrounds and text colors for your web pages.

2  Templates:  Create new documents from an unlimited number of custom templates

3  Embedded Fields:  Set fields that are updated when you create, save, or publish documents. These fields can prompt the user for information, read it from a file, or automatically calculate internal functions like date and time, the HotDog version, the user name, and so on.

4  Shortcut Keys:  Assign any command to any key combination

5  Tags:  Create your own beginning and end tags, or modify the existing ones.

6  Web Projects:  Open and save multiple files with a single mouse click.  Auto-Upload upload the current document or an entire web site to the Internet, with a single mouse click.

7  Floating Toolbars:  Create your own floating toolbars.  Allows you to put the tools, tags & text that you want onto the desktop.

8  Colored Tags:  Colored Tags - for instant identification of standard and non-standard tags.

9  Supports both Netscape Extensions to HTML, Microsoft Extensions to HTML, and proposed HTML 3 elements. Don't be fooled by our competitors, who promise you HTML 3 but only deliver Netscape !

10  Windows 95-style interface in Windows 3.1 and Windows NT.

11  Dialogs let you perform complex tasks like creating forms and tables in a few seconds.

12  HotDog saves you time with features like finding duplicate links and converting DOS files for use on UNIX systems.

13  Unlike most of our competitors, HotDog gives you a lot of control over how it works. Don't like the way HotDog does something?  For example if you check out the Tools Option menu,  you can easily set almost 50 options to change how HotDog behaves.

14  HotDog remembers your hypertext links, so you don't need to keep typing long URLs.

15  Insert links, images, and text files by dragging them from File Manager or the internal HotDog File Manager.

16  Edit your CGI scripts as well as HTML files.

17  Never lose your work again! HotDog has options for automatically saving your work, and creating backup files whenever it saves.

18  Advanced options like translating extended characters into HTML codes, while you're typing!

19  Our publishing feature lets you automatically replace text when your document is ready to Preview.  Why type the URL for your home page all the time, when you can type something like {home} and let HotDog translate it automatically?

20  Context-sensitive help. Press F1 from any screen to get help on what each part of the screen means or does.  You can find which screens have context sensitive help by looking in the menu options,  for example the Tools menu options.


HotDog Pro Vs HotDog Standard

The Professional edition of the HotDog Web Editor offers you everything that the Standard one does, plus:

1  The Real-time Output Viewer- (ROVER):  See what your web page will look like, while you’re working on it

2  Sound Mixing Desk:  Add sound to HotDog functions or commands

3  Check HTML Syntax:  Let HotDog examine your pages for common HTML problems and mistakes.

4  Spell checking:  With several different language modules available from our Web site.

5  HTML Converter:  Automatically convert your existing text files into HTML documents


Snaglets “alive” in HotDog.

It had to happen. “The Snaglets have invaded HotDog”.  You now have the ability to create Java animation,  Frames & Client Side Image Maps within HotDog.

1  Java Animator:   The Java animator brings sound and movement to your Web page.  Supply your own images and sound and let the animator do the rest.

2  Client Side Image Maps:   Image maps let you use define an area on a graphic that can be treated as a hypertext jump.

3  Frames:   Create frames visually without having to have a great understanding of Frame HTML.  The Frame tool allows you to create, modify and refine Frames without having to create any Frame HTML.

Don’t forget about:

There are some great time saving features so don’t forget to try them out.  The sound mixing desk is brand new and major modifications have been made to ROVER so take a look.


< HTML Tags Reference >

The HTML Tags reference has now been compiled into a separate file, Html.hlp.  The foremost reason is that the current HTML specification is HTML v3.2.  In the very near future a new Html.hlp file will be compiled and found on our Web site covering the new specification.  If you want any information about following then read-on.

•	HTML v2 specification & tag information

•	Netscape enhancements

•	Microsoft enhancements

•	A quick reference guide to Tags

Latest HTML Tags reference


Latest Information about HotDog

For all the latest release information on HotDog.  It includes stacks of goodies so read-on,

•	There’s Major advances

•	Enhancements to pre-existing features

•	New tools & features

•	HotDog resources on the Web

•	Evil Kim’s Tech-Support tips

•	Programmer Brian’s “POWER USER” tips.

I want to find out what’s New in HotDog


Ordering HotDog

Contacting Sausage Software varies depending on what you want to contact us for!   Check below for the various contact routes and select the most appropriate method for you.

I want to contact Sausage Software


Why Use A Hosting Service?

Naturally, you want everybody on the Internet to be able to look at the pages you've spent so much time and effort creating. This means that your web pages have to be on a computer running 24 hours a day, with a permanent, high-speed Internet connection. You could do this yourself, but you would need to pay for a fast computer, a good web server, a high-speed Net connection, and someone to constantly maintain and repair the system. The cost for this can easily exceed $10,000.

Paying someone else to "host" your web pages is a much more cost-effective solution. You rent space on someone else's web server, generally for a monthly fee. When your pages are ready to go to the Internet, you log onto the server with your FTP program, and upload the files to your own personal directory. And that's it! Once the files have been uploaded to the hosting service's computer, anyone on the Web can look at your pages, at any time.

The AnaServe (tm) Service

Sausage Software has teamed up with Anawave Software in California to help you get your information onto the web. We've put a lot of work into putting the highest possible quality standards in our software; rest assured that Anawave will put just as much work into providing you with the best quality web hosting service you can get, for an unbeatable price! Anawave's AnaServe (tm) web hosting service is only $19.95 per month (plus a $29.95 activation fee), for up to 5Mb of information! For more information about AnaServe, read the sign-up contract.


AnaServe Web Hosting Contract

AnaServe Web Hosting Agreement - Sausage

AnaServe's high speed computers and communication lines provide a fast and

friendly link to worldwide users of the World Wide Web. AnaServe also saves

you the expense of having a dedicated computer, phone line, 24 hour

Internet access, and system administration. And best of all, AnaServe is

fun and easy to use!

The following represents a partial list of AnaServe's features and benefits:

We provide each customer with 5 megabytes of disk storage which can be

used for files, text, graphics, sound files, and even video! Additional

disk space can be purchased at an affordable rate.

AnaServe has one of the highest basic traffic allowances available (500

megabytes per month), and our rates for high traffic sites are among the

most affordable anywhere. Very few sites exceed the 500 megabyte allowance,

and Anawave will not bill you without prior approval (See the attached

AnaServe "Terms and Conditions" for more details).

We allow you to use custom CGI scripts (Perl 4.0 Only) with prior

approval. Our technical support team has a library of basic scripts that

you can include in your web site for a nominal charge. Call 714.250.7263,

Ext. 240, for additional information.

We will also assign a unique alias to your account (i.e.,

"www.anawave.com/~yourname"). Or, at your option, we can upgrade

your site with a unique domain name ("UDN"). Your domain name on

the Internet will be ("www.yourname.com"). The UDN service fee

is only $29.95, and it gives you our basic service plan plus a unique

domain name. Investing in a unique domain name for your web site increases

your identity on the Web.

As part of your AnaServe subscription, you will receive free and

automated traffic reports of people that have visited your site.

AnaServe now supports mail forwarding from your address at

yourname@anawave.com to the e-mail address of your choice.

Best of all, Anawave provides free technical support (8:30 a.m. - 5:30

p.m., M-F, PST). Please call 714.250.7263, ext. 240, or 1.800.711.6030

for additional information.

AnaServe Service Rates:         Personal   Standard   Domain (UDN)

Setup Fee (One Time)             $14.95      $29.95     $149.95*

Monthly Service Fee               $9.95      $19.95      $29.95

Available Disk Space                5MB         5MB         5MB

Cost Per 1 Extra MB/Mo.           $1.95       $1.95       $1.95

Traffic Allowance                 500MB       500MB       500MB

Extra Traffic Allowance(500MB)  $19.95/Mo.  $19.95/Mo.  $19.95/Mo.

* Our $149.95 Setup fee for UDN level service includes the first two

years of registration with the InterNIC. There are no "hidden" charges!

Personal pricing is for non-commercial use only. All rates are subject

to change.

Contact Information

Name _____________________________________________

Title ____________________________________________

Company name _____________________________________

Street ___________________________________________

City _____________________________________________

State_____________________________________________

Zip code__________________________________________

Daytime phone ____________________________________

Fax_______________________________________________

e-mail ___________________________________________

Payment ( ) Visa   ( ) Mastercard  ( ) Other______

Card number ____________________Expiration Date___

Name on card _____________________________________

Computer ( ) Macintosh ( ) IBM-PC ( ) Other ______

Service level o Personal

              o Standard

              o Domain (UND)

If Domain service level, what would you like us to call your web site?

Give us your top 4 choices for a web site name. Rank in your order

of preference.

_______________   _______________   _______________   _______________

Terms and Conditions (Sausage)

This agreement is between Anawave Software, Inc.,

("Anawave") and the Customer (as noted above) to provide World

Wide Web ("Web") access and creative services to the Internet on

Anawave's network of shared server(s).

We accept cash, check, MasterCard or Visa for payment.

All services will be billed within the first week of any given month. Bills

for partial periods are prorated. Anawave reserves the right to change

pricing within the thirty (30) days notice. We bill $1.95 per megabyte of

disk space used by the Customer. Unique domain names(i.e. www.yourname.com)

have a $149.95 activation fee and $29.95 monthly service fee. If the

Customer's data transfer rate exceeds 500 megabytes per month, Anawave

reserves the right to bill Customer an additional $19.95 per 500 megabytes

transferred. Anawave will not, however, bill Customer without 15 days

notice. Customer will then have the option of continued service with the

transfer rate surcharge, or Customer can request that their service be

canceled.

Unless otherwise noted and agreed upon, in writing by

Anawave, Customer shall use this account to represent only one named

organization or company. Customer may not include material for, or sublease

space for any other individual, business, or organization.

Anawave will provide the hardware and system

administration necessary to provide full World Wide Web access to the

Internet community. Anawave will also provide a single & unique

Universal Resource Locator (URL) address for use by Customer to promote

Customer's page on literature and other Web servers. At Customer's request,

Anawave will assign a single domain alias to our server(s) (i.e.,

www.yourname.com) provided that the name is legally registered to and under

the control of the Customer. Customer understands that Domain Name

Registration can take 4 weeks (or more). Anawave will, however, assign a

temporary name to the Customer's pages (i.e., www.anawave.com/~yourname).

Customer agrees to pay InterNIC renewal fees (currently $50.00/year after

first two years). This fee is subject to change by the InterNIC. Customer

will have 24-hour access to their account on our server via File Transfer

Protocol (FTP). Customer understands and agrees that Anawave will make

every effort to keep our network of server(s) running continuously.

However, our server(s) will, from time to time, be disconnected due to

routine maintenance, upgrades, and other required events.

Anawave will make its best effort to keep all information

on our servers backed-up. However, we recommend that the Customer maintains

a separate back-up of any information posted to our server(s). Anawave is

not responsible for lost materials or information. Customer understands

that all technical support will be given by Anawave, at its option, in the

form of on-line information in the form of FAQ, e-mail, or fax. Anawave

will also make its best effort to maintain security on our network of

server(s). However, the nature of the Web and the Internet is not secure by

default; Customer assumes responsibility for the appropriate use of

hypertext based security within the Customer's scripts and directories.

Perl 4.0 CGI scripts are the only CGI scripts supported by Anawave. All CGI

scripts require prior approval by Anawave.

By signing this agreement, Customer releases Anawave from

any liability that may arise from any business interruption to the

Customer's business resulting from using our services. Anawave is in no way

responsible for the performance of any information posted to our network.

In addition, Customer assumes full responsibility for all content posted to

Anawave's server on Customer's behalf, including any trademark, copyright,

patent or other intellectual property submitted to Anawave for either

creative services and/or straight posting to our server(s). Anawave

reserves the right to remove any material, which, in its sole opinion, may

result in the violation of intellectual property rights of others or any

other applicable Federal, State, Common, International laws or regulations.

In the event that this contract is canceled by Anawave, the Customer will

have a pro-rated refund of any unused portion of the posting period. Domain

registration fees are non-refundable.

Customer acknowledges that these terms and conditions are

subject to change without notice. Customer continued use of AnaServe

constitutes customer acceptance of these and any and all modified

terms.

Terms read and understood

Authorized Signature and Date ___________________________________


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A detailed look at HotDog

HotDog is an application chocka-block full of features.   The following pages are a comprehensive look at just exactly what’ the Ol’ Dogs capable of.   You have three choices,  go  through the Menus, work on some tutorials Tutorials or look for a deeper Explanations.

Menus

Tutorials

Explanations


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  accuracy	OK

  spelling	Tested

  inclusions	what’s this

   NEW              rover explanation

   SAVE             document bar check

   SAVE AS       List Of File Types

   PREVIEW DOCUMENT Default browser

                    What type of browser can I use

                    Which option to select when it is ???

   PUBLISH DOCUMENT What is publishing options

   OPEN PROJECT     What's a Web project?

   EXIT             What's Tags List

                    What's Char code List


Menus in HotDog

Just about everything that you can possibly do in HotDog can be done through menus and their logically grouped menu options.  The menubar is the backbone of HotDog.  It’s a little boring,  and a few features require you to access multiple menus. But you don’t have to remember that customized shortcut key or button.  If you can’t remember where a certain function or tool is the menubar gives you chance to use your deductive powers of reasoning to find it.

Menu	Default shortcut

HotDog Icon

File	Alt+F

Edit	Alt+E

View	Alt+V

Insert	Alt+I

Tags 	Alt+T

Toolbars	Alt+o

Format	Alt+F

Tools	Alt+l

Window	Alt+W

Help	Alt+H


Snaglets


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HotDog Icon

When you click the HotDog Icon a pull-down menu of Windows file options appears.  The file options relate specifically to the currently opened file.

Take note of the following,

•	That the default shortcut letter for each particular option in the HotDog Icon menu can be found in the letters column.

Option name	Letter	Description

Restore	R

Move	M	Move the file around the screen.

Size	S	Maximize, Minimize.

Minimize	n	Collapse file to icon.

Maximize	x	Expand a collapsed file.

Close	C	Close a file.Will prompt you to save changes.

Next	t	Selects next file.


File

The File menu option contains all the HotDog operations related to files and file operations.  Take note of the following,

•	That the default shortcut key for locating the file menu is ALT+F

•	That the default shortcut letters for locating a particular option in the File menu is to the right of the option name under the letter column.

•	That any File menu option marked “Yes” in the dialog box column,  indicates a dialog box.

Option name	Ctrl	Letter	Dialog Box

New 	Ctrl+N	N
Open	Ctrl+O	O	Yes
Save	Ctrl+S	S
Save As	Ctrl+A	A	Yes
Save All
Close	C

Preview Document	F10	e	Yes
Publish Document	Ctrl+U	u	Yes

Print	P

Print Setup	i

Open Project	Ctrl+P	r	Yes
Close Project
Project Manager	t

Exit 	Ctrl+Q	x

Window List


New

DESCRIPTION:

Opens a new document for editing. The new document will be referred to as "Untitled" in the Document Bar.

LOCATION:	File New

FEATURE:

HotDog Professional has unlimited file size - HotDog Standard can't handle individual files larger than 32k. In HotDog Pro, you can use files as large as your available memory will allow.

USAGE TIPS:

1  If you want to use ROVER then you must save your file first.

2  Files greater than 2 Meg.


Open

DESCRIPTION:

Open an existing file for editing. The file will appear in its own window, and its name will be listed on the Document Bar at the bottom of the screen.

LOCATION:	File Open

FEATURE:

1  HotDog will automatically detect UNIX text files. These will be converted to normal text for editing, then converted back to UNIX when they are saved.

2  If you want to permanently convert a UNIX file into a Windows text file, use the Save As command in the file menu and choose a non-UNIX type (for example HTML file or Text file).

3  Files greater than 2 Meg.


Save

DESCRIPTION:

Saves the current document.  If you have not saved the file before,  this option has the same effect as choosing Save As from the File menu.

LOCATION:	File Save

FEATURES:

By default HotDog forces all file names into lower case (not the directories, just the file itself).  This makes it easier when putting web sites from case-insensitive Windows machines to case-sensitive UNIX boxes.

USAGE TIPS:

1  When you leave HotDog, you will be asked if you want to save changes to any documents that have not been saved since the last alteration. Documents that have not changed are indicated on the Documents Bar with the [image] icon. Unsaved documents are marked with a

2  If you want to save an existing document under a new name, choose File SaveAs.  When you save a document, the Most Recent Files list in the File menu will be updated.

3  HotDog automatically recognizes UNIX text files. These will be converted to normal text for editing, then converted back to UNIX when they are saved. If you want to permanently convert a UNIX file into a Windows text file, use the  File SaveAs and choose a non-UNIX type (for example HTML file or Text file).


Save As

DESCRIPTION:

Saves the current document with a new name. This can also be used to convert Windows text files to UNIX text, or UNIX text files to Windows text. Choose one of the UNIX options in the List Files Of Type box to change Windows to UNIX. To convert the other way, choose any option but a UNIX one.

FEATURES:

By default HotDog forces all file names into lower case (not the directories, just the file itself).  This makes it easier when putting web sites from case-insensitive Windows machines to case-sensitive UNIX boxes.

LOCATION:	File SaveAs

FEATURE:

Files greater than 2 Meg.


Save All

DESCRIPTION:

Saves all open documents. If any of these files have not been saved before, this option will have the same effect as choosing File SaveAs..

LOCATION:	File SaveAll

FEATURES:

By default HotDog forces all file names into lower case (not the directories, just the file itself).  This makes it easier when putting web sites from case-insensitive Windows machines to case-sensitive UNIX boxes.


Close

DESCRIPTION:

Closes the current document.  If the document has been changed since the last time it was saved, you will be asked if you want to save the changes.  Documents that have not changed are indicated on the Documents Bar with the [image] icon.  Unsaved documents are marked with a

LOCATION:	File Close


Preview Document

DESCRIPTION:

This option launches the default Browser .  The default browser let’s you see what your Web document may look like from a from the users perspective on the Web.

LOCATION:	File PreviewDocument

USAGE TIPS:

1  If you have not told HotDog where to find your Browser, you will be asked to locate it. Choose the appropriate program file, for example C:\NETSCAPE \NETSCAPE .EXE.

2  You can change the default Browser at any time from the File Locations section of the Options screen.

3  It is a good idea to test your Web documents with as many different browsers as possible. HotDog provides an option to let you select which browser you want to use every time you preview.


Publish Document

DESCRIPTION:

This option will format the current document, ready for uploading to the Internet. It will have exactly the same effect as saving the document, unless you have set Publishing Options.

LOCATION:	File PublishDocument

USAGE TIPS:

The publishing options let you do things like keep final documents in a separate directory, convert DOS file names like hotdog\readme.txt into UNIX file names like hotdog/readme.txt, and replace text with "aliases".


Print

DESCRIPTION:

Prints the current document to the default printer.

LOCATION:	File Print

USAGE TIPS:

If you print the file it will have the tags around the text.  If you want to print a web document without tags then do the following,

•	Save the file you want to print.

•	Save the file again using another name.

•	Select all the text in your web document using,  Edit SelectAll

•	Remove all the tags from the selected text using,  Tools RemoveHTMLTags

•	Print the file (without tags) using,  File Print

•	Exit the file (without tags) and load your original file (with tags).


Print Setup

DESCRIPTION:

This option lets you change the default printer and change the setup of the printer. For example, you can choose to print documents in Landscape mode instead of Portrait.

LOCATION:	File  PrintSetup

FEATURE:

Gives access to the Windows printer dialog.  Using this dialog you can change the,

•	Printer properties, (Printers available etc.).

•	Paper size & Source.

•	Paper orientation, (Landscape or portrait.).

USAGE TIPS:

For more information, see the documentation for your printer.


Open Project

DESCRIPTION:

Open Project lets you open a Web Project that you’ve previously created. Web Projects are a convenient way to deal with multiple files at the same time.

LOCATION:	File OpenProject

FEATURES:

By default HotDog forces all file names into lower case (not the directories, just the file itself).  This makes it easier when putting web sites from case-insensitive Windows machines to case-sensitive UNIX boxes.

USAGE TIPS:

For example, you can create a project containing five related HTML documents. Every time you open the project, all five documents will be loaded into HotDog for editing. Using a project means that you only need to open one file (the .PRJ project file) instead of the five individual documents.


Close Project

DESCRIPTION:

Allows you to close the current project you have open.  It is especially useful if you are working on a lot of projects and you need to close one project to get to another project quickly.

LOCATION:	File CloseProject

FEATURES:

By default HotDog forces all file names into lower case (not the directories, just the file itself).  This makes it easier when putting web sites from case-insensitive Windows machines to case-sensitive UNIX boxes.

USAGE TIPS:

You can also close the current project by,

•	Moving you cursor to the Window option on the menu bar

•	Select close all option

•	All currently opened windows will now be closed


Project Manager

DESCRIPTION:

The Project Manager is an easy way to add ,  delete files,  produce a project report  or publish a document.  Web Projects are a convenient way to deal with multiple files at the same time.

LOCATION:	File ProjectManager

FEATURES

1  You can  Addto a project.

2  Also produce a Project Report

3  Publish a Document.

4  The project manager allows you to open a subset of the files that make up a project.  But even though you haven't loaded them all its still useful to have a list of the other files so that you can drag them in as links.

5  The View menu will have a Project File command that you can call to bring this floating list into view.

USAGE TIPS:

For example, you can create a project containing five related HTML documents. Every time you open the project, all five documents will be loaded into HotDog for editing. Using a project means that you only need to open one file (the .PRJ project file) instead of the five individual documents.


Exit

DESCRIPTION:

Using this option you quit out of HotDog. If any documents have been changed since the last time they were saved, you will be asked if you want to save the changes. Documents that have not changed are indicated on the Document Bar  with the [image] icon. Unsaved documents are marked with a

LOCATION:	File Exit

FEATURES:

By default HotDog forces all file names into lower case (not the directories, just the file itself).  This makes it easier when putting web sites from case-insensitive Windows machines to case-sensitive UNIX boxes.

USAGE TIPS:

1  HotDog will save the size and position of the main window, Tags List, and Character Codes List when you leave.

2  If you set the Restore Last Session option, HotDog will also save the size and positions of all currently open documents. Next time you start HotDog, these will be restored.


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Edit

The Edit menu option contains all the HotDog operations related to editing.  This includes text editing with files, tags and also includes some edit related tasks.  Take note of the following,

•	That the default shortcut key for locating the Edit menu is ALT+E

•	That the default shortcut letter for locating a particular option in the Edit menu are to the right of the option name.

•	That any Edit menu option marked “Yes” in the dialog box column indicates an associated dialog box.

Option name	Ctrl	Letter	Dialog Box

Undo	U
Cut	t
Copy	C
Paste	P
Append	A
Find	Ctrl+F	F	Yes
Replace	Ctrl+R	R	Yes
Tag Information	Ctrl+Alt+T	g	Yes
Select All	l
Color Tags Now	Ctrl+4	o
Refresh Document	s
Absolute to Relative	b
Relative to Absolute	v
Translate Extended Chars	Ctrl+E	n
Select This Tag	h

Window List


Undo

DESCRIPTION:

This function allows you to reverse the last action you have taken.  For instance if you have deleted/changed a block of text it can be recvovered.

LOCATION:	Edit Undo

FEATURE:

1  Reverses the last action. For example, if you accidentally deleted some text, you could use Edit Undo to get it back.

USAGE TIPS:

1  If you make a mistake typing or editing you can undo that mistake,

•	Move your mouse cursor to the Edit Undo option.

•	It's found on the top line of HotDog’s main window.

•	Click once. You should see the options appear.

•	Move down the options and select Undo last Typing.

2  You can do this quickly by using CTRL+z for each undo level.

3 Remember, if you make a number of changes to some text only the last change you have made is restored.  The only way to recover a mistake if you have made more than one change is to load the last saved file.   Save early, save often!


Cut

DESCRIPTION:

This removes highlighted text from your document and puts it in the Clipboard.

LOCATION:	Edit Cut

USAGE TIPS:

1  The cut tool allows chop out a chunk of text you have highlighted with your mouse.

2  The text is now stored in the clipboard.  You can cut & paste slabs of text.  If you want to position the cut text,

•	Move your mouse to the desired position.

•	Then either use the key combination of CTRL-V

•	Or move your mouse to the Paste option in the Edit menu.

•	The cut text is now positioned on your page.


Copy

DESCRIPTION:

This takes a copy of highlighted text in your document and puts it in the Clipboard . Text can be pasted from the Clipboard into a document.

LOCATION:	Edit Copy

USAGE TIPS:

If you want to copy something from the clipboard then,

•	Move your mouse to the desired position.

•	Then either use the key combination of CTRL-V

•	Or move your mouse to the Paste option in the Edit menu.

•	The cut text is now positioned on your page.


Paste

DESCRIPTION:

This inserts the contents of the Clipboard in your document. The information remains in the clipboard.  You can use Paste to insert the same information repeatedly.

LOCATION:	Edit Paste

USAGE TIPS:

If you want to paste something from the clipboard then,

•	Move your mouse to the desired position.

•	Then either use the key combination of CTRL-V

•	Or move your mouse to the Paste option in the Edit menu.

•	The cut text is now positioned on your page.


Append

DESCRIPTION:

This takes a copy of highlighted text in your document and adds it on the end of any text already in the Clipboard . Text may then be pasted from the Clipboard.

LOCATION:	Edit Append

USAGE TIPS:

Append is different from Copy because Copy will replace whatever is in the Clipboard already.


Find

DESCRIPTION:

This command lets you search for text in your documents.   When you choose this option you will be presented with a dialog box.

LOCATION:	Edit Find

USAGE TIPS:

Say you are searching for some text in your Web document.  A typical search involves the following,

•	Enter the text you are searching for into the Find Text box.

You can use one of 2 methods.

•	Method 1:

You can either highlight the text using the mouse.

Or you can go to the Edit menu.

•	Method 2:

Select the Find option.

Then enter the search string.

The former is faster!

•	Select one, some or all of the search options listed above.

•	Press OK

FEATURE:

There are a several options.  Options can be used together or used in combination with each other.  For example you can have Find & Case Sensitive together to do an exact search.  The search options include,

•	Find:

The text you want to search for.

•	Case Sensitive:

If this option is enabled then a search for the will find “the” but not “The”.

•	Match Whole World Only:

If this option is enabled then a search for the will find “the” but not “then”

•	Search All Documents:

This will search all open documents, instead of just the current one.

•	Find Next:

This will find the next match for the specified text, starting from the current cursor position.


Replace

DESCRIPTION:

This command lets you search for text in your documents and replace it with something else.

LOCATION:	Edit Replace

USAGE TIPS:

Say you want to replace a piece of text.  You would typically do the following,

•	Enter the text you are searching for into the Find Text box.

•	Enter the text you wish to replace it with into the Replace With box.

•	You can use one of 2 methods.

•	Method 1:

•	You can either highlight the text using the mouse.

•	Or you can go to the Edit menu.

•	Method 2:

•	Select the Find option.

•	Then enter the search string.

•	The former is faster!

•	Select one, some or all of the search options listed above.

•	Press OK

FEATURE:

1 There are a several options on the dialog box as well as search options.  They include the,

•	Ability to highlight text, select the Replace option & the highlighted text appears in the Find text box.

•	You can highlight & enter long strings as long as you don’t enter a return!

•	You can select previously selected strings by using the small down arrow graphic to the right of the Find text & Replace with text boxes.

2 Search options can be used together or used in combination with each other.  For example you can have Find & Case Sensitive together to do an exact search.   The search options include,

•	Find:

The text you want to search for.

•	Case Sensitive:

If this option is enabled then a search for the will find “the” but not “The”

•	Match Whole World Only:

If this option is enabled then a search for the will find “the” but not “then”

•	Search All Documents:

This will search all open documents, instead of just the current one.

•	Find Next:

This will find the next match for the specified text, starting from the current cursor position.


Tag Information

DESCRIPTION:

HotDog lets you customize tags inserted through the Tags Menu,  List option..  This option allows you to

•	move tags between menus,

•	change descriptions,

•	create custom tags,

•	specify the HTML codes and text each tag inserts.

LOCATION:	Edit TagInformation

FEATURE:

1 The Edit Tag Information dialog box allows three main operations,

•	Find a Tag,

•	Edit a Tag,

•	Delete a Tag

and some other things such as

•	Move a tag from one tag grouping to another,  eg: Document to Heading.

2 Once you do one of the above you can do some or all of the following,

•	Assign a Tag to group, ie:  Netscape, Microsoft, HTML 2.

•	Describe a Tag.

•	Mark-up a Tag.

•	Assign a short-cut key to a tag.

3 There are several general options you can choose from

•	Menu

This determines which section of the Tags menu the tag will belong to. To move a tag to a different menu, drag the tag description onto the new menu.

•	Tag Description

The description of the tag appears as a menu item in the Tags menu, and a list item in the Tags list. To change the description, click on it and type a new one.

•	Beginning Markup

This is the HTML text that will be inserted before the cursor and/or any selected text. This does not have to be HTML code - it can contain any text you like.

•	Ending Markup

This is the HTML text that will be inserted after the cursor and/or any selected text. This does not have to be HTML code - it can contain any text you like.

•	Add New Tag

Adds a new tag to whatever menu is selected in the Menu list.

•	Delete Tag

Deletes the tag that is currently selected in the Tag Description list.

•	Type

Lets you assign the tag to a particular group. HotDog ships with tags grouped into either standard tags, Netscape Extensions, or Microsoft Extensions.


Select All

DESCRIPTION:

Select All will highlight all of the text in the current document. To remove the highlighting, just click on a blank area of the document.

LOCATION:	Edit SelectAll

USAGE TIPS:

Use this option if you want to,

•	copy all the contents of a file to the clipboard. Select all, then copy.

•	cut a large section of text. Select all then cut.

•	place a tag around a section of text.


Color Tags Now

DESCRIPTION:

The Color Tags now  option is used in-conjunction when you change the on-screen appearance.   Customization of  Tags with color, allows for easy visualization of exactly what type of tags you’re  currently using.

LOCATION:	Edit ColorTagsNow

FEATURE:

1  The real work is done in the Tools menu, Options selection.  If you go to the Dialog box  and select the color folder you can set the on-screen attributes of,

•	Screen color,  Foreground & Background.

•	Default HTML Tag color

•	HTML Tag type

•	HTML Tag color.

2  By using the Color Tags Now option along with the previously described you can visually identify different tags by color.  But let’s get one thing straight, Tag color customization will not produce colored text for Web pages!

3  Double click on any colour code to highlight it, click the right mouse button and choose the "Edit Color" option and choose your new colour.  Simple !


Refresh Document

DESCRIPTION:

Asks the document to redraw itself in case the screen's display has some problems.

LOCATION:	Edit RefreshDocument

USAGE TIPS:

Screen problems may occur from time to time.  If something odd is appearing on the screen,  try this option to refresh the screen you are currently working on.


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Absolute to Relative

DESCRIPTION:

This function converts a link to an absolute to a relative link.  It’s a good idea before you send you Web documents to your ISP convert all your files from relative links to absolute links.   If you want to do this to Highlight your selected link and use this option.

LOCATION:	Edit Absolute to Relative

FEATURE:

If you want change your links,  highlight your selected link and use this option.

USAGE TIPS:

It’s a good idea before you send your Web documents to your ISP convert all your relative links to absolute links.  The reason is simple,  your ISP most likely will not store your files in a directory structure as you have specified using absolute links.


Peter, please check carefully exactly what part of the relative URL

needs to be highlighted for this command to work - I think it has to include

the quotes around the reference....experiment and see what happens.  If its

too weird then I'll fix it.


Relative to Absolute

DESCRIPTION:

This function converts a relative link to an absolute link.  It’s a good idea before you send you Web documents to your ISP convert all your files from relative links to absolute links.   If you want to do this to Highlight your selected link and use this option.

LOCATION:	Edit  Relative to Absolute

FEATURE:

If you want change your links,  highlight your selected link and use this option.

USAGE TIPS:

It’s a good idea before you send you Web documents to your ISP convert all your relative links to absolute links.  The reason is simple,  your ISP most likely will not store your files in a directory structure as you have specified using absolute links.


Translate Extended Chars

DESCRIPTION:

Translate extended characters changes foreign characters into their respective HTML codes.

LOCATION:	Edit TranslateExtendedChars

USAGE TIPS:

You will find that it’s pretty hard to type some of these characters in.  Don’t try, use this option.


Select This Tag

DESCRIPTION:

Selects the current tag you're pointing at.

LOCATION:	Edit SelectThisTag

FEATURE:

By placing your cursor inside either tilde, “< >”  that surrounds a tag and selecting this option the entire tag is highlighted.

USAGE TIPS:

You could use this feature if you want to accurately select a tag to,

•	Delete it,

•	Cut or

•	Place into the clipboard


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What’s Attribute

What’s Special character?

What’s Button bar?

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What’s a tag list

What’s/where is the  Tag menu

Editing & publishing options: Do I create now?  NO NO NO

File Manager

What’s Local Hypertext links

What’s Images

What’s pre-formatted text

HotDog File Manager

Include the Jump To A Document On This System to the options.

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View

The View menu option gives you access to the Toolbone option (on/off), quick Tags insertion menu and the insert special characters menu and the File - manager menu.   Take note of the following,

•	That the default shortcut key for locating the View menu is ALT+V

•	That the default shortcut letter for locating a particular option in the View menu are to the right of the shortcut

•	That any View menu option marked “Yes” in the dialog box column indicates an associated dialog box.

Name	Letter	Dialog Box

Toolbone	b

Tags	T	Yes
Special Characters	C	Yes

HotDog File Manager	F	Yes

Window List


Toolbone

DESCRIPTION:

The Toolbone (Bonebar) is found below the menubar in the shape of a bone.  It contains eight well used features on the bone.  To the left and right of the Toolbone notice the HotDog32 logo (left side) and the Sausage Logo (right side).

LOCATION:	View Toolbone

FEATURE:

1 The Toolbone contains, Preview, New, Open, Save, Upload, Rover, Toolbar & Help.

2 The HotDog32 Logo & Sausage logo are not just pretty pictures.  If you click on the HotDog32 logo a piece of HTML is inserted into your page to show you have used HotDog to make your page.  If you click on the Sausage logo,  Rover will start up.

3 If you want to turn the Toolbone back on/off,

•	Go to the Toolbone option,

•	Click on it.

•	You should notice the small tick on the left hand of the text.

•	If the tick is there, the Toolbone is on.

USAGE TIPS:

1 If you find the Toolbone is taking up too much space you can select this option to turn it off.   When you  turn the Toolbone off it stays off.  If you re-start HotDog the Toolbone will not be turned on until you select to do so.

2 If you want to tell the world you have used HotDog32 to create you Web page then, click on the HotDog32 logo and the following HTML is inserted into your page,

•	<IMG SRC=http://www.sausage.com/dogicon.gif height=45 width=50>

•	This page was created with the <a href="http://www.sausage.com">

•	<strong>HotDog 32</strong></a> Web Page Editor


Tags...ALL

DESCRIPTION:

The Tags List provides an easy way to insert any tag or attribute into your document.  Note that the contents of the Tags List and the Tags Menu are almost identical.  The difference is, this tags list has all the tags alphabetical but not grouped into their respective tag types.

Eg: The <BR> or “break” tag in this option can be found alphabetically.  In the Tags menu the same  tag will be found under the document tag type option.

LOCATION:	View Tags…[ALL]

FEATURE:

Selecting the “Tags all” option will present you with a window which contains an alphabetical list of all currently supplied tags.

USAGE TIPS:

1  If you want to find a tag quickly then use this option rather than the Tag menu, where you have to remember what tag and what tag type it can be found under.

2  Just select the tag from the list, and double-click on it with the left mouse button, or drag it into your document.

3  If you don’t remember the precise syntax of the tag you want to insert, enter what you know into the bottom left text box and press the “Find again”  button.

4  If you have selected some text in your document, the tag will be applied to this text. For example,

•	If you have selected the word “HotDog”,

•	double-click the Blinking tag.

•	The selection will be replaced with <BLINK>HotDog</BLINK>


Special Characters

DESCRIPTION:

Provides easy access to non-English (non-keyboard) characters, like accents and symbols.  You would typically use this option to insert a character code.

LOCATION:	View SpecialCharacters

FEATURE:

The character codes list can be seen by choosing Special Characters from the Insert menu.

USAGE TIPS:

To insert a character code in your document,   choose the character you want to insert from the list by

•	Clicking on it in the list or

•	Double-click on it with the left mouse button,

•	Or drag it onto your text.


HotDog File Manager

DESCRIPTION:

The HotDog File Manager provides an easy way to insert local hypertext links, images, and pre-formatted text into your document. Choose the file you want to insert from the File Manager, then drag it into your document. If HotDog cannot determine whether the file is a hypertext link, image, or text file,  you will be asked to choose the type from a list.

LOCATION:	View HotDogFileManager

FEATURE:

The HotDog File Manager will stay on screen until you click OK or Cancel.   You can create a local hypertext link by

•	dragging files from the HotDog or Windows File Manager.

Or

•	Go to the Insert menu

•	Select the “Jump To A Document On This System” option.

USAGE TIPS:

1 To delete a file in the HotDog File Manager,

•	Click on it

•	Press the Delete key on your keyboard.

•	You will be asked to confirm that you want to delete this file.

2 HotDog can also accept files dragged from the Windows File Manager.  If you drag multiple files from the Windows File Manager, they will all be inserted.

3 Notice the file formats are in the UNIX file format not DOS.

<A HREF="file:///C|/APP/HOTDOG_PROGRAMS/HD32/test.htm"></A></BODY>


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Insert

The Insert menu option contains operations related the insertion of “images, text, tables, lines, URL’s etc.” into a Web document.

Take note of the following,

•	That the default shortcut key for locating the Insert menu is ALT+I

•	That the default shortcut letter for locating a particular option in the Insert menu are to the right of the option name.

•	That any file menu option marked “Yes” in the dialog box column indicates an associated dialog box.

Name	Ctrl	Letter	Dialog Box

Image	I	Yes
Image (Advanced)	v	Yes
Embedded Item	E	Yes
Marquee	M
Form Element	F	Yes
Hypertext Targets	H	Yes
Table	Ctrl+T	T	Yes
List	Ctrl+L	L	Yes
Horizontal Line	z	Yes

Text File	T	Yes
Special	S

Simple URL	F4	m	Yes
Jump to a Document in This System	J	Yes
Jump to a Document on Another System	A	Yes
Jump Within This Document	W	Yes
Launch an Internet Service	u	Yes

ActiveX	X	Yes


Image

DESCRIPTION:

The Image menu provides for a simple and convenient way to insert images into your Web document.  Images can be used to take the user to another document when they are clicked.

LOCATION:	Insert Image

FEATURE:

1  The menu presents you with three options,

•	Image File,	Let’s you load an image.

•	Document to Launch	What document is loaded when clicked.

•	Alternative Text Description	Web browsers such as LYNX.

2  Images can be used to take the user to another document when they are clicked.  If you want the image to work this way,

•	Choose an image to be inserted in the Image file option.

•	Insert a Web document in the Document To Launch field.

•	Type in a description of the image in the Alternative Text Description field.

3  If you want to create an image that does nothing when clicked, all you need to do is,

•	Choose the image file

•	Type in a description of the image in the Alternative Text Description field.

USAGE TIPS:

1  For more control over an images appearance then try Insert AdvancedImage.

2  Make it a habit to fill in the “Alternative text description”.  If you consider the eighty/twenty rule, eighty percent of the viewers may be able to see your image, but the remaining twenty percent using Browsers with limited capabilities such as LYNX will only see [IMAGE]!

3  Be very careful with absolute and relative  file references when inserting images and launching documents.  You can get into a lot of trouble when you hand over your Web document  to your ISP if you don’t understand absolute and relative file references.


Image (Advanced)

DESCRIPTION:

The Image (Advanced) screen lets you specify all properties for an image <IMG>,  figure <FIG> or Image Map (ISMAP).  The information here applies to images,  figures and Image Maps alike.

LOCATION:	Insert Image(Advanced)

FEATURE:

1  The menu presents you with the following options,

•	Insert Image,  Figure,   Image Map (ISMAP)

•	Image File

•	Low Resolution Image File (LOW SRC)

•	Alternative Text Description

•	Width ,  Height   &   Border Width

•	Horizontal Distance from Text

•	Vertical Distance

•	Alignment

2  You can build an external Hypertext link to an external file or URL using the small hand icon found to the right of Insert Image,  Low Resolution Image File

USAGE TIPS:

1  If you want an image file specified in lower case, click the “Insert as Lowercase” option from the top right hand position of the properties box.

2  If you want make your Web page load faster, you can do this through loading text and then graphics. You have to specify,

•	The image file name in the Image File item

•	The Width of the image in Pixels.

•	The Height of the image in Pixels.

•	You will notice when you choose an image,  both width & height in pixels will appear

3  For simple images, you might want to use the standard Image screen instead,  found at Insert Image.


Embedded Item

DESCRIPTION:

Embedded items can be viewed by users who have a suitable application set up on their computer.   For example, you could embed an Excel spreadsheet, and any user with Excel would be able to view it (of course, it's probably meaningless to any user that doesn't have Excel).  The user views the spreadsheet by double-clicking it.

LOCATION:	Insert EmbeddedItem


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Marquee

DESCRIPTION:

The MARQUEE tag allows the creation of a scrolling text area on your Web page.  The HotDog Marquee dialog window relates directly to the Marquee tag which is a Microsoft Addition to HTML.

LOCATION:	Insert Marquee

FEATURE:

A MARQUEE lets you create a scrolling text area. This is a useful space for advertising or other information. There are a number of attributes that let you control the use of Marquee dialog:  They are,

•	Marquee Message

•	Behavior

•	Scroll Direction

•	Time between Messages (Milliseconds)

•	Space between Messages (Pixels)

•	Number of Times To Repeat Loop

•	Background color

•	Text Alignment

•	Marquee Height & Marquee Width

•	Horiz. Space & Vert. Space

USAGE TIPS:

1  To make a loop repeat continuously,

•	Enter -1 or INFINITE

•	Into the “Number of times to repeat Loop” option

2  The MARQUEE tag is only visible through a Microsoft Explorer browser or Microsoft Explorer compatible browser.


Form Element

DESCRIPTION:

Forms let users send information to you or your server.   Forms run programs, or scripts, through the Common Gateway Interface (CGI).

Forms can also be used to send mail to someone.   This can be useful if you don't know anything about CGI programming: the form can mail the information directly to your account. Information sent this way is not formatted, but can still be understood.

LOCATION:	Insert FormElement

FEATURE:

1  HotDog supports the following HTML 3 specification form elements.

•	Text Box

•	Text Area

•	Submit Button

•	Reset Button

•	Check Box

•	Radio Button

•	Password Box

•	Hidden Box

•	Image

•	List Box

2  You can create multiple form elements in one session.  You can also mix and match form elements to create complex forms using the above form elements.

USAGE TIPS:

1  To create a form in HotDog, choose  Insert FormElement.

2  You will be asked to choose what sort of form element you want to create. If this is the first form element in your document, when you choose OK you will be taken to the Form Details screen.

3  The Form details screen will remain visible when you press OK. This is so that you can create a form with multiple elements without having to reload the screen each time.


Form Details

DESCRIPTION:

This specifies attributes for the entire form.  This screen only appears  when you use the Form Element screen to create the first form element in your document.

LOCATION:	Insert FormElement

FEATURE:

The information here tells the browser what to do with the form, used to define the <FORM> element.  Only the METHOD and ACTION (URL to send data to).

1  Method

This may be either GET or POST. This depends on what you want to do with the form, and the setup of your server.

2  URL to Send Data to (Action)

The ACTION attribute is the URL that will process the form data. Generally, this will be a CGI program, but can be any valid Internet resource. For example, you could use mailto:sales@sausage.com as your Action URL.

3  MIME Content Type

Specifies the MIME encoding for the form. This will vary depending on what the form does and how it works. The MIME Content Type is not required.

4  URL for Script (HTML 3)

This lets you specify the URI for scripts that will be downloaded to the user's machine and processed locally.

USAGE TIPS:

1  The Form details screen will remain visible when you press OK. This is so that you can create a form with multiple elements without having to reload the screen each time.

2  For  “URL for Script (HTML 3)” & “URL to Send Data to (Action)” you can build an external Hypertext Link.


Hypertext Targets

DESCRIPTION:

Hypertext Targets let you jump to specific locations within documents.  You can jump to a target in the same document, or another document.  Targets are most often used in long documents which are divided into several sections.

LOCATION:	Insert HypertextTargets

FEATURE:

When you choose this option a small dialog box will pop up.  Enter an ID name for the target.  Press OK.

USAGE TIPS:

1  To create a link to a target in the current document, choose,

•	Insert  JumpWithinThisDocument. You can then choose the desired target from a list of all targets in the current document.

2  To link to a target in a different document, choose

•	Jump to a Document in This System or

•	Jump to a Document on Another System from the Insert menu to create the initial link.

3  Specify the target name after the file name, with a #. For example,

<A HREF="document.htm">

links to a document on the same system.

4  If this document contained a target called "contents", you would use:

<A HREF="document.htm#contents">


Table

DESCRIPTION:

HotDog gives you a graphical way to create tables and fill them with information.  HotDogs table maker used in conjunction with ROVER (via Preview button) allow you to build forms with one eye on the form, the other on the contents you are inserting.

LOCATION:	Insert Table

FEATURE:

1  The following options are available including,

•	Caption

Specifies a caption for your Table.

•	Border

If you want a border around the edge of your table, specify the width here. If you enter 0, your table will not have a border.

•	Rows

Sets the number of rows in the table.

•	Columns

Sets the number of columns in the table.

•	Heading Rows

Sets the number of Heading Rows in the table. These will be shown in the Sample Table with a gray background.

•	Heading Columns

Sets the number of Heading Columns in the table. These will be shown in the Sample Table with a gray background.

•	Width

Sets the Width of the entire table. This can be an absolute value in pixels, or a relative value. HotDog treats Widths with a % symbol at the end as relative, and anything else as absolute. This attribute will not be displayed in the Sample Table.

•	Height

Sets the Height of the entire table. This can be an absolute value in pixels, or a relative value. HotDog treats Heights with a % symbol at the end as relative, and anything else as absolute. This attribute will not be displayed in the Sample Table.

•	Cell Spacing

Cell Spacing is the amount of space between each cell. This attribute will not be displayed in the Sample Table.

•	Cell Padding

Cell Padding is the amount of space between the border of the cell and the contents. This attribute will not be displayed in the Sample Table.

2  Once you've created a table with HotDog, you can use the Table editor to make changes to it. Just highlight everything from (and including) the <TABLE> to the </TABLE>, then click the Table

3  View the table you have created, by selecting  Preview button.

4  Highlight multiple lines of text and bring up the table editor,  Insert Table.  Each line will be put into a different row of the table - a good way to get the grunt work done.  You can also paste into the grid on the table editor.

USAGE TIPS:

1  To create a form do the following,

•	Fill out the table parameters described above.

•	Type directly into the fields (Rows & Columns) the information you want to insert.

•	Check how you are using the Preview button.

2  Tables are new to the HTML specification. They are supported in Netscape 's Extensions to HTML as well as HTML 3.

3  You can view the table your creating by pressing the preview button.


List

DESCRIPTION:

The List dialog allows you to create list’s. With this option you can quickly create list’s using the List Dialog yet maintain control over the list's attributes.

LOCATION:	Insert List

FEATURE:

1  Add new items to a list by Clicking the Add button.

2  Modify/Delete text.  Select the text with a mouse to allow editing of each line.

3  Assign a List heading to a List.

4  Create a list that can be,

•	Bulleted

•	Numbered

•	Definition

•	Plain

5  Ability to change the appearance of the bullet ( round, square & circle).  Applying to bullets only this effect will appear on Netscape compatible browsers only.

USAGE TIPS:

1  You can create a list by doing the following,

•	Go to the option  Insert List

•	Add /Modify or Delete text in the dialog box.

•	Give the list a heading.

•	Select the bullet type,  Circle, Disc, Square.

•	Create the list:   Bulleted,  Numbered,  Definition or Plain.

2  You can also enter the list text manually, select the text then,

Go to the option  Insert List highlight the text continue from step 3 above.

3  HotDog gives you two ways to create lists (apart from typing the HTML yourself or inserting it from the Tags List  or Tags Menu).


Horizontal Line

DESCRIPTION:

This will create a Horizontal Line using the <HR> tag.

LOCATION:	Insert HorizontalLine

FEATURE:

There are several options which you can set either on the dialog and/or edit in HotDog.  They are,

•	Width

•	Alignment

•	Thickness

•	No Shading

USAGE TIPS:

1  This dialog offers options only available under the Netscape Extensions to HTML or HTML 3. If you want to maintain compatibility with most current browsers you should leave these fields blank.

2  You can manually edit the bolded variables in the tag.

<HR WIDTH=120<HR SIZE=100>% ALIGN=left SHADE>


Text File

DESCRIPTION:

The Text File option lets you insert the contents of a plain text file into your document at the cursor position. You can also do this by dragging the text file into your document from File Manager or the HotDog File Manager.

LOCATION:	Insert  TextFile

USAGE TIPS:

1  By default, HotDog will insert the text as Pre-formatted, using the <PRE> tag. This means that most browser will render it in a monospaced font like Courier.

2  If you do not want HotDog to do this, you can disable it from the Option General screen.   You can do this by,

•	Going to Option General

•	Move your mouse cursor to ,” Insert Text as Pre-formatted <PRE>”

•	Click your mouse on the tick.

•	When the tick is not present, the option is off.


Special

DESCRIPTION:

HotDog lets you insert a number of special codes into your documents.  These codes are listed below.  You have the ability to customize the Date and Time formats.

LOCATION:	Insert Special

FEATURE:

1  This feature allows you to insert the following into your Web page.

•	Date & Time,

•	File Name

•	HotDog Version

•	Windows Version

•	Registered User name

•	Registered Company name

2  For the Date & Time option you can choose a list of predefined date/time formats or customize the date/time format to suit your own needs.

3  You can choose to update all date/time formats when you publish your web document by selecting the tick option.

USAGE TIPS:

1  Date and Time:  You can either insert the current date and time, or the publishing date and time. The latter will be updated whenever you Publish the document.   Choose the format you want to display the date and/or time in from the list provided.

2  File Name:  The name of the current file.

3  HotDog Version:  The version of HotDog used to create the file. This number is displayed in the About box.

4  Windows Version:  The version of Windows used. This is returned by the operating system.

5  User:  The person this version of HotDog is registered to. This is set when you register HotDog, and cannot be changed.

6  Company:  The company this version of HotDog is registered to. This can be changed from the HOTDOG.INI file if you're a registered user.


Simple URL

DESCRIPTION:

The Simple URL menu is the fastest way to create hypertext links.

LOCATION:	Insert SimpleURL

FEATURE:

From the Simple URL option you can,

•	Type or load a URL

•	Hopefully give the URL a meaningful name

•	Build an External Hypertext Link.

USAGE TIPS:

1  For URL’s:   The text that the user will click on to follow the link. This defaults to the URL, but you can change it to anything you like.

2  For Descriptions:  The URL (Universal Resource Location).

•	Click the drop-down arrow at the right of this box

•	You can see  a list of all the URLs you've used before.

•	They are in alphabetical order.


Jump to a Document in This System

DESCRIPTION:

Creates a Hypertext Link between the current document and another document on your computer. You can test the link between these "local" documents without being connected to the Internet.

LOCATION:	Insert   Jump to a Document in This System

FEATURE:

1  You can create a local hypertext link by choosing  Jump To A Document On This System from the Insert menu.

2  You can also create the links by dragging files from the View  HotDog File Manager or the  Windows File Manager.

USAGE TIPS:

To create a hypertext link from the HotDog file manager,

•	Go to the HotDog File Manager,   View  HotDog File Manager

•	Select the file you wish to link from the right hand text box labeled, Files.

•	Go to the bottom left hand side of the dialog box.

•	Press the Make Link button.


Jump to a Document on Another System

DESCRIPTION:

This creates a Hypertext Link between the current document and (usually) a document on another computer.  In doing so you build a URL for the external document. You can only test these "external" links when you are connected to the Internet.

LOCATION:	Insert  Jump to a Document on Another System

FEATURE:

1  Fill in all the required details to create the URL for the external document.  The details include,

•	Resource type

The resource type describes the protocol used.  A protocol is a method that allows the access and transfer of information between server and person requesting the.   There are many of them, each with their own particular protocol.

•	Host

The host name is the name of the host system, the system a file is located.

•	Port number

The port number is given to connect to a specific port on the host machine.

•	Path

The pathname is the physical path a file is located on the host.

•	Filename

The name of the file.

•	Target

Specifying a target allows a document to be loaded at a specific point.

USAGE TIPS:

External hypertext links can also be made to other Internet elements, such as

•	gophers,

•	FTP servers, and news groups.

•	USENET Newsgroup

•	WAIS database

•	User send Mail to Someone

•	Telnet session


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Jump Within This Document

DESCRIPTION:

This option lets you create a Hypertext Link to a target in the current document..

LOCATION:	Insert  Jump Within This Document

FEATURE:

1  You can choose a destination to jump to from the list box.

2  More destinations can be added to the list by choosing Insert Hypertext target  or using the ID attribute in a HTML element.

USAGE TIPS:

1  Targets are most often used in long documents which are divided into several sections.  In large documents.

2  To create a link to a target in the current document, choose Jump Within This Document from the Insert menu.   You can then choose the desired target from a list of all targets in the active document.


Launch an Internet Service

DESCRIPTION:

This lets you create a Hypertext Link to an Internet service. You might want to take the user to your favorite newsgroup, or let them send mail to you.

LOCATION:	Insert  Launch an Internet Service

FEATURE:

The dialog for this option shows a list of common Internet services.  For some, like news and mail, you need to enter a specific newsgroup or mail address; for others, you will need to build the URL.   The common Internet services include,

•	An HTML file on Another System

•	Go to an FTP Server

•	Go to a USENET Newsgroup

•	Go to a WAIS database

•	Let the User send Mail to Someone

•	Go to a Gopher

•	Start a Telnet session

USAGE TIPS:

You will have to build a URL using the build external Hypertext link window which can be located Insert   Jump to a Document in Another System.


ActiveX

DESCRIPTION:

The ActiveX command presents you with a list of all OCX components on your system, some of which are ActiveX.

LOCATION:	Insert  ActiveX

FEATURE:

We've built this simple filter into the "Only Show ActiveX Controls" option on that screen, but it is not guaranteed to be correct.  You should also consider that,

•	Which ActiveX files you have available to you.

•	This form is based on code written by Joe Robinson and  was available for public use.

•	More information on ActiveX is available from http://www.microsoft.com

USAGE TIPS:

How do you know what an ActiveX is? - there's no simple way to tell unless you put them there !  A good rule of thumb, so far, is that the name of standard OCX controls ends in "Control" while ActiveX controls are called "Objects".


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http://www.thecoo.edu/~menon/html.html#grafix

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Descriptions for each of the tags

Explanation of what each tag menu has to offer!

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Have to do,	What’s a Custom Tag?

How do I create a Custom Tag?

How do I search for a tag in Tag Menu?

Included 	How do I decipher this location?

What do these descriptions mean?

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Tags

The Tags menu allows you to insert tags or tag elements into your web document.   You do this by choosing tags from their groupings listed below.  If you can’t remember exactly which grouping a tag is located you can also search for a tag.

•	That the default shortcut key for locating the Tags menu is ALT+T

•	That the default shortcut letter for locating a particular option in the Tags menu are shown in the Letter column.

Name	Letter

Document	D
Body	B
Content	C
Headings	H
Attributes	A
Graphics 	G
Font	F
Lists	L
Forms	r
Tables	T
Miscellaneous	M
Custom	u


Document

LOCATION:	Tags Document

FEATURE:

You can search for a tag in this dialog box.


Body

LOCATION:	Tags Body

FEATURE:

You can search for a tag in this dialog box.


Content

LOCATION:	Tags Content

FEATURE:

You can search for a tag in this dialog box.


Headings

LOCATION:	Tags Headings

FEATURE:

You can search for a tag in this dialog box.


Attributes

LOCATION:	Tags Attributes

FEATURE:

You can search for a tag in this dialog box.


Graphics

LOCATION:	Tags Graphics

FEATURE:

You can search for a tag in this dialog box.


Font

LOCATION:	Tags Font

FEATURE:

You can search for a tag in this dialog box.


Lists

LOCATION:	Tags Lists

FEATURE:

You can search for a tag in this dialog box.


Forms

LOCATION:	Tags Forms

FEATURE:

You can search for a tag in this dialog box.


Tables

LOCATION:	Tags Tables

FEATURE:

You can search for a tag in this dialog box.


Miscellaneous

LOCATION:	Tags Miscellaneous

FEATURE:

You can search for a tag in this dialog box.


Custom

LOCATION:	Tags Custom

USAGE TIPS:

You will only find a custom Tag if you have created one.

FEATURE:

You can search for a tag in this dialog box.


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E-mail Brian about this.

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Toolbars

The Toolbar menu option contains a list of all the floating toolbars currently in existence.  This option allows you to turn on/off any toolbars currently listed in the menu.

Take note of the following,

•	That the default shortcut key for locating the Toolbar menu is ALT+o

•	The toolbars currently listed are only default toolbars.  You can create your own, delete the default toolbars or not have any at all if you wish.

•	The tick to the left of the Toolbar name means the toolbar is active on screen.  If you want to turn a toolbar off,

•	Simply click the name of the toolbar until the small tick disappears.

•	As the tick disappears the toolbar will be removed from the work area.

Name

Common Commands
Tags

Your Text


Common Commands

DESCRIPTION:

The Common Commands Toolbar toggles off  and on, the default Toolbar of the same name.

LOCATION:	Toolbar

FEATURE:

1  The tick that appears to the left of the toolbar name indicates if the Toolbar is visible.  If the Toolbar name is ticked, it is visible on the screen.  If the Toolbar has no tick, it will not be present on the page

2  The names in the Toolbar list represent the given name of a Toolbar.

3  When you load the program for the first time, only the default Toolbars, “Common commands”, “Tags” and the “Your Text” Toolbar will appear.


Tags Toolbar

DESCRIPTION:

The Tags Toolbar toggles off/on the default toolbar of the same name.

LOCATION:	Toolbar

FEATURE:

1  The tick that appears to the left of the toolbar name indicates if the Toolbar is visible.

2  The names in the Toolbar list represent the given name of a Toolbar.

3  When you load the program for the first time, only the default Toolbars, “Common commands”, “Tags” and the “Your Text” Toolbar will appear.

4  You can customize any toolbar to your own requirements!  As you create your own floating toolbars their names will appear in the Tags menu as well.

USAGE TIPS:

1  If the Toolbar is ticked, the Toolbar will be visible on the screen.

2  If the Toolbar has no tick, the Toolbar will not be visible on the page


Your Text

DESCRIPTION:

The Text ‘n’ Stuff Toolbar toggles off  and on, the default Toolbar of the same name.  Notice the tick that appears to the left of the Toolbar name.  If the Toolbar name is ticked, it is visible on the screen.  If the Toolbar has no tick, it will not be present on the page

LOCATION:	Toolbar

FEATURE:

1  The tick that appears to the left of the toolbar name indicates if the Toolbar is visible.

2  The names in the Toolbar list represent the given name of a Toolbar.

3  When you load the program for the first time, only the default Toolbars, “Common commands”, “Tags” and the “Your Text” Toolbar will appear.

4  You can customize any toolbar to your own requirements!  As you create your own floating toolbars their names will appear in the Tags menu as well.

USAGE TIPS:

1  If the Toolbar is ticked, the Toolbar will be visible on the screen.

2  If the Toolbar has no tick, the Toolbar will not be visible on the page


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Format

The Format menu option gives you

Take note of the following,

•	That the default shortcut key for locating the Format menu is ALT+r

•	That the default shortcut letter for locating an option in the Format menu are to the right of the option name.

•	That any Format menu option marked “Yes” in the dialog box column indicates an associated dialog box.

Name	Ctrl	Letter	Dialog Box

Font	F	Yes
Document	Ctrl+D	D	Yes
Bold	Ctrl+B	B
Italics	Ctrl+E	I
Underline	U
Blinking	l
Big First Letter	g
Center	C


Format Font

DESCRIPTION:

There are a number of ways to Format font and other character attributes in HotDog.  This option allows you to

•	change a font’s relative size.

•	change a font’s color.

•	change eleven other visual attributes of a font.

LOCATION:	Format FormatFont

FEATURE:

1  Change a fonts relative size

Font sizes can be expressed either as a size relative to the base font size, or as an absolute size,  relative font size.   Sizes range from 1 to 7; the default size is 3.

2  Change a font’s color

You can change the color of some text by clicking the small “text color option” found to the right of the  Base Font selection option.

3  Change other visual attributes of a font

You can alter eleven other visual attributes.  You can mix and match these font attribute combinations.  They include,
Bold, Emphasized, Strong, Underline, Italics,
Small caps, Blinking, Superscript, Subscript, Big, Small

USAGE TIPS:

1  You can choose only one option for font size and color,  but you can mix and match the other eleven visual attributes of a font.

2  If you highlight text in your document before using one of the above options, the appropriate tags will be inserted at the start and end of the text, so that only the selected text is formatted.

3  If no text is highlighted, the start and end tags for the attributes will be inserted together.


Format Document

DESCRIPTION:

The Document dialog gives you an easy way to set document-wide attributes, like colors and background graphics.   The Document dialog is divided into three sections,

•	Document Information

•	Graphics & color

•	Links and Meta information

LOCATION:	Format FormatDocument

FEATURE:

1  Modify Document Information

2  Modify Graphics & color

Change the colors of the background the foreground and links

Check text color against background color with the Background Reality Checker

3  Change Links and Meta information

USAGE TIPS:

1  Change the colors of the background,  foreground and links

2  Check text color against background color with the Background Reality Checker


Document Information alterable in Format Document

FEATURE:

You can specify information for the <HEAD> and <BODY> elements in your document.  All files except, “Document Title” are optional.  The following information can be changed,

Document Title

The name of the document. This will not be displayed in the document, but most browsers will display it on their caption bar. The document title is required.

Base URL Address

This provides a convenient way to record the URL of a document, in case it is read out of context (for example, if some downloads the document and reads it off-line). Relative Hypertext Links within the document will be based on this address. For example, if you use the base address of

<BASE HREF="http://www.sausage.com/index.html">	then a link like

<IMG SRC="gifs/sausage.gif>	would be translated as

<IMG SRC="http://www.sausage.com/index.html/gifs/sausage.gif>

Banner (HTML 3)

The banner stays at the top of the page at all times - it does not scroll with the document. This is useful for logos, tool bars, and so on.

Base Font Size

The size to base all relative Font Size changes on. The default is 3. Base Font Size can range from 1 (the smallest) to 7 (the largest).

This document is a searchable index

This generates the ISINDEX tag, indicating that this document is an index document. As well as reading it, the reader may search for keywords in it. The 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.

The ISINDEX tag would normally be generated automatically by the Web Server. If the server does not have a search engine, then this option will do nothing.

URL for Processing Queries

This provides the server with a URL to direct search queries to. This field is optional.

Text to Ask User for Keywords

This provides the server with a URL to direct search queries to. This field is optional.

Build External Hyper Text Link

Allows you to build a link to an external file or resource.


Graphics & color information alterable in Format Document

FEATURE:

1  Change the colors of the background the foreground and links

Document Text	Foreground - the document text.

Background - the document background.

Standard Link	a hypertext link that the user has not yet followed.

Visited Link	a hypertext link to a page the user has already been to.

Active Link	a hypertext link  that is currently loading.

2  Check text color against background color with the Background Reality Checker

Our color sampler gives you an easy way to choose the colors for your document. Click on the item you want to change, then adjust its color with the RGB sliders, or click the RGB CODE button to choose the color graphically.  You can also change how the RGB code is displayed using the Decimal to Hex converter found just above the color sampler.

3  Specify a Background Graphic

Specifies an image to use as a background for the document. This image will be tiled across the page, and nothing else will be visible until the browser has rendered it. For this reason, these images should be very small files, and should not be interlaced.

4  Color Selection

5  Shades of Grey

6  Relative Lock


Bold

DESCRIPTION:

The Bold font option allows you to change a font’s bold attribute from normal to bold.  This option formats the text in ”Bold” type.

LOCATION:	Format Bold

FEATURE:

1  You can access this option through the

•	Menubar	As above

•	Button on default Tags Toolbar	Toolbars CommonCommands

•	Default shortcut 	ALT +r, B  or CTRL+B

•	Right mouse click

•	Roll your own Toolbar.

•	Roll your own  shortcut key.

2  You can also alter another eleven other visual attributes including the Bold option.

USAGE TIPS:

1  The use of Bold is not recommended; you should use Strong instead.

2  If you highlight text in your document before using one of the above options, the appropriate tags will be inserted at the start and end of the text, so that only the selected text is formatted.

3  If no text is highlighted, the start and end tags for the attributes will be inserted together.

4  You can apply combinations of the other eleven visual attributes of a font at the same time.


Italics

DESCRIPTION:

The Italics font option allows you to change a font’s attribute from normal to an “Italics”.

LOCATION:	Format Italics

FEATURE:

1  You can access this option through the

•	Menubar	As above

•	Button on default Tags Toolbar	Toolbars CommonCommands

•	Default shortcut 	ALT+r or CTRL+E

•	Right mouse click

•	Roll your own Toolbar.

•	Roll your own  shortcut key.

2  You can also alter another eleven other visual attributes including the Bold option.

USAGE TIPS:

1  The use of Italics is not recommended; you should use Emphasize instead.

2  If you highlight text in your document before using one of the above options, the appropriate tags will be inserted at the start and end of the text, so that only the selected text is formatted.

3  If no text is highlighted, the start and end tags for the attributes will be inserted together.

4  You can apply combinations of the other eleven visual attributes of a font at the same time.


Underline

DESCRIPTION:

The underline font option allows you to change a font’s attribute from normal to an “underlined”.

LOCATION:	Format Underline

FEATURE:

1  You can access this option through the

•	Menubar	As above

•	Button on default Tags Toolbar	Toolbars CommonCommands

•	Default shortcut 	ALT+r, U

•	Right mouse click

•	Roll your own Toolbar.

•	Roll your own  shortcut key.

2  You can also alter another eleven other visual attributes including the Bold option.

USAGE TIPS:

1  Underline is a proposed HTML 3.0 Tag.

2  If you highlight text in your document before using one of the above options, the appropriate tags will be inserted at the start and end of the text, so that only the selected text is formatted.

3  If no text is highlighted, the start and end tags for the attributes will be inserted together.

4  You can apply combinations of the other eleven visual attributes of a font at the same time.


Blinking

DESCRIPTION:

Makes the text blink on and off when it is displayed. Some people object very strongly to blinking text on (mainly) aesthetic grounds, although it can provide useful emphasis.

LOCATION:	Format Blinking

FEATURE:

1  You can access this option through the

•	Menubar	As above

•	Button on default Tags Toolbar	Toolbars CommonCommands

•	Default shortcut 	ALT+R, l

•	Right mouse click

•	Roll your own Toolbar.

•	Roll your own  shortcut key.

2  You can also alter another eleven other visual attributes including the Bold option.

USAGE TIPS:

1  If you highlight text in your document before using one of the above options, the appropriate tags will be inserted at the start and end of the text, so that only the selected text is formatted.

2  If no text is highlighted, the start and end tags for the attributes will be inserted together.

3  You can apply combinations of the other eleven visual attributes of a font at the same time.


Big First Letter

DESCRIPTION:

This option provides a handy way to begin paragraphs with large letters (usually referred to as drop caps).

LOCATION:	Format BigFirstLetter

FEATURE:

HotDog provides an option for setting the default size of the first letter.

USAGE TIPS:

1  This option provides a handy way to begin paragraphs with large letters (usually referred to as drop caps).

HotDog is a great program

2  To use it, select the text you want to begin with a large letter, then choose Big First Letter from the Format menu.

3  Note that this formatting will only be visible to browsers that can render the <FONT> tag.


Center

DESCRIPTION:

The <CENTER> tag lets you center text.  Currently it only works for Netscape browsers, and is not part of the HTML 3 specification.

LOCATION:	Format Center

FEATURE:

You can access this option through the

•	Menubar	As above

•	Button on default Tags Toolbar	Toolbars CommonCommands

•	Default shortcut	ALT+r, B

•	Right mouse click

•	Roll your own Toolbar.

•	Roll your own  shortcut key.

USAGE TIPS:

1  It may be wiser to use the ALIGN token instead.

Instead of   <CENTER>This is in the middle</CENTER>

use <P ALIGN="center">This is in the middle</P>

2  If you highlight text in your document before using one of the above options, the appropriate tags will be inserted at the start and end of the text, so that only the selected text is formatted.

3  If no text is highlighted, the start and end tags for the attributes will be inserted together.

4  You can apply combinations of the other eleven visual attributes of a font at the same time.


Snaglets

It had to happen. “The Snaglet’s have landed…”   HotDog now includes three of the most useful Snaglets for Web pages.  At the moment there are three Snaglet’s that have been imported.   There’s the Java animator, another for creating Frames & a Client Side Image Map tool.   Compared to the original programs, these tools are no thrown together hacks.  The functionality for each has been carefully refined.  The dialogs have been redesigned and any resultant HTML code and associated applets are seamlessly integrated.

Name	Dialog Box

Java Animator	Yes

Client Side Image Maps	Yes

Frames	Yes


Java Animator

DESCRIPTION:

The Java animator brings sound and movement to your Web page.  Just add some animation (.GIF or .JPG), some sound (.au) and you can create animation for your Web page.

LOCATION:	Snaglets  JavaAnimator

FEATURE:

USAGE TIPS:

FEATURE:


Client Side Image Maps

DESCRIPTION:

The Client Side Image Map tool allows you to create Image maps.  Image maps let you use define an area on a graphic that can be treated as a hypertext jump.

LOCATION:	Snaglets  ClientSideImageMaps

FEATURE:

USAGE TIPS:


Frames

DESCRIPTION:

Create frames visually using the Frame tool,  without having to have a great understanding of Frame HTML.  The Frame tool allows you to create, modify and refine your Frames without having to create the Frame HTML manually.

LOCATION:	Snaglets  Frames

FEATURE:

USAGE TIPS:


Tools

The Tools menu option contains a lot of the heavy duty features in HotDog. Take note of the following,

•	That the default shortcut key for locating the Tools menu is ALT+l

•	That the default shortcut letter for locating a particular option in the Tools menu are to the right of the Ctrl option.

•	That any Tools menu option marked “Yes” in the dialog box column indicates an associated dialog box.

Name	Ctrl	Letter	Dialog Box

Options	O	Yes
Shortcut Keys	S	Yes
Customize Toolbars	Ctrl+Alt+C	z	Yes

Make Template From Document	T	Yes
Create Template Field	C	Yes

Find Duplicate Links	F	Yes
Remove Hypertext Links	R
Remove HTML Tags	H
Check HTML Syntax	Ctrl+H	e

Multi-File Find and Replace	M	Yes
Spell Check	p
Real-time Output Viewer	i
Convert to HTML	n
Upload to Host	U
Mixing Desk	x


Options

DESCRIPTION:

The Options screen gives you a great deal of control over how HotDog works. There are six sections:  Each section has numerous options that you can modify and change.

LOCATION:	Tools Options

FEATURE:

The options folder contains selections related to HotDog settings.

•	General

•	Editing

•	Publishing

•	Display

•	File Directories

•	Saving/Starting

•	Color

•	Dictionary

USAGE TIPS:

When you change an option it will stay in effect until you make another alteration.  For example:  In the Start/Save tab, you can turn off the Animated splash screen to save time when loading.  The splash screen will stay turned off unless you go back to this option to turn it off.


Show ToolTips when mouse is over a button

When you hold the mouse pointer over a button on one of the toolbars for a few seconds, a yellow window will pop up with a brief description of what the control does. Check this box to disable this feature. If ToolTips are disabled, the information will appear on the Status Bar instead.

Drag & Drop from File Mngr opens file(s)

If this option is enabled, you will be able to drag files from the Windows File Manager or a similar program, and drop them somewhere in the HotDog window. HotDog will then open all the files that you dropped. Disabling this option may improve performance on slower machines. Note that if this option is disabled, you can still drag and drop files from the HotDog File Manager.


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Show ToolTips when mouse is over a button

When you hold the mouse pointer over a button on one of the toolbars for a few seconds, a yellow window will pop up with a brief description of what the control does. Check this box to disable this feature. If ToolTips are disabled, the information will appear on the Status Bar instead.

Drag & Drop from File Mngr opens file(s)

If this option is enabled, you will be able to drag files from the Windows File Manager or a similar program, and drop them somewhere in the HotDog window. HotDog will then open all the files that you dropped. Disabling this option may improve performance on slower machines. Note that if this option is disabled, you can still drag and drop files from the HotDog File Manager.


General

LOCATION:	Tools  Options  General

FEATURE:

Always Use Absolute file references

Normally when you insert a file, HotDog tries to make its location relative to the current document. For example, if you're working on a document saved in the C:\HTML directory, and you insert an image from the directory C:\HTML\GRAPHICS, HotDog will create the hypertext link as HREF="graphics\animage.gif". If this option was enabled, then HotDog would insert the full path name, e.g. HREF="c:\html\graphics\animage.gif".

Always use Current Directory in File Dialogs

When HotDog shows a dialog for open, saving, or inserting files, it normally defaults to an appropriate directory as set in the File Directories options. For example, the documents directory for HTML files or the Graphics directory for images. If you have files spread all over your computer this behavior may become annoying. The Always Use Current Directory option will open the file dialogs to the current directory (normally the last directory they were in).

Insert <P> on Elements Bar as a Container

The HTML draft suggests that the paragraph tag <P> is used as a container. However, this is not required by any current browsers. If you check this option, when you select the Paragraph button , HotDog will insert the </P> closing tag as well as the <P>.

Insert Text as Pre-formatted <PRE>

By default, HotDog Inserts Text Files as Pre-formatted text, using the <PRE> tag. Most browsers will display this in a monospaced font like Courier.    If you want to insert text files as a normal part of your document, you can disable this option to save you from removing the <PRE> tags manually.

Use a Fixed Name for Temp Files

This option is only required if you are having problems with the way documents are displayed in your browser when you Preview your documents.

HotDog communicates with browsers using DDE. When you choose Preview, HotDog will take a copy of the current document and instruct your browser to display it. By default, HotDog uses a unique file name for each copy, which forces the browser to load the document.

If your browser does not support SDI standard DDE commands, then HotDog will start a new copy of the browser each time you choose preview. This can quickly eat up resources and slow down your system. To prevent this from happening, turn this option on. HotDog will start your browser the first time you choose Preview; after that, you will need to switch to your browser (for example by using ALT+TAB), and Reload the document (see your browser's documentation for instructions on how to do this).

Use Strong and Emphasis, not Bold and Italics

<STRONG> and <EM> are the preferred HTML alternatives to <B> and <I>. If this option is checked, HotDog will automatically insert these tags for you when you choose Bold or Italics from the Format Font.

Choose Browser before each Preview

If this option is checked, every time you choose Preview, HotDog will display a dialog to let you choose the browser you want to use. If it's not checked, HotDog will always use the default browser.

Publish Files for Previews

This option lets you Publish your files before previewing them. This has the advantage of always displaying the document as it will look when published, but some of the Publishing Options you use might not work properly for locally-viewed documents.

No Sound Effects

This option allows you to turn OFF the HotDog sounds.  You can edit the sounds using the sound mixing desk.

HTML Target Identifier

The current HTML 3 draft defines targets with the ID token. For example,

<P ID="contents"> will make a paragraph a target, with the name contents.

Previous versions of HTML used the NAME token in an anchor. For example, <A NAME="contents">

HotDog defaults to the first (HTML 3) method. If you prefer to use the older method, you can change the default target code in this box.

Big First Letter Size

This lets you set the size for the Big First Letter (drop caps) option. Sizes can be either relative (for example, +2) or absolute (for example, 5). Note that you can set a size smaller than the default font size, in effect giving you a "small first letter" option. We have no idea why anyone might want to do that, but who knows? If you find a use for it please let us know.


Show ToolTips when mouse is over a button

When you hold the mouse pointer over a button on one of the toolbars for a few seconds, a yellow window will pop up with a brief description of what the control does. Check this box to disable this feature. If ToolTips are disabled, the information will appear on the Status Bar instead.

Drag & Drop from File Mngr opens file(s)

If this option is enabled, you will be able to drag files from the Windows File Manager or a similar program, and drop them somewhere in the HotDog window. HotDog will then open all the files that you dropped. Disabling this option may improve performance on slower machines. Note that if this option is disabled, you can still drag and drop files from the HotDog File Manager.


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Show ToolTips when mouse is over a button

When you hold the mouse pointer over a button on one of the toolbars for a few seconds, a yellow window will pop up with a brief description of what the control does. Check this box to disable this feature. If ToolTips are disabled, the information will appear on the Status Bar instead.

Drag & Drop from File Mngr opens file(s)

If this option is enabled, you will be able to drag files from the Windows File Manager or a similar program, and drop them somewhere in the HotDog window. HotDog will then open all the files that you dropped. Disabling this option may improve performance on slower machines. Note that if this option is disabled, you can still drag and drop files from the HotDog File Manager.


Editing

LOCATION:	Tools  Options  Editing

FEATURE:

Document Font Name

This lets you control the font used for editing documents.

Document Font Size

This lets you control the size of the font used for editing documents.

Color tags after nn seconds idle (60 sec. max)

If this option is enabled, HotDog will display HTML tags in a different color from the rest of the document. Different tag types, for example Netscape or Microsoft tags, will be displayed in a different color from standard HTML tags.

HotDog waits nn seconds after you finish typing before going through your document to change the tag colors. If you have a slow computer, or you are working on large documents, you will probably want to set this to a fairly high number, e.g. 30, so that HotDog does not interfere with your work.

Quick Color (color on screen tags)

Choose this option if you want to update your document immediately.   As you type HotDog will refresh the screen and update in the process the on-screen attributes.  For example, say you have the,

Background default 	Blue

Foreground default 	Yellow

Default HTML Tag Color	White

HTML Tag type	HTML 3

HTML Tag color	Red

If you type in the <Center> tag, immediately after you have placed the Tag in HotDog will refresh the screen, the <Center > tag in red.

Convert Extended Characters while typing

This option is designed primarily for European users. If it is enabled, whenever you type an extended character like an umlaut or acute, HotDog will automatically translate it into the appropriate HTML code (for example, &euml;). If you don't want this to happen while you're typing, HotDog can also translate all extended characters when you publish your document.

HotDog might take longer to process keystrokes if you use this option.

Tags in lower case

If this option is enabled, any tags HotDog inserts will be in lower case. HotDog will not automatically convert tags you type into lower case.

Floating windows activate when mouse points at them. (e.g. Tags, Chars)

Default Document Extension

The default document extension allows you to select either HTM or HTML for the default document extension.


Show Paragraph Marks (Pro version)

This option will display a character to mark every hard return in your document.

Show Spaces (Pro version)

This option will display a character to mark every space in your document.

Tab Indent (Inch)

Specifies the space (in inches) that HotDog will insert whenever you hit the Tab key.

Undo Depth (Pro version)

Tells HotDog how many previous actions to remember for the multi-level Undo function. HotDog can remember up to 99 actions; the default is 10. The higher this number is, the more memory HotDog will use.


Color Tags Now Process

DESCRIPTION:

HotDog will now display tags in a number of different colors.  We’ve built in support for tags that are not yet part of the official HTML standard, for example HTML 3 and the Netscape extensions to HTML.    Using the Color Tags Now feature,  Netscape, Microsoft, and HTML 3 tags can now be made will show up in different colors from HTML 1 and 2 tags. Naturally, this feature is fully customizable, so you can select your own colors and create your own tag groupings.

LOCATION:

The background reality checker comes in two parts,

1  Define the Background, Foreground text color & Link color,  Tools OptionsColors

2  Then update the screen,  Edit ColorTagsNow

FEATURE:

You can visually identify different tags by color.  But let’s get one thing straight, Tag color customization will not produce colored text for Web pages!    Being able to identify tags onscreen The real work is done in the in this Dialog box , if you go to the color folder you can set the on-screen attributes of,

•	Screen color,  Foreground & Background.

•	Default HTML Tag color

•	HTML Tag type

•	HTML Tag color.

USAGE TIPS:

1  To customize the colored tags follow these steps,

•	Change options for Tag type & Tag type color (Example).

•	But I can’t find out where to change the options?

•	Color tags,  now.

2  In order to assign colors to your tags you have to go through a two stage process.  First go to the Tools OptionsColor  menu to select which tags and what color you want them to appear.  Then to apply the changes (ie: Color the tags) you have to go to the Edit ColorTagsNow option.

3  You can also alter the speed at which HotDog refreshes the screen  Tools OptionsColors


Publishing

DESCRIPTION:

These options let you make some automatic changes to your documents when you Publish them.

LOCATION:	Tools  Options  Publishing

FEATURE:

Remove All Carriage Returns

A Carriage Return/Line Feed is generated whenever you press Enter. Carriage Returns are useful for laying out your source document, but when it gets on the Internet it may cause problems with some browsers. You should use Line Breaks <BR> or Paragraphs <P> instead. This option will remove all Carriage Returns entirely.

Publish as UNIX Text File

This will convert all Windows text files to UNIX ones when publishing. Windows and DOS text files use the Carriage Return/Line Feed combination (CRLF) at the end of each line; UNIX files only use Line Feeds (LF).

Convert Extended Characters to HTML Codes

This option will automatically translate extended characters like acutes and umlauts into the appropriate HTML code (for example, &euml;). HotDog can also translate all extended characters automatically while you're typing. Note that HotDog will not replace ampersands (&) with &amp;. This is to allow you to specify extended characters manually.

Replace \ With / in File Names

This will convert Windows file references for use on UNIX systems. For example, HREF="graphics\animage.gif" would be replaced with HREF="graphics/animage.gif"

Extension For Published Documents

HotDog will save published documents to the Publish directory, as specified in File Locations. By default, HotDog renames these documents with the extension .PUB. This is to remind you to rename them as .HTML when you upload them to the Internet. If you do not like this behaviour, you can enter any valid DOS extension in this box.

Replace Words During Publishing

HotDogs Replace Text List (see below) is a very useful feature, but there are times when you do not want to scan the entire document for text to replace. This option lets you disable and re-enable the Replace Text List without deleting all the items in the list.

The Replace Text List

When publishing, HotDog will replace any text listed in the Replace column with the appropriate entry in the With column. For example, you can replace {home} with http://www.sausage.com, or .htm with .html.

Because this only gets changed when a document is published, you can use this feature to design site- and directory-independent documents. For example, instead of referring to your copyright page as HREF="/home/web/copyright.html" in all of your other pages, you can use something like [copyright page]. If the name or directory of your home page changes, you only need to change the entry on this screen, rather than in every single document.

The replace process is case sensitive. There is no limit to how many entries you can have, but HotDog will take longer to publish documents if you have a very large number.

USAGE TIPS:

Some text boxes have been added to help you add text to the grid controls that HotDog uses in various places. ie Words to replace when Publishing, Multi-File find and replace and What's New.


Display

DESCRIPTION:

These options give you some degree of control over HotDog's display.

LOCATION:	Tools  Options  Display

FEATURE:

Document Display Options:

Word Wrap

Turn this option off if you have very long lines in your document, and you do not want HotDog to reformat them to fit in the screen. This option will have no effect on your HTML file; it is just provided to help you edit documents. If you want to prevent word wrap in your HTML documents, use the <PRE> tag.

ROVER Display Options:

Refresh ROVER after nn seconds idle (max 60s)

Using option refreshes ROVER.   If you make a change inside HotDog and have ROVER running at the same time the time between making a change in HotDog and the changes showing up in ROVER is the amount of time in seconds you set (nn).  A good time delay is one second.  This means as you make changes in HotDog, the same changes are (almost) simultaneously being made in ROVER.

Refresh ROVER when document is saved

However what if the document is big?.  Using the last option will take time to refresh ROVER.  This option allows you to refresh ROVER only when you save the file.

Show Main Toolbar As:

If you fool around with these options you can change the combinations of text & button types as well as icons.  Don’t forget to use the “Apply key” to view the changes made to your selection without having to save them.

Icon & Text

If you want both the Icon and text to appear on the main Toolbar.  When this option is set each button on the main Toolbar will show it’s icon & text.

Icons Only

If you only want icons only to appear on the Toolbar. This means only the icons will appear. No text will appear with the associated icon.

Text Only (Narrow Buttons)

If you only want text only to appear on the Toolbar. This means only the text will appear.  The buttons will be narrow.

Text Only (Wide Buttons)

If you only want text only to appear on the Toolbar. This means only the text will appear.  The buttons will be wide.


File Directories

DESCRIPTION:

This screen lets you tell HotDog where to look for files.

LOCATION:	Tools  Options  File Locations

FEATURE:

Preview Browser

The default browser. This will be loaded when you choose Preview Document from the File Menu.

When you set the default browser, HotDog will change the icon on the Preview button to the browser's icon. This lets you quickly see which browser is the default.

If you want to test your document with a number of browsers (always a very good idea), you can set the Choose Browser before each Preview option.

Documents

The location of your HTML documents.

Published Files

The directory to store published files, ready for uploading to the Internet.

Graphics Files

The location of your image files.

AutoSave Files

The directory to store automatically-saved files in.

Templates

The location of the Normal (default) template in HotDog Standard, and for all templates in HotDog Professional.


.INF Files

INF files are used by HotDog for configuration information.   You can manually edit this file to change the settings in HotDog.  If you do, make sure you make a copy of the file.

Temporary Files

The location to store any temporary files HotDog creates. These will normally be deleted when you exit HotDog.

USAGE TIPS:

By default HotDog forces all file names into lower case (not the directories, just the file itself).  This makes it easier when putting web sites from case-insensitive Windows machines to case-sensitive UNIX boxes.


Saving/Start

LOCATION:	Tools  Options  Saving/Start

FEATURE:

Auto-save every xx Minutes

Specify how often you want HotDog to automatically save your files for you. Files are saved into the AutoSave directory specified in File Directories with the extension .HDB.

Show Handy Hints when HotDog Starts

By default, HotDog will display a handy hint every time it starts. This can be switched off by checking the Get Rid Of These Things! box on the Handy Hints screen, and can be switched on and off from the Show Handy Hints option.

Create Backup Files when saving

By default, HotDog creates a .BAK file before it overwrites any existing files when saving or publishing. This option will disable this behavior.

Restore Last Session When HotDog Starts

If this option is checked, HotDog will remember the size and position of all open windows when it last closed. When HotDog next starts, these documents will be opened and arranged accordingly.

Note that whether or not this option is selected, HotDog will remember the positions of the Tags and Special Characters lists.

Open New Document When HotDog Starts

By default, HotDog will always start with a blank document open. If you do not want this to happen then disable this option.

Refresh Browser preview on saving document

If you have a large document you don’t want ROVER updating every time you type a word or every 60 seconds.  It’s time consuming.  By refreshing the document only every time you save a document time you trade refreshing ROVER and having exactly what you have on the screen for SPEED!.

Skip animated splash screen on start-up

Do you want to save time loading up the program?  This switch turns off the “pretty” start-up screen and saves time.


Color

LOCATION:	Tools  Options  Color

FEATURE:

Background Color

Specifies the background color in the editing window.

Foreground Color

Specifies the foreground color in the editing window.

Default HTML Tag Color

Specifies the color that standard HTML tags will appear in if the colored tags option is set.

HTML Tag type

Gives you a choice of HTML 3,  Netscape or Microsoft tags.  Used in conjunction with the “HTML Tag Type Color”.  Tag type refers to one of the three major tag standards being used on the Web.  If you use a tag, (say a Netscape tag, assign HTML Tag Type Color to red).  When HotDog refreshes the screen all the Netscape Tags will be RED.

HTML Tag Type Color

These let you assign colors to particular tag types. HotDog ships with some pre-defined tag types, for the Netscape and Microsoft extensions.   You can also create your own tag groupings in the Edit Tag Information screen.


Dictionary

DESCRIPTION:

These options apply to HotDogs Spell Checker.

LOCATION:	Tools  Options  Dictionary

FEATURE:

Customary Dictionary (Pro version)

The custom dictionary stores any words you choose to add to the spell checker. HotDog can use existing custom spell-check dictionaries created by Word or other Microsoft products.

Standard Dictionary (Pro version)

This is the location of the default dictionary for HotDogs spell checker. HotDog ships with the American English dictionary, but UK English, German, and French dictionaries are available from our Web site.


Tools Shortcut Keys

DESCRIPTION:

HotDog Pro lets you assign menu commands to keystrokes. Choose the combination of CTRL, ALT, and SHIFT (use as many of these as you like) and the key you want to use, then pick the HotDog function from the list.  Functions are based on their menu names.

LOCATION:	Tools  Shortcut Keys

FEATURE:

1  You can create your own shortcut combinations (HotKeys).

2  Whenever a key combination (that you created a shortcut for) is pressed; HotDog calls the appropriate function.

3  Be aware that you cannot create certain shortcut keys.  A document editing Window (this could be any application) responds to certain shortcut keys regardless of what other function you define for that keyboard combination.  (CTRL+v will always paste)

4  To create a shortcut,  go to the shortcut column and press the key combinations that you want to be the shortcut.

5  The Delete button removes any previous shortcut keys created.

USAGE TIPS:

There are certain keyboard combinations that are pre-defined and should not be used (CTRL-ALT-DEL).  When you create your short cut keys have a good look at the Windows standards for shortcut layouts.  Take a look at HotDog and other programs to see what key combinations are not used.


Customize Toolbars

DESCRIPTION:

The Customize Toolbar option let’s you create your own toolbar combinations.

LOCATION:	Tools Customize Toolbars

FEATURE:

1  There are several default toolbars, ( You can turn them off,  delete them, create your own.  You do not have to use them at all.)

•	Common Commands

•	Default

•	Default2

•	Tags

•	Your Text

2  You can create or delete  a Toolbar.

3  You can add or delete buttons from the Buttonbar.

4  For any toolbar you can add or remove a button.

5  You can assign any of HotDogs 83 functions to a toolbar.  You can have a maximum of 10 buttons on a toolbar.  You can have as many toolbars as your system requirements dictate.

USAGE TIPS:

1  A quick way to access the customize Toolbar dialog box is to,

•	Position your mouse on the Buttonbar.

•	Right click on your mouse.

•	The customize Toolbar Dialog box should appear.

2  When you use the Toolbar and you want to know the,

•	Toolbar name:   Go and have a look at Toolbars on the menubar.  Check for the toolbar name (Current toolbar is ticked.)

•	Toolbar button name:   Place you mouse over the Button.  You will notice the name of the button will appear in two positions, the bottom left hand corner of the screen and (depending on the orientation of the toolbar (horizontal only) the top of the floating toolbar.


Make Template From Document

DESCRIPTION:

HotDog Professional lets you create templates. This is an easy way to give all your documents a similar look and feel, or to include common information in each one.

LOCATION:	Tools  MakeTemplateFrom Document

FEATURE:

1  To use a template, select FileNew. A list of all available templates will be shown. Choose one from the list and press enter or click OK.

2  If there is no file called NORMAL.TPL in your Template directory, HotDog will create one.

3  To change the Normal template, simply replace the file NORMAL.TPL with the template you want to use as the default.

USAGE TIPS:

To create a template, design the file you want to use as a template in the editing window. Then choose, “Make Template”  from Tools Make Template from Document.  The document will be saved in whatever directory is specified for templates in the Options screen.


Create Template Field

DESCRIPTION:

This screen lets you create fields that will be automatically updated when you create, save, or publish your documents. These fields can insert information about your system, the current file, date and time, or read information from a text file.

LOCATION:	Tools  Create Template Field

FEATURE:

1  When you use this option you have to ask yourself the following question,

When do you want this field to be replaced with information?

   You can select one of two possible options,

•	When a document is created from this template

•	Each time the Document is Published.

2  After you make this selection, the program will automatically guide you through any options you need to make.

USAGE TIPS:

HotDog provides a number of automatically updated functions including,

•	Date,

•	Time,

•	HotDog Version,

•	Current File Name,

•	Windows Version,

•	HotDog Registered Company

•	HotDog Registered user.


Find Duplicate Links

DESCRIPTION:

This option will search for duplicate hypertext links in the current document.

LOCATION:	Tools  Find Duplicate Links

FEATURE:

1  If you have more than one link pointing to the same place, HotDog will alert you. Note that it's quite acceptable to have several links to one place in the same document; for example, you might have several references to your home page or a Table of Contents.

2  A dialog box will appear only when there is a duplicate link.

USAGE TIPS:

You will only see the dialog box if you have a duplicate link.


Remove Hypertext Links

DESCRIPTION:

This option will remove any hypertext links selected text in a document.

LOCATION:	Tools  Remove Hypertext Links

FEATURE:

1  If no text is selected, HotDog will ask you if you want to remove all the links in the document.

2  Can remove Hypertext links in a specific area.

USAGE TIPS:

1  All hypertext links will be removed when you use this function.  If you try to undo  remember,

•	Only the last change you have made is restored.

•	This means any links before the last link will be unrecoverable!

•	The only way to recover a mistake if you have made more than one change is to load the last saved file.

•	Save early, save often!

2  If you want to remove hypertext links in a specific area of a Web document, highlight the area of text using your mouse then use,  Tools  Remove Hypertext Links


Remove HTML Tags

DESCRIPTION:

This option will remove any HTML tags from selected text in a document.

LOCATION:	Tools  Remove HTML Tags

FEATURE:

1  If no text is selected, HotDog will ask you if you want to remove all the Tags in the document.

2  You can remove Tags in a specific area within your Web document.

USAGE TIPS:

1  All Tags will be removed when you use this function.  If you try to undo  remember,

•	Only the last change you have made is restored.

•	This means any links before the last link will be unrecoverable!

•	The only way to recover a mistake if you have made more than one change is to load the last saved file.

•	Save early, save often!

2  If you want to remove Tags in a specific area of a Web document, highlight the area of text using your mouse then use,  Tools  Remove Hypertext Links


Check HTML Syntax

DESCRIPTION:

This handy little tool can save both time and effort by diligently searching through reams and reams of  HTML code.  No matter how messy or badly laid out, the Syntax checker will seek out, that hard to find glitch.

LOCATION:	Tools CheckHTMLSyntax

FEATURE:

1  You can check what errors that have been detected.  The error compiler indicates what HTML syntax errors have occured.

2  There are three options you can use,

•	All warnings:	Will show all warnings encountered.

•	No language warnings:	Will not show any language warnings encountered.

•	No warnings:	Will not show any warnings.

3  All the different flavors of HTML have a strict set of rules,  the syntax checker looks for,

•	Mistakes in the HTML syntax.

•	For example:  An error will occur if you have the following,

•	<H1>………That’s all folks…….

•	By not putting in the matching closing tag, </H1> an error will result.

USAGE TIPS:

1  Get into the habit of using our syntax checker just after you save you document.

2  If you want to use the syntax checker,

•	Go to Tools CheckHTMLSyntax

•	Select the Check HTML Syntax option.

•	Hey presto…that’s it!  Your code will automatically be checked to see if it’s 100% HTML.

•	A small window will appear on your display to inform you of success.

3  The syntax checker will not look for spelling mistakes!!


Multi-File Find and Replace

DESCRIPTION:

This function lets you find and replace information in a number of different HTML files at once.

LOCATION:	Tools  Multi-File Find and Replace

FEATURE:

1  Caution:

This is a very powerful feature. It can make your life much easier, but it also has the potential to do a lot of damage if you make a mistake and replace the wrong thing.

2  Replace ALL:

Search & replace several items at once at the same time.

3  Choose files:

Through dragging or typing).

4  Find ALL:

Use the “Find All” button to find, select, open files that meet the search criteria.

5  Document conversion:

Option to do batch conversion of ASCII files to/from the UNIX format.

USAGE TIPS:

1  We strongly  recommend that you make backups of all files you want to replace before using this function.

2  If you do make a mistake using find & replace, try using this tool to replace the text you replaced with the correct insertion text.


Spell Check

DESCRIPTION:

“…and so I sayed to thiis chappy…”

Do notice something odd about this line?    Yes, SPELLING ERRORS!  but don’t worry, you     need not suffer from the curse of the atrocious speller again.  HotDog Pro ships with the US - English dictionary. Dictionaries for other languages are available from our Web site

LOCATION:	Tools  SpellCheck

FEATURE:

The spell checker will go through all your selected text and hunt down spelling errors.  When an error is encountered the Spell checker dialog box will appear.  You can choose to use the following,

1  Suggestions:

Will prompt a selection of default alternative words. You can Ignore/replace.

2  Ignore:

Proceed to the next suspect (possibly incorrect spelling) word.

3  Replace:

Replace the misspelled word with a correct word available from the list.

USAGE TIPS:

What does Spell Check look for ?

•	The Spell Checker looks for the correct spelling of  text within the HTML code.

•	The following would alert the spell checker,

<HEAD>

<TITLE>…Takee good care of my kite Lad…</TITLE>

</HEAD>

•	Spell Checker, ignores HTML syntax.  Anything within the “<…>” is ignored.


Real-Time Output Viewer

DESCRIPTION:

The ROVER window has now become a mini-WWW browser.  You can use it to cruise around the Web and if you find a page like, and you’re curious as to what HTML they used then just click on the “Open In HotDog” button to transfer their page straight into a HotDog document.  There is also a Width checker which you can use to see how your page will appear to users who’s computer monitors are configured to 640x480, 800x600 or 1024x768 resolution.

LOCATION:	Tools Real-timeOutputViewer

FEATURE:

ROVER now has the following features,

1  Net Aware and can be used as a functional web browser.

2  View a Web page in ROVER then see the Web page source.

3  Insert Web page source straight into HotDog.

4  View Web documents in ROVER  in several screen resolutions.

USAGE TIPS:

1  ROVER won’t display every non-standard tag you may want to use, but it certainly won’t stop you from using whatever tags you want to. Of course, you can still preview your documents using another browser. In fact, we strongly recommend it!

2  An option has been put in to make ROVER update whenever your current document is saved.  This is the way I work - it feels right :-).

3  Also ROVER will change to reflect whatever document you have selected, so as you toggle through multiple documents it will show you what each one looks like, unless you click on the "Lock" checkbox in the ROVER window.


Convert to HTML

DESCRIPTION:

Got a whole stack of ASCII text files you want to turn into web pages?   Our HTML Converter will faithfully chomp away and convert them to HTML.  You do need to give HotDog some basic instructions (described below).  The Converter will then follow your orders on how you want your ASCII files to end up and translate them into a Web document.  Sit back and let the HTML Converter do all the hard work for you.

LOCATION:	Tools  Convert to HTML

FEATURE:

The Text to HTML Converter is divided into four areas.   Changes can be made in the following areas,

•	Formatting Paragraphs

•	Formatting  Isolated Lines

•	Leaving text in the same format

•	Formatting End of Lines


What are the options to use in Convert to HTML?

DESCRIPTION:

The Text to HTML Converter is divided into four areas.  In each of these areas, options you can choose from are,

Formatting Paragraphs

•	Convert line(s) into plain text paragraphs by inserting a “<P>” tag.

•	Create a list, bulleted or numbered.

•	You also have the further option to remove/leave lists.

Formatting  Isolated Lines

What about isolated lines ?

•	You can add newline tag “ <BR> ” for the first or other individual lines.

•	You can also insert a blank line in relation to the above.

•	There are several options: above,below…etc.

Leaving text in the same format

What does Area 3 do ?

•	Inserts a “ <PRE> ”  tag that leaves text as it is.  Eg: Lines of pre-formatted text will not change.

Formatting End of Lines

What does Area 4, End of line's do ?

•	At the end of a line insert a newline tag, <BR>.

•	Preserve a body of  text with any number of lines.

•	Option:  Insert the number of lines for a paragraph.

•	Paragraphs will be maintained for the number of sequential lines chosen above.

Eg:	Select 4.

Result: 	Paragraphs will made for 4 or more sequential lines.


Upload to Host

DESCRIPTION:

HotDog's Auto-Upload feature makes it easy for you to upload your documents to your web site.

LOCATION:	Tools  Upload to Host

FEATURE:

1  HotDog will connect to your web site and automatically upload the current document, as well as any images and local files it references.

2  The next time you want to use Auto-Upload, just click the Upload button and the process will begin immediately. If you ever want to change your login details, you can do this from the Tools Options WebServer screen.

USAGE TIPS:

To use the Auto-Upload features,

•	Make sure you are connected to the Internet.

•	Once you have logged on, just click the Upload button on the Button Bar.

•	The first time you use Auto-Upload, you will be asked to provide some information about your web site.

•	Fill in the screen with information provided from your ISP.

•	Then Click OK.


Default Web Server

Directory On Server

Default Login Name

Password


Mixing Desk

DESCRIPTION:

The Sound Mixing Desk allows you to assign random sounds to any of the 83 different functions found within the program.

LOCATION:	Tools  Mixing Desk

FEATURE:

How about putting the fun back into editing?  With the Sound Mixing Desk  you can,

1  Assign a sound to a HotDog function or HotDog event.   Every time a function or event is called,  the assigned sound will play.

HotDog Function Based

You use HotDog functions all the time.    A function changes/manipulates data (web document).  An example of a HotDog function is the Tools Mixing desk, FileNew or  EditSelectAll.

HotDog Event Based

An event is related more to system type operation on data (Web document).  An example of HotDog based event is,  Toolbone Click (When you press a toolbone: Sound clicks. )

2  You can also Add or Remove a sound from the playlist.

Add sound:   Allows you to choose a sound file from your system & copies the file into playlist.

Remove sound:   Removes a sound from the playlist.

3  Use a sound Pack.

Sound Pack notes:   A sound pack is a sample of sounds we have put in so you can play with some sounds.

4  You can even choose how often a sound will play with the Playing frequency.

Play Sound Every Time:   A sound will play associated with either the HotDog event or function.

Only play sound nn% of the Time:   Will play a percentage of the time where nn is percentage of time the sound will play.

5  Randomly assign a sound to an event or function.

Randomly choose One of These Sounds:   Will randomly select a sound from the playlist  and play this sound for any assigned event or function called

USAGE TIPS:

How do I turn the sound off?   Go to Tools  Option General and,

•	Move your mouse to No Sound Effects

•	Turn the tick off .

•	That’s it.


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Started Window

Q Is it good for the user to have directions to where the features are on the menubar?

Check if the Tile opens all, especially if ionized.  It does not appear so!

What do you mean by default?


Window

The Window menu option contains all the HotDog operations related to the Windows your Web documents appear in.   Take note of the following,

•	The default shortcut letter for locating a particular option in the Window menu located are to the right of the option name.

Name	Letter

Cascade	C
Tile	T
Arrange Icons	A
Close All	l

Window List


Cascade

DESCRIPTION:

The Cascade option applies to all web documents (in their respective windows) that are currently open.  Cascade, re-arranges the windows in your work area much like a when you hold a hand of cards.  Open files, appear stacked one on top another in an 45 degree isometric fashion.

LOCATION:	Window Cascade

FEATURE:

Using this option,

•	Re-arranges the way your files appear on screen.

•	Will display all Windows currently open, stacking Window upon Window, from left to right, bottom to top.

USAGE TIPS:

1  Try this option to better organise your workspace.

2  You can quickly tell by looking what Web document you last worked on,  by looking at the order of the cascaded Windows.


Tile

DESCRIPTION:

The Tile option applies to all Web documents (in their respective windows) that are currently open.  Tiling your screen re-arranges the windows in your work area by re-sizing the currently open windows so they all fit geometrically on your current workspace.  Tiling, as the old saying goes “comes in any shape as long as it’s rectangular!”.

LOCATION:	Window Tile

FEATURE:

Using this option,

•	Re-arranges the way your files appear on screen.

•	Tiling allows you to view all your currently open Web documents at once.

USAGE TIPS:

1  For readability,  four files tiled at any one time is a good rule of thumb.  Unless of course you have 21’’ monitor and keen eyesight!

2  The Tile option will only tile files that are maximized.  For example, if one file is minimized and two other files are maximized, using the tile option will result in tiling the two maximized files only.


Arrange Icons

DESCRIPTION:

The Arrange Icons option expands or collapses the current work Window you are using into a small square icon at the bottom of the page.

LOCATION:	Window ArrangeIcons

FEATURE:

1  Using this option,

•	Re-arranges the way your files appear on screen.

•	Arrange Icons,  reduces the currently used window to an icon at the bottom of your work area.

2  The iconized representation of the file consists of a HotDog Icon, file path (chopped) and the 3 default Windows system buttons.


Close All

DESCRIPTION:

The Close All option allows you to close all currently opened Web documents in go.

LOCATION:	Window CloseAll

FEATURE:

Using this option,

•	Will close all files that appear on-screen in one go.

USAGE TIPS:

Don’t use this option if you haven’t saved your work.  It might be a obvious comment to make but it only takes one click to zap all your work.


Window List

DESCRIPTION:

The Window List shows all the currently opened files and indicates which file is currently being worked on.

LOCATION:	File

Edit

View

Window

FEATURE:

Lists the,

•	Currently opened files

•	Their file paths.

•	Order of opening files.

USAGE TIPS:

You can check the currently opened file and it’s path by looking for the small tick to the left of the file name.


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Worked on all links

Assigned macros to the following.

Contents	Search()

Search	HelpOn()

HTML Reference	JumpContents(“HTML.hlp”)

Change name of Html.hlp file to HTML.hlp

Emailed Brian, “What’s Memory load ?”

Q Should I have a back macro in the HTML helpfile?


Help

The Help menu option contains all the HotDog operations related Help file associated with HotDog.  Take note of the following,

•	That the default shortcut key for locating the Help menu is ALT+H

•	That the default shortcut letters for locating a particular option in the file menu are to the right of the shortcut

•	That any file menu option marked “Yes” in the dialog box column indicates an associated dialog box.

Name	Letter	Dialog Box

Contents	C
Search	S
HTML Reference	H
Registering HotDog	R
About HotDog	A	Yes


Contents

DESCRIPTION:

The Contents option calls up the first page of the Help file.

LOCATION:	Help Contents

FEATURE:

The HotDog Help file has been designed specifically for several types of learning,

•	Show me the big picture.

•	Show me all the intricate, nitty gritty.

•	I can’t be bothered learning everything,  I want an answer NOW!

USAGE TIPS:

1 The “Big Picture” learner

If you want to get a feel of how HotDog, Tags, HTML and the Web relate together then use the Help file in the following order,

•	Follow the Help file through “as is”.

•	Skip any specific topics until you are ready.

•	Read about exactly what HotDog is capable of.

•	Read about HotDog related concepts such as tags, HTML, the Web

•	These topics are covered in the Help file,  HotDog & HTML help file’s

2 The “Detail learner”

If you want to systematically learn about some aspect of HotDog or get right into a specific topic then do the following,

•	Topic

Select the topic you want to learn about from the index button

It’s found second button from the left, next to the contents button.

•	Menu

Go to the Menu’s in the Menu’s section of HotDog Help.

It’s title is “A detailed look at HotDog”

It can be located in the index by typing it’s title or “detailed”, “comprehensive”

•	Tutorial

Search through the tutorials and see if there is a tutorial you can work on.

3 Give me an answer NOW!!!!!!!

There is always a time when you haven’t got time to do the “detail thing”.   You might even know the big picture,  so you don’t want to waste any of your precious time reading verbose passages of text without getting results fast.

Try using the index.


Search

DESCRIPTION:

The Search option invokes the search engine.  Your ability to find a specific item is greatly enhanced using this tool.

LOCATION:	Help Search

FEATURE:

The search engine allows you to find what you want in the Help file by searching for,

Contents:	Searching through a graphical tree of topics

Index	Searching through indexed keywords & topic headings

Individual words	Search for individual words

USAGE TIPS:

1  If you want some help on “how to get the best out of using the Help system”,  then  check out the dreaded Help on Help.

2  Searching for information can be frustrating if you can’t find what you want.  This help file has attempted to have a base amount of information on every feature and most concepts related to HotDog.  Have a look at the structure and become familiar what type of information is available in this Help file.

3  If you really feel there are some gaps in coverage then let us know!


HTML Reference

DESCRIPTION:

HTML Reference is a library of HTML codes.  If you want to know more about,

•	HTML Specifications.

•	Netscape Enhancements to HTML.

•	Microsoft Enhancements to HTML.

•	Quick Reference guide to HTML.

•	More about tags in general.

then look no further.

LOCATION:	Help HTMLReference

FEATURE:

1  The HTML reference library has been created as a separate Help file,  HTML helpfile, (HTML.hlp).  When you go to this reference notice,

•	The title of the Help file changes

•	The color of the Help file changes

2  If you want to go back to the HotDog helpfile,

•	Use the back button at the top of the Helpfile

•	Use the Index to search for a new topic

3  For the user this means the latest version of the HTML file can be grabbed from our Web site without having to download the complete Helpfile again.


Registering HotDog

DESCRIPTION:

This option allows you to find the information necessary for registering HotDog or contact Sausage Software.

LOCATION:	Help RegisteringHotDog

FEATURE:

1  To register your copy of HotDog or just contact Sausage the Sausage Help file has been created as a separate Help file,  Sausage help file, (.hpj).  When you go to this reference notice,

•	The title of the Help file changes

•	The color of the Help file changes

2  For the user this means the latest version of the HTML file can be grabbed from our Web site without having to download the complete Helpfile again.

3  If you see the [image] symbol you are in the Sausage Helpfile, (Sausage.hlp).


About HotDog

DESCRIPTION:

This screen displays version and copyright information about HotDog. It also gives you some information about your system resources,

•	Memory load

•	Available memory

LOCATION:	Help AboutHotDog

FEATURE:

Memory Load

This feature is related to how HotDog is effecting system performance.  The higher the resource gauge, the more your system can handle memory load.  This function is also related to the Microsoft System monitor.

Available Memory

This is the amount of RAM (Random Access Memory) available to the system.

It includes,

•	Virtual Memory as set in the 386 Enhanced Section of Windows Control Panel

•	the System section for Windows 95 and Windows NT.

•	It is expressed in bytes (one Megabyte is a little over 1 million bytes).


Tutorials for HotDog

The following tutorials have been written to illustrate to a novice user the new features of HotDog32.   You will notice that the examples are limited to the *new* features.  As time goes on more tutorials will be added,  highlighting specific areas aside from new features.   The tutorials listed below are specifically designed for HotDog32 and have been written with the following things in mind,

•	Summary of the feature.

•	Where is it located in HotDog.

•	What’s it for.

•	Give me an example.

TUTORIALS:

Using the Background Reality checker

Using ROVER

The Sound Mixing Desk

The Shortcut keys

Using Toolbars

Using Wildcards when opening files

Creating a Simple Homepage using HotDog


Finding HotDog menus & functions from the menubar

More Tutorials………


ROVER

Tell me about ROVER?

ROVER is HotDog32’s best friend.    Rover has changed a lot since HotDog 2.X.  He is now Internet aware.  Yes, Internet aware!  This means you can use ROVER as a browser call up Web pages and the like!  You can also use cool tools in ROVER such as the width-checker.  But more of that later.  If you want to know more about ROVER check the following,

Where is ROVER?

ROVER can be found on the menubar.

What can I use ROVER for?

It’s possible in ROVER to,

•	View URL’s

•	Navigation of URL’s & Documents in ROVER

•	View document source

•	Insert document source into HotDog32

•	Check different video screen resolutions

Give me some examples

To understand how you can use ROVER more effectively try the following,

•	View a Web document you are working on.

•	View a Web URL from the World Wide Web

•	Insert HTML source into HotDog32

•	Navigate Web document from the Web

•	Use the width checker


I can use ROVER to view URL's

•	Type in a URL of a Web site at the text input line.

•	You should now be at a Web site


I can use ROVER to navigate

•	You can navigate around using the hyperlinks on the page or

•	ROVER’s navigation buttons such the arrows & the stop button.


I can use ROVER to view documents

•	ROVER uses the same technology used to create browsers

•	ROVER is essentially a mini-browser.

•	ROVER allows you to look at a Web page just like a browser.


I can insert a Web page with ROVER

•	Best of all you can grab the Web page source HTML code.

•	Then copy the source HTML code into HotDog32.


I can use different screen resolutions in ROVER

•	The width checker simulates different screen resolutions.

•	Allows you to preview the current  Web page using standard video resolution modes.


Tooltip1 for ROVER

To locate ROVER use a right click of the mouse.


Tooltip2 for ROVER

Where is ROVER?  To find ROVER you can either,

•	Go to the menubar,

•	Move mouse to Tools option.

•	Move your mouse down the list

•	Select the third text item, “Real Time Output Viewer”.

Or by looking on the bonebar,

•	Go to that bone shaped object, the bonebar.

•	It’s at the top of the screen above your work area.

•	Select the ROVER graphic


Rover example: View Web document

Objective:

View a Web document you are working on.  To understand how you can use ROVER with a Web document try the following,

Loading the Web document you are working on.

•	ROVER will not work until you load a file

•	Save the current file you are working with

•	Then press the ROVER button on the Bonebar

View it’s source

•	Press the View Source button found in ROVER

View it as a Web document

•	Press the View Document button found in ROVER

Use the Width checker

•	Select the appropriate screen resolution & watch the change.


Rover example: View Web URL

Objective:

View a Web URL you are working on.  To understand how you can use ROVER with a Web URL  try the following,

Type in the URL

•	Enter the URL of your favourite Web location at the input box found in ROVER

•	Eg: www.sausage.com.au

View it’s source

•	Press the View Source button found in ROVER

View it as a Web document

•	Press the View Document button found in ROVER

Use the Width checker

•	Select the appropriate screen resolution & watch the change.

•	Eg: Try selecting the 640 button.

•	View it, then select the 1024 button.


Rover example: Navigation

Objective:

You can navigate while viewing a Web document or URL in ROVER.  To understand how you can use ROVER this way try the following,

Load a Web document

•	ROVER will not work until you load a file.

•	Save the current file you are working with.

•	Then press the ROVER button on the Bonebar.

•	At this stage enter two Web documents.

•	When you do this a copy of the Web documents typed is inserted into ROVERS memory.  Really a combo box found to the right of the STOP button.

Or load a URL

•	Enter a the URL of a favourite Web location into the input box found in ROVER.

•	When you do this a copy a copy of the URL you typed is inserted into ROVERS memory.  Really a combo box found to the right of the STOP button.

Use the Left arrow

If you click the left arrow,

•	documents or URL’s currently loaded into ROVER memory can be viewed

Use the Right arrow

If you click the right arrow,

•	documents or URL’s currently loaded into ROVER memory can be viewed

Use the stop button

Pressing the stop button will halt any activity in ROVER.  This is primarily when you are visiting a URL & loading a Web page from the Internet.


Rover example: Insert HTML source into HotDog32

Objective:

While viewing a URL you are working on you can insert the source directly into HotDog32.  To understand how you can use ROVER this way try the following,

Load a URL

•	Enter a the URL of a favourite Web location into the text input box (Combo box) found in ROVER.

•	When you do this a copy a copy of the URL you typed is inserted into ROVERS memory.  The combo box found in ROVER to the right of the STOP button.

View Source

•	Once you can see the Web page, press the, “view source” button.

Insert source into HotDog

•	If you press the, “Open in HotDog” button the source will now be copied into you currently opened file


Rover example: Width checker

Objective:

At any time you are using ROVER you can change the screen resolution of ROVER.  Using this function ROVER simulates some common screen resolutions.  To understand how you can use ROVER this way try the following,

Load a Web document

•	ROVER will not work until you load a file.

•	Save the current file you are working with.

•	Then press the ROVER button on the Bonebar.

•	At this stage enter two Web documents.

•	When you do this a copy of the Web documents typed is inserted into ROVERS memory.  Really a combo box found to the right of the STOP button.

Or load a URL

•	Enter a the URL of a favourite Web location into the input box found in ROVER.

•	When you do this a copy a copy of the URL you typed is inserted into ROVERS memory.  Really a combo box found to the right of the STOP button.

Change the screen resolution of ROVER

•	Once you have a URL or Web document inside ROVER you can change the screen resolution.

•	You do this selecting the various screen resolutions.

•	The selections can be found along the bottom of ROVER.

•	They include Original, 640, 800 & 1024.

•	These values refer to the x co-ordinates of common windows screen resolutions.

•	eg: 640x480 pixels.


Toolbar

Tell me all about Toolbars?

Toolbars are simply a way for a user to interact with HotDog32.   In HotDog32 we have 3 types of toolbars,  the menubar, the bonebar and the customisable floating toolbars.   This tutorial is all about customising the floating toolbars.   This toolbar allows you to create your own work environment by allowing you to decide what tools you want & in what combination you want them on your desktop.  You have the ability to assign HotDog32 functions (all 83 of them),  your own tags and to top it off,   text.

Where is the Toolbar?

You can find this tool by,

•	Going to the menubar,

•	Move mouse to Tools option.

•	Move your mouse down to the customise toolbars option.

•	Select it.

What do I use the toolbar for,  how do I customise the Toolbars?

First you…Add the toolbar

To do this

•	Click the button of the same name

•	Enter the name you assign to the toolbar

•	Watch it appear.

•	Click OK.

Then Add button(s) & assign your stuff to the button.

To do this,

•	Click the button marked add button, there is a limit of 10.

•	Then assign either an event tag or comment to the button.

•	That’s it.

Give me an example

1 Create the toolbar

Add toolbar

•	Press the Add toolbar button.

Add button

•	Press the Add button, button.

Add function

•	Select a function from the “Choose HotDog Command” box

•	EG: OpenFile

Add an HTML tag

•	First add another button

•	Then select an HTML tag from the “Choose HTML Tag” box

Add some user defined text

•	First add another button

•	Then enter text into the “Enter your own text” box.

•	Notice there is only 10 user defined tags.

•	Select one.

Save the result

•	Press the save button.

•	It’s found at the bottom of the customize button box

Close the customize screen

•	Press the close button.

•	It’s found at the bottom of the customize button box

2 View the toolbar & use it

Select toolbar from menubar Toolbar option

•	Go to the menubar & select the “Toolbars” option.

Select toolbar name

•	Select the name you have given the toolbar

View the toolbar on the screen

•	You should now see the toolbar you created .

•	It  will have the OpenFile function you selected on it.

•	In the form of a graphic.

Take notice of these things.

•	You can find the name of a button by placing your mouse on it.

•	The name will appear on the title of the toolbar if the toolbar is horizontal

•	Or the name will appear on the browser status line of HotDog32 if the toolbar is vertical


Tooltip1 for toolbars

To locate it right click the mouse if your mouse is on the floating toolbar


Shortcut Keys

Tell me all about Shortcut Keys?

Shortcut keys are for those “power-users” but can also now be used by the rest of us.  The whole idea about shortcut keys is to have a keyboard combination that performs a certain function.  In HotDog32 shortcut keys are all about YOU being able to make your own.  Instead of relying on the software you can now make your own quick cuts to perform a HotDog32 command.

Where do I customise the Shortcut Keys from?

You can find this tool from the menubar by,

•	Going to the menubar,

•	Move mouse to Tools option.

•	Move your mouse down to the shortcut keys option.

•	Select it.

How do I customise them?

Here’s how to do it,

•	Select the shortcut keys option

•	Point your mouse to the function you want in the left-hand column.

•	In the right hand column enter in a key combination.

•	Repeat this operation for any more keys you want to assign.

Give me an example

Before you do anything checkout the readme.htm file

Do this because Windows assigns certain keys and key combinations.  Be aware of what keys/ key combinations you should not use.  Don’t assign a shortcut key to F1 or CTRL+ALT+DEL for example.  If you do this funny things happen like F1 calls Help & CTRL+ALT+DEL reboots…..

Select the customise option.

You can find this tool from the menubar by,

•	Going to the menubar,

•	Move mouse to Tools option.

•	Move your mouse down to the shortcut keys option.

•	Select it.

Create the shortcut key

On the left hand side of the entry box. select the function, for example FilePrint.

On the right hand side of the entry box press the F2 button.

That’s it.  Now every time you press F2 your Web document will print


Sound Mixing Desk

Tell me all about the Sound mixing desk?

How about putting the fun back into editing?  HotDog32  has a new function called the Sound mixing desk.  Of course this will only work if you have sound-card in your system.  The sound mixing desk shows how that certain windows ..uh hum.. operating system should handle sound.  You can assign random sounds to any of the 83 different functions found deep within the bowels of the program.  Every time that function is called the assigned sound will play.  You can even choose how often a sound will play - perhaps you would like to hear a sound but only 10% of the time!  Just to keep you on your toes….

Where do I customise using the Sound mixing desk?

You can find where to customize by,

•	Going to the menubar,

•	Move mouse to Tools option.

•	Move your mouse down to bottom of this list to mixing desk.

•	Select it.

How do I customise the sound mixing desk?

Select either a HotDog function or HotDog event.

•	Do this be clicking one of the two buttons at the top of the form.

•	It wasn’t that hard was it?

Select a function.

•	Move your cursor to the left hand side function box.

•	Select the function from the list.

Select a sound.

•	Move your cursor to the right hand function box to select a sound.

•	Do this , select a sound.

•	You can also select no sound here.

Select an option.

•	You can select either a sound to play in

•	random manner

•	or the frequency of that sound.

Give me an example

You can assign a sound to an HotDog event of function.  So we will try both.

Assign a new sound to an Event

When you use the Bonebar the growl sound will be heard.

Select the HotDog event

•	For this example choose the HotDog event based option

Select the event from the big left hand box

•	Choose  the Toolbone(Bonebar)click

Select a sound

•	Move your mouse to smaller right hand box

•	In this case select howl.wav

•	You can see if it’s assigned by looking at the Current sound box.

Save the settings

•	Press the save button at the bottom of the dialog box

Assign a new sound to an Function

When you open a new file HotDog32 attack sound will be heard.

Select the HotDog function

•	For this example choose the HotDog function based option

Select the event from the big left hand box

•	Choose  the FileName option.

Select a sound

•	Move your mouse to smaller right hand box

•	In this case select attack.wav

•	You can see if it’s assigned by looking at the Current sound box.

Save the settings

•	Press the save button at the bottom of the dialog box


Wildcards

Tell me all about using wildcards when opening files?

Wildcards are for finding files or groups of files using a “*” (star) to represent an unknown.  Back in the good old days of DOS command line operating systems you could find a file or series of files by inserting a wildcard.  With this feature you could enter incomplete information and search for an unknown file.  For example if you know what the extension of a filename is but forgot the exact name.  You can search for all files with the extension of .htm, by typing *.htm at the command line prompt.

This concept has been kept up with Windows 3.1 and now Windows95.  So if you want to perform an operation on a group of files in HotDog32, as long as there is some common information in the filenames or extensions you can use wildcards.  As a general rule wildcards work with groups of files where it makes sense.

Where are wildcards are applicable?

As stated above, wildcards are used for system commands being applied to multiple files.  You can use wildcards wherever you open a file and where it makes sense.  If you try to open all projects in a directory using *.prj for example, nothing will happen.  The reason for this is you cannot open more than 1 project at a time.

How do I use the wildcard command?

The wildcard commands are subset of the old DOS operating system commands adopted from UNIX.  I will illustrate some common wildcard search’s you may want to try.  If you want a complete definition try checking these manuals out.  If you want a quick guide how to,

Open files with the same extension

Say you want to open all the files in your current directory with the file extension, “.htm”  You could do this manually one by one or you could enter at the Filename textbox, *.htm.  The wildcard ,“*” placed in this way (*.htm) can be interpreted as saying, “ open all the files in the current directory with the extension of .htm.

Open files with filenames partially the same

If you want to find all filenames that start with say “testxx.htm” you can use wildcards in another way.  This method is good for loading files that may have similar names.  For example if you had 5 files with the start of the file as testxx.htm and the filename after the test is something else eg: test1.htm, testqqqaadf.htm, test6.htm, you can use wildcards in this way to find all these files.  Eg: test*.htm.  In this example the wildcard search’s for all files in the current directory with test then anything after the test will be found.

Open all files

Don’t try this one. You are only asking for trouble.  If you use this wildcard combination with the open command all files will open into HotDog. This includes text files as well as binary files.  Although you can theoretically open up to 2 billion characters into HotDog, opening all files is a quick way to crash you system.

Give me an example

Open files with the same extension

•	Go to the menubar.

•	Select the file option.

•	Move downwards and select the open option.

•	A dialog box will appear.

•	Move you mouse to the filename textbox found to the right of it’s name.

•	Enter *.htm

•	All the files with this extension will be loaded up.

Open files with filenames partially the same

•	Go to the menubar.

•	Select the file option.

•	Move downwards and select the open option.

•	A dialog box will appear.

•	Move you mouse to the filename textbox found to the right of it’s name.

•	Enter test*.htm

•	All the files with this extension will be loaded up.

Open all files: (For those silly enough to try!)

•	Go to the menubar.

•	Select the file option.

•	Move downwards and select the open option.

•	A dialog box will appear.

•	Move you mouse to the filename textbox found to the right of it’s name.

•	Enter *.*

•	All the files with this extension will be loaded up.


Background Reality Checker

Tell me about the Background Reality Checker?

The Background Reality Checker is a tool you can use to visually design the color of onscreen attributes, background, foreground, text or links.   Using the Background Reality Checker you can make sure you choose text colors that look great on whatever background you choose and make sure that your backgrounds are effective as well as attractive.  HotDog also offers you an Advanced Tiling Tool . The Advanced tiling tool will give you a preview of your background when its tiled across a web page.

Where is the Background Reality Checker?

Menubar:  Format Document Graphics/Colors

What can I use the Background Reality Checker for?

Specifically the Background Reality Checker allows you to,

1  Check how individual color selections effect each other for,

•	Background color

•	Document Text color

•	Standard Link color

•	Visited Link color

•	Active Link color

2  Modify and control the color for the above using the

Course color controls found on the Reality checker dialog.

•	Slider RGB color control.

•	Shades of grey.

•	Change RGB values to decimal.

•	Edit RGB color directly in HEX or Decimal.

Fine color control found when you click on the small color icon.   Select predefined or customize your own color. Ability to customize,

•	Hue

•	Saturation

•	Luminosity

•	RGB values

3  Miscellaneous:  Includes,

•	Boldness button:   Compare what text looks like when bold or plain.

•	RGB to Decimal:   Convert the RGB value from HEX to Decimal.  Allows you to edit/change either.

•	Reload button:   Load previous background.

Give me an example

1.  Go to the Background Reality Checker, Format FormatDocument Graphics/Colors

2  Change the Background color by,

Using the coarse onscreen method,

•	Move your mouse to the sliders labeled Red, Green & Blue.

•	We want to get a blue background so move both the Red & Green sliders to the far left.

•	If you notice the RGB value is (HEX: #0000FF or Decimal: 0,0,25) )depending which is chosen.

•	Click on the Decimal or Hex button ( to the right of RGB Code label) to see equivalent values.

•	You have just changed the background to blue.

Using the fine color control method,

•	Move your mouse to the small color circle graphic, just above the Help button.

•	A color pick box will appear.

•	From this window you can either,  Pick a basic color or Create a custom color.

•	Choose a blue color, Red = 0,  Green = 0 Blue = 255.  You can verify this by looking for the RGB values found just above the “Add to custom color button”.

3  Select the Text or Link & modify the Text/Link colors.

Place your mouse on the text.

•	For our first go, place your mouse on the “Document Text”.

Change the color of the text

•	Move the all 3 RGB sliders to the far right.

•	The result should be the color white.

•	If you notice the RGB value is (HEX: #FFFFFF or Decimal: 255,255,255) depending which is chosen.

Repeat this process for the other text values ( in bold ) with the data below,

TEXT	Hex	Decimal	Color

Document Text	#FFFFFF	255,255,255	White

Standard Link	#FFFF00	255,255,000	Yellow

Visited Link	#FF0000	255,000,000	Red

Active Link	#00FF00	000,255,000	Green

4  Check if text/colors or OK by Playing  with the various buttons & sliders .

Once you have set up the colors for the text, background & link text the real power of the Background Reality Checker is evident.  You can check to see if the,

•	Background color contrasts enough with the text.

•	Text is legible with background color.

•	Enough contrast between the different text/link text.

If any of these are not to your satisfaction you can change the variables directly and see the result immediately.

5  Load a background graphic

To select a background tile or graphic,

•	Go to the “Background Graphic” text box

•	For a new graphic select the “file” icon found to the far right.

•	For a previously used graphic, select the “down” icon.  You can choose from any previously opened files.

You can now apply the same visual checks you used above with the graphic.

6  Press OK and following code inserted into your document!

<<BODY BGCOLOR="#0000FF" TEXT="#FFFFFF" LINK="#FFFF00" VLINK="#FF0000" ALINK="#00FFFF">


Creating an HTML document

Tell me about how I can create an HTML document

This tutorial will take you through creating your first HTML document. We'll create a very simple personal home page.

Where are the tools I need?

HotDog for one.  But you don’t actually need HotDog.  You could just as well use a simple text editor such as notepad.   But there is a good reason to use HotDog.  HotDog is far superior to a plain text editor because of the range and quality of tools and the attention to detail in making those tools.   You also have to remember that while HTML is the “glue” of the Web there are many other tools that can be used as well as HotDog.  HotDog does not restrict you in using any third party tools.  In fact we encourage their use.   So you can choose to use any of your third party tools (Java, ActiveX, etc) to spice up your page.

What can I use an HTML Document for?

When the Web started way back in the early 1990’s HTML Documents tended to be restricted to education, research and the presentation of information.  Since then HTML document use has exploded.  New types of Web pages are being created everyday for an infinite number of uses. From entertainment to education from personal home pages to job vacancy pages, large corporations to students.

Give me an example

1. Start HotDog. You will see the default editing template, which looks like this:

<HTML>

<HEAD>

<TITLE> type_Document_Title_here </TITLE>

</HEAD>

<BODY>

</BODY>

</HTML>

2. The first step we recommend is saving your work. This will put the file name on the documents bar at the end of the screen, and make it easier for HotDog's autosave feature to recover files.

To save your file, choose File Save.

Enter a name for the file.

3  All HTML documents must have a title. You can type this directly into your document, where it says  type_Document_Title_here, or you can specify it from the Format Document screen.

To give your document a title, choose Format Document.

Enter the title in the box provided. The document title will appear in the caption bar of most browsers when your document is viewed; it will not otherwise be visible to users.

You can enter any text you like for the document title.

4  The content of your document must come after the <BODY> tag. Everything before the <BODY> is information that describes your document to Web Browser and Server software.

To enter information in your document that is visible to the user, position the cursor between the <BODY> opening tag and the </BODY> closing tag.

5  It often pays to give your document a heading that will be visible to the user. In most cases, this will be the same as or similar to the document title.

To create a heading for your document, just type the text you want for the heading. Then  highlight the text you just typed in and

•	Go to Tags Headings

•	Select the Heading1

•	Double click

•	The selected text will now have the <H1> the text you typed in</H1>

H1 is the largest size heading, which you would normally use at the start of a document. H6 is very small. Click the H1 button.

6  We'll divide our document into two sections: Who Am I?, and Hobbies and Interests. Each of these sections will need its own heading. Let's do Who Am I first.

Type the text: Who Am I? into your document. As with step 5, highlight the text. This time, instead of using the H1 button, we'll use the next size down. Click the H2 button

7  Now we need to enter some information into the document. A paragraph about who you are and what you do is probably enough.

To create a Paragraph,

•	click the Toolbars Tags.

•	You should notice the floating toolbar appear on the screen.

•	Click on the button that has the <P> tag.

•	This will insert a <P> tag.

Next type the paragraph. It will probably make things clearer for you if you get in the habit of putting a </P> closing tag at the end of each paragraph, but this is not currently required.

8  At this stage, you should have a document containing two headings, and a paragraph of text. Now is probably a good time to take a look at how this will actually be displayed on the World Wide Web.

To preview your work, click the Preview button on

•	The Tools  RealTimeOutputViewer

•	Or choose File PreviewDocument.

If this is the first time you've used HotDog, you will need to tell it where to find your browser. If you don't have a browser, you will need to download one from our Web site.

Select the browser from the file dialog, then click OK. HotDog will start your browser and display a copy of your document. Notice the difference in size between the H1 and H2 text.

To return to your document, just minimize your browser. HotDog will interact with it, so you don't have to start a new copy of your browser every time.

9  Follow steps 6-8 again to create another paragraph for your Hobbies and Interests.

10  By now, you should have a document containing two paragraphs of text, each with its own heading. Let's provide a visual clue to the user to separate these two paragraphs further.

Position the cursor before the <H2> tag that starts the heading for the second paragraph.

Choose Horizontal Line from,

The menubar  Insert HorizontalLine

This will insert an <HR> tag at the cursor position.  Preview your document again. There should be a recessed horizontal line dividing the two paragraphs.

11  Save your work again. You have created a basic HTML document!


Any more questions???

Questions, questions more questions.   Here’s the latest information for HotDog, Web and HTML related topics.

HTML

HotDog resources on the Web

Programmers Tool Tips


What's New in HotDog

And they say “you can’t teach an old dog new tricks…?”   In HotDog32  there are several major revisions in both functionality and looks.  The area you will notice the biggest change is stability.   Make sure you read on.  To top off greater stability,  there’s a cleaner interface,  a dash of new functionality and some spit and polish on the old.… who said you can’t teach an  Ol’ Dog new tricks?

Major Advances

Second generation ROVER

Toolbars

Sound Mixing Desk

Multi-File find & replace

Greater Stability

Enhancements

Repeat Last Command

Select Browser Option

Projects Option

FTP Upload

List Dialog Box

Table Dialog Box

New

Toolbone / Bonebar

Floating Toolbars

Customization


Frequently Asked Questions

Q How can I use Netscape without connecting to the Internet?

If you use an operating system without a built-in TCP/IP stack (such as Windows 3.1), you probably need a separate TCP/IP stack to connect to the Internet. Two common stacks are Trumpet Winsock and Chameleon from NetManage.

If you start the Netscape Navigator and you are not connected to the Internet, it will load your TCP/IP stack automatically. If you use a log-in script, then it will also start dialing your Internet Service Provider automatically.

This is obviously a problem when you need to preview a document from HotDog. HotDog will load Netscape , which will try and load your TCP/IP stack and connect you to the Internet. Even if you always log in manually, this setup can cause problems with HotDog.    Netscape have provided a solution to this problem: a file called MOZOCK.DLL.  The file ( mozock.zip ) is available from Sausage Software.

Q Why don't my images display properly?

There are a number of possible reasons,

•	Using absolute instead of relative file references.

•	Image not in correct image file format (ie GIF, JPG).

Q How do I get my documents into the World Wide Web?

Once you've created your web pages with HotDog, you need to put them on the Internet so they become part of the World Wide Web.   In most cases, this involves connecting to your ISP and transferring the files to a particular directory on their computer via FTP. The people who want to access your web pages will then read them from your ISP's machine.

The procedures for doing this vary for each ISP. You will need to contact them to find out how to display web pages using their system.

Q Why does HotDog only read the start ( or part of) my document?

The Standard version of HotDog cannot open files larger than 32k. The Professional version handles files of any size.  If you are using HotDog standard and your file size is greater than 32k this is most likely the problem.   Please note that large documents will take a long time to display over the Web, particularly for overseas users.

Q How Do I Add A Counter To My Web Page?

Many people use a counter to indicate the number of times their Web page has been visited. Unfortunately, there's nothing built into HTML that makes it easy for you to do this.     The only way we know of to add a counter to your home page is to use a CGI script.   CGI is a complicated topic, and you will need to learn a programming language such as “c or pearl” to use it.   For more information on CGI programming, please see the UseNet newsgroup

comp.infosystems.www.authoring.cgi

Q Where is the “HotDog.ini” file located (So you can edit it) ?

In case you go looking for this file, try looking in the local directory where HotDog32 is located.  You should find the HotDog.ini here.  The reason it is not found in the ..\SYSTEM directory is that it’s getting a little crowded there.  This should make it easier to find.

Q How do I identify which floating toolbars I’m using?

Problem

If you create more than one floating toolbar, then you may ask “which toolbar is which?”  There is no provision to see the name you give them when they are displayed on the screen.

Solution

When you create them you can name the toolbar.  If you look on the menubar, then Toolbars you can turn each toolbar on/off as you wish.  This is the best way to tell which is which.

Q How do I make the floating toolbars disappear?

Turn Off

You can turn off the toolbars two ways,

•	Go to the menubar Toolbars
and turn off the floating toolbar (Click on name to remove the tick.)

•	Click on the small Windows system button (X, top right hand corner) on the floating toolbar.

Turn On

•	Go to the menubar Toolbars

•	Select the name of the toolbar you want to turn on.

•	The floating toolbar name will appear ticked and appear on the screen.

Q What’s a sound pack?

What are they?

“Funky sounds & licks for your mouse clicks…”   A sound-pack is a collection of sound files in .WAV file format.  They are free and will include a Dog pack & funky rap pack (comming soon).

What are they for?

So you can have sounds playing through your soundcard when you do something with your programs.  This can be either using a function ( like opening a file ) or an event ( exit HotDog32).

How do I use them?

The sound packs are designed for use with the sound mixing desk.  You don’t have to use these sound packs.  You can use any old sound file as long as it’s in the .WAV file format.   The sound packs are located in the sound directory in the same directory you have installed HotDog32.   If you want to create your own sound pack then you can,

•	Add the sound pressing the Add sound button.

•	Search & select the sound file you want  using the search window (dialog box).

•	Make sure it’s in .WAV file format!

•	The selected file should appear in the combo box above the add sound button.

•	Then highlight with your mouse on the selected sound file in the combo box.

•	Click with your mouse on the HotDog32 function

•	It’s found in large left hand combo box.

•	Select the save button

•	Then close button.

•	That’s it.

Q What if I don’t have a browser…Do I need one?…Try ROVER!

ROVER is a mini-browser.  If you don’t have a browser you can fire up ROVER & use it as a browser.   It doesn’t have all the bells & whistles of stand-alone browsers but the ol’ dog has a few tricks other browsers don’t have like a multi-resolution button.  This allows you to see what a Web page looks like in other screen sizes.  ROVER also allows you to see a Web page straight off the Web, view it’s source then import this source straight into HotDog32 to look at.   If you still want to use your favourite . browser  by all means do so but don’t forget about the HTML editors best friend!

Q Why can’t I get HOTDOG32 to work using 16Bit operating system?

HotDog32 is written for Windows 95 & Windows NT operating system.  This alone makes it unusable for 16 bit systems.  There are good reasons why you cannot run HotDog32 in a 16 bit operating system ( e.g. Windows 3.X),

•	The programming language used to write this program uses 32 bit components.

Q Why is my machine running so slow?

If you machine is running like a slug on valium,  check to see how many applications you are running at once and your system suitability.

Q What’s the minimum system configuration I can use?

The most important thing to remember is that you require a 32 bit operating system.  Translated into English, this means that some older operating systems and browsers will not work with HotDog.  Be aware that a  bare minimum set-up for hardware and software exists

Q How do I contact Sausage Software?

Contacting Sausage Software varies depending on what you want to contact us for!!!

Q What about Tech. Support?

Technical support for HotDog is available to registered users only.

Q. Where do I send Bug information?

The best thing to do is contact technical support and make sure you supply them with the relevant information

Q What’s the PGP key Sausage software uses?

The PGP encryption key is a secure method Sausage uses to encrypt sensitive data. If you don’t know how to use PGP or the, please check the file PGPKEY.TXT included.

Q Why doesn’t my registration key work?

Tech. support has been getting a lot of questions about, keys that do not work.  It’s quite understandable.  Your in a hurry to install HotDog. The program is about to expire and self destruct. You have that life and death deadline to meet. That blasted key just will not work !!!!

Your key is probably not working for a number of reasons,

•	You have not entered the key correctly

•	You have not entered the matching text & key!

•	Make sure you have entered 0 (zero) instead of O (letter Oh)

Q How do I use this Help effectively!

Navigation is achieved by,

•	clicking on the buttons the <> arrows & the back option found on the menu bar.

Printing of any part of the help is possible,

If you can see a page you can print it.

•	Select print from the top menu bar.

•	You can’t print a pop-up this way!

If you want to print a pop-up,

•	click your right hand mouse button.

•	A small box will appear.

•	Select print topic.

•	That’s it. Your topic is printed!

Mistakes

•	If you find any mistakes please send them to tech. support and explain the problem


Why doesn't my registration key work?

Tech. support has been getting a lot of questions about, keys that do not work.  It’s quite understandable.  Your in a hurry to install HotDog. The program is about to expire and self destruct. You have that life and death deadline to meet. That blasted key just will not work !!!!

Stay calm, everything’s okay.  Take a deep breath a repeat after me,

I shall check to see if I have entered the key exactly.

If you don’t enter the key exactly as listed it will not work.

Check to see if you have entered correct alphabetical case.

•	The key is case sensitive.

•	Check to see if the user name is spelt exactly as given.

•	Remove punctuation from user name!

I shall check to see  I’m entering the correct key for the correct version of HotDog.

If you have purchased HotDog Pro ask yourself , “why am I entering the key

into the standard version?”   The opposite applies for those who purchase HotDog Standard.

I shall  check the given instructions again.

Do you know  all the instructions, by heart?   Would you stake your life on it ?

Only if you can truthfully answer all of the above as yes , should you e-mail  Tech. Support. Of course for those of you in real trouble, get on the batline and send us your woes.  Once again here’s Tech. supports  email address.


How do I use the Netscape Browser off line

Netscape have provided a solution to this problem:

The file is called MOZOCK.DLL and is available as a zip file “mozock.zip” from the Sausage Software Web site.  Mozock "tricks" Netscape into thinking it is on the Internet. Here's how you use it:

1  Copy the file \WINDOWS\SYSTEM\WINSOCK.DLL to the same directory as your TCP/IP files (e.g. \TRUMPWSK). When you do load your TCP/IP stack, it will use this file.

2  Copy the file MOZOCK.DLL as \WINDOWS\SYSTEM\WINSOCK.DLL. When Netscape is started, it will load this file.

Please contact Netscape if you need more information on this.   We believe that using Microsoft's Wolverine TCP/IP stack for Windows for Workgroups (instead of your current stack) will also fix this problem. Contact Microsoft for information on Wolverine.   This problem should not occur in Windows NT or Windows 95 (which have TCP/IP networking built in).


Why is my system running like a slug on valium?

Win95 and Windows in general,  has a bad habit of gobbling up any spare resources such as memory for every Window program running.  This will be a problem for those who have minimum memory of say between 8 and possibly 12 Meg.  The more memory you have and the less applications you have running,  the better.


What's the bare minimum system?

The bare minimum set-up recommended to run FLASH is

•	Computer Chip: 	IBM compatible Intel 486 DX 33

•	RAM:	At least 8 Mb or run like a slug on valium

•	Operating system:	Win95, Windows NT 3.51 & Windows Server NT 3.51

•	Browser software	Browser comparable to Netscape V2.0 browser .


What other operating system can I use?

If you manage to run FLASH in another environment (e.g. SoftWindows, NT on an Alpha) please let us know.

•	Windows NT 3.5 - Intel

•	Windows NT Server 3.51 - Intel

•	Windows 95


I want to make a general query!

If you want to Download software,  check out the Sausage Software

World Wide Web site.  If you want to make a general inquiry to

Sausage then e-mail  the Sales Support crew,

e-mail:	sales@sausage.com.au

Remember folks,

•	E-mail only please.


I want to make a Tech Support Query!

The e-mail address for the Tech. Support crew is,

support@sausage.com.au

Remember folks,

•	make sure you supply the following information for tech. support queries

•	Tech. support is unlimited for registered users only!


I want to report a possible bug!

The e-mail address for bugs is,

support@sausage.com.au

Remember folks,

•	make sure you supply the following information for bug reports!


I have some great technical suggestions!

The e-mail address for any technical suggestions is,

support@sausage.com.au

Remember folks,

•	make sure you supply the following information for tech. suggestions!


Technical suggestion information!

To help out technical support staff please have the following information ready,

•	Name 	(full name of person, company s/w is registered to)

•	Registration name 	(full name of person, company s/w is registered to)

•	Which software	(which version what’s the name!)

•	System configuration	(operating system, browser & hardware)

•	E-mail address	(Please make sure it is legible)

•	NB Other software 	(what other software was running at the time)

•	Suggestions	(List any suggestions you think necessary.)


What's the PGP key?

Following is the Key to be used.

User ID:  Sausage Software <sales@sausage.com>

-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----

Version: 2.6.2i

mQCNAy/onO4AAAEEAObB1hUpJyQfkx/GUdSyiPdnoAhzK6WkI0fSiNbPat0Onxka

s7EsdvypkiN6IvIm/HSNh8SMj6J+0EsYg6WC3iL8HlQmW+Uo2QrjDccJJhFLwNBS

nnj4utgh/+etZ7M6/dZMWLgLTxpqbJJI/7e84izGpjwqC38kzeKJL6+Z6+vVAAUR

tCRTYXVzYWdlIFNvZnR3YXJlIDxzYWxlc0BzYXVzYWdlLmNvbT4=

=DX8C

-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----


Technical support information!

To help out technical support staff please have the following information ready,

•	Name 	(full name of person, company s/w is registered to)

•	Registration name 	(full name of person, company s/w is registered to)

•	Which software	(which version what’s the name!)

•	System configuration	(operating system, browser & hardware)

•	Send a COPY of any HTML you are using

•	E-mail address	(Please make sure it is legible)

•	If an error happens	(write down exactly what happened or better print it!)

•	NB Other software	(what other software was running at the time)


Bug Report Information!

To help out technical support staff please have the following information ready,

•	Name 	(full name of person, company s/w is registered to)

•	Registration name 	(full name of person, company s/w is registered to)

•	Which software	(which version what’s the name!)

•	System configuration	(operating system, browser & hardware)

•	Send a COPY of any HTML you are using

•	E-mail address	(Please make sure it is legible)

•	If an error happens	(write down exactly what happened or better print it!)

•	NB Other software 	(what other software was running at the time)


Browser

HTML

JAVA

Browser

ISP

Web document, Web page, Home page


The Jargon Buster

ASCII

American Standard Code for Information Interchange or ASCII is an internationally agreed standard by ANSI for the exchange of keyboard and some non-keyboard characters.  Eg:  ASCII allows for the free exchange of text data between computers

Browser

An application program that can browse the World Wide Web and view HTML document, more commonly called a Web page. A Browser can come in many forms.  The type of browser we are most interested in has the ability to show text, images and sound.

Bonebar:

The bonebar contains all the commonly required functions you may need to interact with the system outside HotDog32.  It’s a cold world out there so know where to find that bone when you need to use Preview, New, Open, Save, Upload, Rover, Toolbar & Help!

Configurable toolbar:

A configurable toolbar means you can choose what functions or actions you want to be associated with a menu.  The customisable toolbar(s) is an example of this.  It allow you to choose what function is associated with what button.  An example of a non-customisable toolbar is the bonebar and the menubar.

Floating toolbar:

Essentially it’s the same as any other toolbar but it can be manipulated like a window. i.e.: it can be moved or minimised.  HotDog32 floating toolbars also have the distinction of being alterable. ie:  You can add/delete functions to your toolbar.

HTML

Hypertext Mark Up Language is a text mark-up language that concerned with the description of the contents of a document.  An HTML document can generally be recognised by two things, information which is stored in ASCII and the formatting commands or tags.  HTML should/does not describe the layout of a document however much the extensions to HTML indicate.

HTML document

An HTML document is often referred to as Web page, Web document or even Web doc.  For our purposes an HTML document describes something written, visually and/or aurally  recorded on a topic marked with HTML tags and possibly jazzed-up with some trimmings, to form a single cohesive document accessible to a browser on the World Wide Web

An HTML document also be described as a file or collection of files that have been marked-up using HTML.  The only difference between an HTML document and a more traditional paper document is,

•	An HTML document is in a digital format called ASCII

•	An HTML document is marked up using HTML mark-up language, i.e.: tags.

HTML file

An HTML file is simply a Web page, HTML page, web document or HTML document that’s been saved.  For our purposes an HTML file is a Web page et.al.,  that’s been saved.

ISP (Internet Service Provider)

An ISP provides a connection for third parties (such as yourself) to connect to the Internet.  An ISP exists because it’s very expensive, time consuming and difficult to keep up with the technology of providing services such as e-mail, Web page design, Internet access etc.  Your  local ISP is your connection to the Internet.  Unless you have access to your own Internet server. (Lucky you!)

PGP

PGP encryption is a secure method Sausage uses to encrypt sensitive data. If you don’t know how to use PGP or the key, please check the file PGPKEY.TXT included.

System commands:

Are include all those functions you commonly do with Web documents such as viewing, saving calling Help etc.

Toolbar:

Toolbar(s) are a list of functions found on the screen you can access to  interact with HotDog32 to do something. For instance, HotDog32 has three different toolbars,  the menubar, the bonebar and the customisable button bars.   For example from the menubar you can get Help or access a file.

URL

A URL is an abbreviation for Uniform Resource Locator.  A URL is a unique address that  “points” to a resource on the Internet.

Eg:  If you want to find the latest software at Sausage Software check out the URL.   The URL contains a lot of information on the technical aspects of locating a resource.

User interface:

This is the human side of the program that allows you to interact with the bit’s and bytes beneath the hood of your computer.   In HotDog32, the interface is audio- visual.  On the visual side we have the toolbars, menubar, bonebar & customisable floating toolbars: What a mouthful!.  On the audio side we have sounds that can be assigned to functions.

Web page & Web document

An Web page or document is also often referred to as an HTML document or even Web doc.  For our purposes a Web document describes something written, visually and/or aurally  recorded on a topic marked with HTML tags and possibly jazzed-up with some trimmings, to form a single cohesive document accessible to a browser on the World Wide Web

An Web document can also be described as a file or collection of files that have been marked-up using HTML.  The only difference between an Web document and a more traditional paper document is,

•	An Web document is in a digital format called ASCII

•	An Web document is marked up using HTML mark-up language, i.e.: tags.

Wildcards

Wildcards are for finding files or groups of files using a “*” (star) to represent an unknown.  Back in the good old days of DOS command line operating systems you could find a file or series of files by inserting a wildcard.  With this feature you could enter incomplete information and search for an unknown file.  For example if you know what the extension of a filename is but forgot the exact name.  You can search for all files with the extension of .htm, by typing *.htm at the command line prompt.


//   AREA:  “What’s this pop-ups”

//   SORT:   Alphabetical

//   Additions:

//	240596	Menu item, File menu

//	240596	Menu item, Edit menu

//	240596	HotDog Overview

//	270596	Menu item, View menu

//	280596	Web, publish pop-ups

//	060596	Format stuff, URL

//	111206	Insert

//	170696	Insert Marquee

//	180696	Insert Lists


HotDog files when using Standard & Pro

Files greater than 2 Meg.    Warning!!!

HotDog Standard can't handle files bigger than 32k. If you need to edit large files, you should upgrade to HotDog Professional.

Some functions may not work correctly in files larger than 2 Megabytes. The results maybe unpredictable.  Suggestion:  Break big files into more numerous and but smaller files.


How do I add a file to the Project Manager?

1  Go to the Project Manager window & then the Files folder.

•	Move your mouse cursor to the File option on the title / menu-bar.

•	It's found on the top line of HotDog’s main window.

•	Click once. You should see the options appear.

•	Move down the options and select Project Manager.

•	Click on it. The Project Manager window will now be visible.

•	Select the File folder.

2  Add a file

•	Press Add. The Open File window will appear.

•	Click on the File to be added to the Project & press OK


How do I change the Big First Letter?

If you want to change the Big First Letter you have to,

•	Highlight your Big First Letter

Highlight text in your document before using this options.  The appropriate tags will be inserted at the start and end of the text, so that only the selected text is formatted.

•	Find where the option is

Go to the Option General Tab

•	Change the default size of the first letter

Look for the “Big First Letter” option near the bottom of the Dialog box

The default relative font size.value is +2

Click the down arrow

Select a new relative font size

•	You could also go into the raw HTML code and alter the default relative size font value.


How do I Color the Tags Now?

This option allows you to override the color tags after x seconds . option.  As the caption describes, you can color your tags quickly.   To get there,

•	Move your mouse cursor to the Edit option on the title / menu-bar.

•	It's found on the top line of HotDog’s menu bar in the main window. Click once.

•	Move down and select the Color Tags Now option.

•	Click on it.


How do I decipher the location description?

There are multiple entry points for any given tool in HotDog, toolbars, shortcut keys etc.  But one sure way of finding a particular tool is to use the menubar.  The location description gives you,

•	The menu from which to choose a tool in the menubar.

•	Then the option in that menu found in the pull-down list.

For example,

•	MENU    Option

Tags       Document

Help        HTMLReference


How do I drag something?

In HotDog, items from the Tags List, Character Codes List, and File Manager can be dragged and dropped into your documents.

To drag something,

•	click on it with the left mouse button.

•	Keep the button pressed down.

•	If the item you clicked on can be dragged, a picture will appear when you move the mouse. Move this picture to another object and let go of the mouse button.

•	This is called "dropping".


How do I find the Color Tags Now option?

•	Move your mouse cursor to the Tools option on the title / menu-bar.

•	It's found on the top line of HotDog’s main window. Click once.

•	Move down and select the options folder.  Click on it.

•	Select  the Colors folder.

•	We are most interested in Tag Type & Tag Type Color.


How do I Format the font color?

Select the Format FormatFontmenu option.  You will notice a colored box will appear underneath.  If you want to change text color,

•	click on the colored box

•	A default color dialog box will appear.

•	In this box you can select a particular color

•	Press OK

•	Notice the text color has changed.


How do I format the font size?

If you want to change a Relative font size, select the Format FormatFont menu option,

•	Select the text you want to change by highlighting it with your mouse.

•	Select the relative font size

•	That’s it.


How do I open the Project Manager?

•	Move your mouse cursor to the File option on the title / menu-bar.

•	It's found on the top line of HotDog’s main window.

•	Click once. You should see the options appear.

•	Move down the options and select Project Manager.

•	Click on it. The Project Manager window will now be visible.


How do I open a Project?

•	Move your mouse cursor to the Tools option on the title / menu-bar.

•	It's found on the top line of HotDog’s main window.

•	Click once. You should see the options appear.

•	Move down the options and select Open Project.

•	Click on it. The Project window will be visible.


How do I Report on a Project?

•	Move your mouse cursor to the File option on the title / menu-bar.

•	It's found on the top line of HotDog’s main window.

•	Click once. You should see the options appear.

•	Move down the options and select Project Manager.

•	Click on it. The Project Manager window will be visible.

•	You should see, “ Details Files Links”.   Select the File folder.

•	Select and press the Project Report button.

•	This writes the report to a .RPT file and gives you the option to view it.


How do I search for a tag in Tag menu?

HotDog will search the tag description and/or the beginning marker.  If you want to search for a tag,

•	Type in what you want to search for.

•	Partial searches are allowed, wildcards are not!

•	If you do not find what you’re looking for then press, “Find Tag”

•	To see what your search has found look for the,

Tag in the top text box

Tag description in the bottom text box.


What's a Text Area?
What’s a Text Area?

This is a multi-line area of text, usually used to enter brief messages. You can specify the number of rows and columns in the Text Area.


What's a Text Box?
What’s a Text Box?

This is a single-line area where the user can type text. For example, you would use this to let readers enter their name or e-mail address.


What's a List, Bulleted?
What’s a List, Bulleted?

This list type ( Bulleted ) has the following attributes,

List Heading

The list header. The list items will normally be indented.

Type

Applies to Bulleted and Numbered lists. Lets you change the appearance of the bullets or numbers, for example to use lower case Roman numerals (i,ii) instead of Arabic (1,2), or to use square bullets instead of round ones.


What's a List, Definition?
What’s a List, Definition?

This list type ( Definition )has the following attributes on dialog Window that you work with,

List Heading

The list header. The list items will normally be indented.


What's a List, Plain?
What’s a List, Plain?

This list type (Plain )has the following attributes on dialog Window that you work with,

List Heading

The list header. The list items will normally be indented.


What's a List, Numbered?
What’s a List, Numbered?

This list type ( Numbered ) has the following attributes,

List Heading

The list header. The list items will normally be indented.

Type

Applies to Bulleted and Numbered lists. Lets you change the appearance of the bullets or numbers, for example to use lower case Roman numerals (i,ii) instead of Arabic (1,2), or to use square bullets instead of round ones.

Start from

Applies to Numbered lists only. Lets you start the automatic numbering from a specific number, instead of from 1.


What's a Snaglet?
What’s a Snaglet?

Program, application, applet, et-al.  You have probably heard all of these before.   What about a snaglet?.  For our purposes a Snaglet is a Sausage Software applet:  A single purpose program that does one job and one job well.   An example of a Sausage Software applet is FrameGang.  FrameGang generates frame HTML code in the form of a frame document.   This Snaglet ( and others to come) have been refined and inserted into HotDog.   You can find Snaglets in HotDog from the menubar,   Tools Snaglets.


What about inserting a Web page?

If you see a great Web page and wondered, “How did they do that?”.  If you can see the source HTML you can get a pretty good idea of how a to duplicate an effect.  Try the following using ROVER,

Go to a Web site:

Type in a URL into the Location.  Hit enter

View the source HTML:

Press the View Source button

Insert:

Press the Open in HotDog button


What about viewing a Web page?

If you want to surf your favourite Web site in ROVER try the following,

Go to a Web site:

Type in a URL into the Location ( Item box ).  Hit enter

View previous Web sites used:

Notice to the right of the Location is a down arrow icon.  Pressing  the icon will bring up list of previously entered Web URL’s.


What's an absolute reference?

Absolute References are used if the file or graphic is not in the same directory as (or a subdirectory of) the current document. For example, if you have a document called C:\HTML\INDEX.HTM, and you insert the image C:\GRAPHICS\PICTURE.GIF, HotDog will insert the image like this:

<IMG SRC="file:///c|/graphics/picture.gif">


What an example of a form use?

For example, you might use a form to let users subscribe to a mailing list. They would enter their name and e-mail address, then click a button to send the form to you. The form could be linked to a program which automatically adds their name to your mailing list.


What's an example of lists
What’s an example of lists

Given a specific example “Frogs, Flies, Bees”  the following is possible.

Ordered (or Numbered) List:

1. Frogs

2. Flies

3. Bees

Unordered (or Bulleted) List:

•	Frogs

•	Flies

•	Bees

Plain List:   The Plain list is actually an Unordered list with no bullets.

Frogs

Flies

Bees

Definition List:

Frogs: green things that go "ribbit"

Flies: black things that go "bzzzzz"

Bees: black and yellow things that go "bzzzzz"


What are the different screen resolutions?

The Width checker allows you to view Web documents in different screen resolutions.  Use the Original option to restore ROVER to it’s previous size.  You can use following screen size options,

•	640x480	(Width x Height),

•	800x768	(Width x Height),

•	1024x800	(Width x Height),


What are the Microsoft Color Names?

Black ,  Olive,   Teal,   Red,   Blue,   Maroon,   Navy,   Gray,   Lime,   Fuchsia

White,   Green,   Purple,   Silver,   Yellow  &  Aqua.


What are the Net aware features?

ROVER is now able to work as a mini browser.  It’s not as functional as a fully featured browser, but you can,

•	Enter a URL into the status bar & surf.

•	Navigate on the Web using left & right hand arrows and the stop button.

•	View either Web page or it’s HTML source code

•	Insert current Web page source directly into HotDog.

•	View the next  URL ROVER is going to use by looking at ROVER’s titlebar.


What's CGI?
What’s CGI?

CGI stands for the Common Gateway Interface. It is a way of letting HTML documents interact with programs.

CGI programs can be written in almost any programming language, but the most commonly used ones on the Internet are Perl and C. This means that to use CGI, you will need to learn a programming language. We recommend taking a course if you're serious about using it.


What choices do I have with Bullet Appearance?

Notice the bolded HTML this is recent  Netscape addition.  You can modify the type attribute in the dialog or manually edit it in HotDog.  You can choose from either circle, disk, or square.

<UL TYPE=circle>

<LI>

<LI>Frogs

<LI>Flies

<LI>Bees

</UL>


What's Sausage Software's WWW address!

US:	http://www.sausage.com

Europe	http://www.fourthnet.co.uk/hotdog/index.html

Australia:	http://www.sausage.com.au


What do you mean by default settings?

When you first start up the program it comes with some default settings.  These settings are there as a guide to what is possible.   Take for example the Toolbars.  The default toolbars are, Common Commands, Tags and Your Text.   You don’t have to keep these toolbars.  There are no restrictions on what combinations of tools you choose!

Don’t be fooled into thinking that’s all you can do.

HotDog allows you customize a lot of the program to suit your needs.  Your in charge.  If you want to check what’s customizable use the index and type-in “customize” as a keyword to search.


What is the Behavior?

Determines how the text will move within the marquee.  There are 3 attributes,

SCROLL	- the text will move in from one side, and disappear off the other

SLIDE	- the text will move in from one side, then stop when it touches the other

ALTERNATE	- the text will bounce back and forth within the marquee


What's Marquee Message?
What’s Marquee Message?

Enter your message text here.  There is a limit on the amount of text you can put in ( Around 64K for text file. )   This means you can type in 64,000 characters which is huge message. Better to keep it short and sweet.


What's the Check Box?
What’s the Check Box?

This provides a square box for the user to click. If they select the corresponding option by clicking on the Check box, the box will appear with a X in it.

The difference between a radio button and a check box is that when the radio button is clicked, all the other radio buttons in its group will be cleared. You can click several check boxes in a group without affecting any of the others.


What's the Hidden Box?
What’s the Hidden Box?

This provides a Text Box that can't be seen by the user. You might use this to store specific data about the form which you want to pass to your CGI program but don't want the user to see.


What's the Horiz. & Vert. Space
What’s the Horiz. & Vert. Space

The distance between the top and bottom margins of the marquee, and the surrounding text (in pixels).   Microsofts new tags feature names for commonly used colors, so you don’t have to use hexadecimal RGB triplets (e.g. FFDDDD).


What's the Image?
What’s the Image?

Lets you define an Image the user can click on. This image will have the same effect as the “Submit Button”, except that the X and Y co-ordinates of the mouse pointer when the image was clicked will also be passed to the CGI program.


What's the Marquee Height & Marquee Width
What’s the Marquee Height & Marquee Width

The height & width of the Marquee, or as a percentage of screen height


What's the Number of Times To Repeat Loop?
What’s the Number of Times To Repeat Loop?

Specifies how many times text will scroll across the marquee.   If LOOP=INFINITE or LOOP=-1, the text will repeat indefinitely.


What's the Text to HTML dialog look like?
What’s the Text to HTML dialog look like?

The dialog is divided into 4 areas.  Do not adjust your Monitors.  This image is “fuzzy” on purpose.  Have a look at the way the dialog is divided into 4 distinct areas.


What's the Time between Messages ?
What’s the Time between Messages ?

Specifies the number of milliseconds between each successive draw of the marquee text.


What's the Scroll Direction?
What’s the Scroll Direction?

The direction that the text should scroll towards. It can be either LEFT or RIGHT


What's the Submit Button?
What’s the Submit Button?

When this button is clicked, the data in the form will be send to the URL specified in the Form Details screen.


What's the Space between Messages?
What’s the Space between Messages?

Specifies the number of pixels between each successive draw of the marquee text.


What's the Password Box?
What’s the Password Box?

This provides a “Text Box” that will display a special character like * each time the user presses a key. This lets them enter passwords, but prevents anyone looking at their screen from seeing what the password is.


What's the Radio Button?
What’s the Radio Button?

This provides a "radio" or "option" button for the user to choose from a list of options.

The difference between a radio button and a check box is that when the radio button is clicked, all the other radio buttons in its group will be cleared. You can click several check boxes in a group without affecting any of the others.


What's the List Box?
What’s the List Box?

This lets you create a list for the user to select items from. By default this list will be a combo box (also known as a pull-down menu), where the list will drop down when the user clicks the arrow at the right of the box.   You can create lists that allow the user to select more than one item.


What's the "Low Resolution Source File" option do?
What’s the "Low Resolution Source File" option do?

Some browsers support an alternate, low-resolution file. The low resolution file is displayed initially, then the high-resolution file is gradually painted over the top of it. This means that users on slow connections can see the basic image quickly, or wait and see the full image.


What's the Reset Button?
What’s the Reset Button?

When this button is clicked, all the choices the user has made and text they have entered will be cleared. The form will look exactly as it did when the user first entered the page.


What's the "Source File option" do?

The image file. This will usually be in GIF format, but newer browsers also support the JPG format. The image file can be in the same directory as

the current document,

Eg  apicture.gif

in a relative directory

Eg  pictures/apicture.gif

or any valid Internet address

Eg  HTTP://WWW.ASITE.COM/PUB/GRAPHICS/apicture.gif).


What's the Alternative Text Description do?

This is the description of the hypertext link.  You can use this option to give a description of the Image you have selected.  Remember not everyone has the latest version browsers.  There are a lot of users on the back end of 2400 baud line connected to a UNIX shell account using text only browsers like LYNX!


What's the "Alignment" option do?
What’s the "Alignment" option do?

Sets the way the image is aligned against text on the same line.


What's the "Alternate Description" option do?
What’s the "Alternate Description" option do?

Text-only browsers will not be able to see your graphics. This field lets you provide a brief description of the picture for these people, so its meaning is not lost.


What's "Beginning Markup"?
What’s "Beginning Markup"

This is the HTML text that will be inserted before the cursor and/or any selected text. This does not have to be HTML code - it can contain any text you like.


What's a clipboard?

The Clipboard lets you store text in the computer's memory, and retrieve it into different documents, and different programs. It works in much the same way as the "memory" button on a calculator. The standard Windows clipboard only remembers the last thing it contained; other versions of Windows have more sophisticated Clipboard tools.


What's a default browser?

The default browser is the browser you load & use most of the time.  In this version of HotDog you can use more than 1 browser.


What are the descriptions for?

The following list consists of tag descriptions associated with an HTML tag, found in the tag menu you have selected.  They are listed for the sake of documentation completeness.  In the next version of Help these descriptions will have their associated HTML Tags listed in more detail.


What are the pre-defined date/time formats?

If Thursday the 13th of June 1996, at 2.56PM in the afternoon as an example, you can choose from,

•	Thursday, 13 June 1996

•	Jun, 1996

•	Jun, 96

•	Jun - 96

•	14:56

•	14:56:43

•	2:56PM

•	2:56:56PM


What's a relative reference?

Relative References are used when the file or graphic is in the same directory as (or a subdirectory of) the current document. For example, if you have a document called C:\HTML\INDEX.HTM, and you insert the image C:\HTML\PICTURE.GIF, HotDog will insert the image like this:

<IMG SRC="picture.gif">


What's the Document to Launch do?

If you want to use the image as a hypertext link, specify the document to go to here. Note that images can launch CGI scripts, files to download, or other internet items.


What's the "Horizontal Distance From Text" option do?
What’s the "Horizontal Distance From Text" option do?

Lets you specify the horizontal (left-right) and vertical (up-down) space between the image and any text that flows around it. This prevents text from appearing right against the image.


What's the Image File option do?

Allows you to select & insert images.  The images will usually be in GIF format, but newer browsers also support the JPG format. The image file can be in the same directory as the current document (for example apicture.gif), in a relative directory (for example, pictures/apicture.gif), or any valid Internet address (such as HTTP://WWW.ASITE.COM/PUB/GRAPHICS/apicture.gif).


What's an "Image Map"?
What’s an "Image Map"?

Specifies that the picture is a clickable image map. For example, you could create a picture of an office. Clicking on the bookshelf might take the user to a library; the computer screen might go to a computer-related page or a telnet session; the telephone might provide information about contacting the authors.


What's the "Insert As" option do?

Specifies whether the picture will be created as an Image, figure or Image Maps.   If you are using an image map,  using either the Figure option or Image Map option depends on the type of image map.   If you are using a client side image map then use the Figure option.  If you are using a server side then use the Image Map option.


What's an ISP?

An ISP provides a connection for third parties (such as yourself) to connect to the Internet.  An ISP exists because it’s very expensive, time consuming and difficult to keep up with the technology of providing services such as e-mail, Web page design, Internet access etc.  Your  local ISP is your connection to the Internet.  Unless you have access to your own Internet server. (Lucky you!)


What's a Project Report?

A Project Report is a snapshot of all the images and links contained in a project file. The report  writes the summary to a .RPT file and gives you the option to view it.


What does Publish Document do?

The Publish Document function, formats the current document ready for uploading to the Internet.  For example by selecting this option you can convert DOS to UNIX file names or place documents into separate directories.


What are the visual attributes that can be altered?

Bold formats the text in Bold type. Bold is not recommended; you should use Strong instead.

Emphasized provides some emphasis of the text and should be used instead to Italics.

Strong provides strong emphasis to text and should be used instead of Bold.

Underline   Underline is a proposed HTML3.0 tag.

Italics formats the text in Italics.  Use of Italics is not recommended; you should use Emphasized instead.

Small caps

Blinking   This is a Netscape HTML tag.  It makes the text blink on and off when it is displayed. Some people object very strongly to blinking text on (mainly) aesthetic grounds, although it can provide useful emphasis.

Superscript formats the text as a superscript & is a proposed HTML3.0 tag.

Subscript formats the text as a subscript.& is a proposed HTML3.0 tag.

Big makes the text big & is a proposed HTML3.0 tag.

Small makes the text small & is a proposed HTML3.0 tag.


What are the necessary Project Details?

Directories:	What directory you want to save the Project.

Files:	What files you want to assign to the Project.

Project Name:	Name you assign to the Project.

Drives:	What drive you want to save the Project.

OK, Cancel & Help:	Boring but essential.


What's a Project?

•	A  Project is a file which can group together all your HTML Web files.

•	Organizing your Web files into Projects allows flexible manipulation of many such files.

•	Eg:    Assign, say 40 HTML files ( a whole Web document ) to a project.

•	All 40 files can  then be opened or closed by simply opening or closing the corresponding project .


What's relative font size?

Font sizes can be expressed either as a size relative to the base font size, or as an absolute size. Sizes range from 1 to 7; the default size is 3.   For example, normal text would be rendered in the base font size (3):

HotDog is a great program

If you formatted this text with FONT SIZE=+1, it would be rendered as the base font size + 1, or size 4:

HotDog is a great program.

If you use FONT SIZE=7 (an absolute number), the font would be formatted as Size 7.

HotDog is a great program.


What is HotDog?

HotDog is a stand-alone program. This means that it doesn't need an expensive word processing program to run. It also means that you can deal with your HTML documents directly, instead of having to "pretend" that they're standard word processor documents.


What is the Background color?

Specifies the background color for the marquee. Instead of using the hexadecimal RGB triplet (e.g. #FFFFFF), you can use a Color Name.   There is also the facility to customize your own colors with the color selection palette icon. ( The small 3 colored icon to the right of the text box. )


What's in the Explanations?
What’s in the Explanations?

If you want a more “in-depth” explanation of a particular topic related to HotDog, HTML or the Web in general.  Here’s the place to look.


What's in Menus?
What’s in Menus?

If you want to find a feature or tool in HotDog?   One way is to look down the backbone of  HotDog to search for that particularly meaty option.   Each menubar item has a summary page of  options.   Each Menubar option has the following base amount of information,

•	Description

•	Location of the option, eg:  View Toolbone

•	Features that option is capable of.

•	User tips for the particular option.


What's a Tag Description
What’s a Tag Description

The description of the tag appears as a menu item in the Tags menu, and a list item in the Tags list. To change the description, click on it and type a new one.


What's Hypertext Target?
What’s Hypertext Target?

Hypertext Targets let you jump to specific locations within documents. You can jump to a target in the same document, or another document. Targets are most often used in long documents which are divided into several sections.   The current HTML 3 draft defines targets with the ID token.  For example,

<P ID="contents">

will make a paragraph a target, with the name contents.   Previous versions of HTML used the NAME token in an Anchor. For example,

<A NAME="contents">

HotDog defaults to the first (HTML 3) method. If you prefer to use the older method, you can change the default target code from the General section of the Options screen.


What is Text Alignment?

Specifies the location of text around the marquee.  Can be either TOP, MIDDLE, or BOTTOM.


What's in the Tutorials?
What’s in the Tutorials?

If you want a “How to” tutorial on a particular topic then check out the tutorials.   The tutorials listed below are specifically designed for HotDog32 and have been written with the following things in mind,

•	Summary of the feature.

•	Where is it located in HotDog.

•	What’s it for.

•	Give me an example.


What do you use HotDog for?

HotDog offers many ways to making creating HTML documents easier. If you are an experienced HTML author, you can type all the formatting tags directly, or select them from menus and pop-up lists. If you are new to HTML, HotDog has screens to let you insert images, formatting, and hypertext links into your document without having to learn the HTML language.


What's the file extension for Project files?

Project files have the extension of ".PRJ".  These files contain the file names of all the Web documents currently in the project.


What's UNIX?

UNIX is another operating system and a sort of big Uncle to DOS.  Popular with the Web movement and academia, UNIX is known for it’s terse syntax and unforgiving manuals.  UNIX is distributed for free along with access to it’s source code.


What's a URL?

A URL is an abbreviation for Uniform Resource Locator.  A URL is a unique address that  “points” to a resource on the Internet.

Eg:  If you want to find the latest software at Sausage Software check out the URL.   The URL contains a lot of information on the technical aspects of locating a resource.


What's a Window list?

This lists all the documents you currently have open. The information is the same as that provided on the Documents Bar, except the Documents Bar indicates whether the document has been saved or not, while the Window List shows the full path name of the document instead of just the file name.


What is WAIS?

Wide Area Information Server or WIAS for short,  is a search engine found on the Internet.   Using WAIS it is possible to find information sources even if you don’t know where to look.  Difficult to use and slowly being superseded, WIAS is still a good means to find information if you have the knowledge how to use it


What's a Web document?

A Web page or web document is also often referred to as an HTML document or even Web doc.  For our purposes a Web document describes something written, visually and/or aurally  recorded on a topic marked with HTML tags and possibly jazzed-up with some trimmings, to form a single cohesive document accessible to a browser on the World Wide Web

A Web document can also be described as a file or collection of files that have been marked-up using HTML.  The only difference between an Web document and a more traditional paper document is,

•	An Web document is in a digital format called ASCII

•	An Web document is marked up using HTML mark-up language, i.e.: tags.


What's the Alignment option?
What’s the Alignment option?

Lets you position the line against the left edge of the screen(Left), the right(Right), or in the middle(Center).


What's the "Width, Height & Border" option do?
What’s the "Width, Height & Border" option do?

The Width and Height of the image. By default, this is specified in pixels. You can change this to en by typing UNITS="en" in the tag. Most browsers that support this tag will resize images to fit these attributes. Specifying width and height can speed image display (since the browser doesn't have to determine them itself).

The Border width Specifies the width of the border around the image. If Border Width is 0 the image will not have a border. This may make it difficult for the user to determine if the image is clickable or not.


What are the Color Tags Options?

These options allow you to change the speed at which the colored tags appear.

•	Go to the Colored Tags option.

•	Select the Editing folder.

•	To change the time lag for the coloring of the tags.

•	Select the top tick-box option.

•	Click on box for tick.

•	Select the second top tick-box option.

•	Time in seconds.


What's the HotDog Icon look like?

The HotDog Icon can be found on the menubar to the far left of the menu items.  When a file is maximized it can be found on the menubar or at the top of the file window when a file is minimized.


What's the No Shading option?
What’s the No Shading option?

If you check this box, your line will display as a solid bar in Netscape.


What's the Thickness option?
What’s the Thickness option?

Sets the vertical size of the line.  You can choose the width to be from 1 to 10.  They are relative values and can be edited in HotDog.


What's the "Vertical Distance" option do?
What’s the "Vertical Distance" option do?


What's the width option?
What’s the width option?

The horizontal width of the line. This can be either an absolute number in pixels, or a relative number expressed as a percentage. Relative widths are preferred to ensure compatibility with all screen sizes.


Where's an example to try out Color Tags Now?

To change options for Tag type & Tag type color

Go to the Colored Tags option, should see the following,  you will not see the text in blue.

OPTION	Eg:

Foreground Color	White

Background Color	Dark blue

Default Tag Color	Yellow

Tag Type	HTML3

Tag Type Color	Red

For each of the above options in Red, change the options as suggested above.

•	Eg:   Foreground Color  White., etc.

•	All options can be changed. (Example)

•	Pay particular attention to Tag Type & Tag Type Color.

•	Save by pressing OK.


Where's the print facilities?

OOOPS!!!   At the moment the print facilities have not been included.  We are working on this one.  Please be patient we are experiencing some minor technical difficulties.


What's the Project Manager?

•	The Project Manager allows you change files ( add, delete ) in your Project.

•	Move your mouse cursor to the Tools option on the title / menu-bar.

•	It's found on the top line of HotDog’s main window.

•	Click once. You should see the options appear.

•	Move down the options and select Project Manager.

•	Click on it. The Project Manager window will be visible.

•	For more information check out Project Manager Help.


Where do I find the "System monitor" program?

You can find the System Monitor program if you go to the,

•	Windows Start menu.

•	Select the Accessories option.

•	Select System Tools option.

•	Select the System Monitor program.


Where's some sample code for Color Tags Now?

A good example to try.   Start a new file in HotDog.  You need to add the colored text only.   After you have typed this in continue with the previous example.

<! - -	Sample for you to try Color different Tags.	 - - >

<HTML>

<HEAD>

<TITLE>type_Document_Title_here</TITLE>

</HEAD>

<BODY>

<CENTER>Test this line out</CENTER>	<! - -  HTML 3.0 Tag  - ->

<BGSOUND SRC=MUSIC.WAV LOOP=5>	<! - -  Microsoft Tag - ->

</BODY>

</HTML>


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Absolute & Relative  file References

Hypertext Links

What’s Hypertext Links?

Report on project

Save project

Web project

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Explain how to use the stuff

The print area has to be checked!


Detailed Explanations;

The following explanations have been written to illustrate to a novice user the certain features  related to HotDog32, the Web and Internet in general.   You will notice that the examples are on specific as well broad topics.  As time goes on more explanations will be added,  highlighting specific areas that a user might like to know.

EXPLANATIONS:

Absolute and relative file references

Characters

Hypertext links

HTML Reference

The document bar


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HotDog Menu summary


HotDog Menus

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Menu Item	Shortcuts

Name	Ctrl	Letter	Alt	Dialog Box

File menu	Alt+F

New 	Ctrl+N	N
Open	Ctrl+O	O	Yes
Save	Ctrl+S	S
Save As	Ctrl+A	A	Yes
Save All
Close	C
Preview Document	F10	e	Yes
Publish Document	Ctrl+U	u	Yes
Print
Print Preview
Print Setup
Open Project	Ctrl+P	r	Yes
Close Project
Report On Project	t
Exit 	Ctrl+Q	x

Edit Menu	Alt+E
Undo	u
Cut	t
Copy	c
Paste	P
Append	A
Find	Ctrl+F	F	Yes
Replace	Ctrl+R	R	Yes
Tag Information	Ctrl+Alt+T	g	Yes
Select All	l
Color Tags Now	Ctrl+4	o
Refresh Document	s
Absolute to Relative	b
Relative to Absolute	v
Translate Extended Chars	Ctrl+E	n
Select This Tag	h

View Menu	Alt+V

Toolbone	b

Tags	T	Yes
Special Characters	C	Yes
HotDog File Manager	F	Yes

Insert Menu	Alt+I

Image	I	Yes
Image (Advanced)	v	Yes
Embedded Item	E	Yes
Marquee	M
Form Element	F	Yes
Hypertext Targets	H	Yes
Table	Ctrl+T	T	Yes
List	Ctrl+L	L	Yes
Horizontal Line	z	Yes
Text File	T	Yes
Special	S
Simple URL	F4	m	Yes
Jump to a Document in This System	J	Yes
Jump to a Document on Another System	A	Yes
Jump Within This Document	W	Yes
Launch an Internet Service 	u	Yes

Tags Menu	Alt+T

Document	D
Body	r
Content	C
Headings	H
Attributes	A
Graphics	G
Font	F
Lists	L
Forms	r
Tables	T
Miscellaneous	M
Custom	u

Toolbars	Alt+o

16 Bit Elements
File and Edit
Text ‘n’ Stuff

Format Menu	Alt+F

Font	F	Yes
Document	D	Yes
Bold	B
Italics	I
Underline	U
Blinking	l
Big First Letter	g
Center	C

Tools Menu	Alt+l

Options	O	Yes
Shortcut Keys	S	Yes
Customize Toolbars	Ctrl+Alt+C	z	Yes
Make Template From Document	T	Yes
Create Template Field	C	Yes
Find Duplicate Links	F	Yes
Remove Hypertext Links	R
Remove HTML Tags	H
Check HTML Syntax	Ctrl+H	e
Multi-File Find and Replace	M	Yes
Spell Check	p
Real-time Output Viewer	i
Convert to HTML	n
Upload to Host	U
Mixing Desk	x

Window Menu	Alt+W

Cascade	C
Tile	T
Arrange Icons	A
Close All	l
Window List

Help Menu	Alt+H

Contents	C
Search	S
HTML Reference	H
Registering HotDog	R
About HotDog	A	Yes


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Explain what the “question log means”

Jump to what’s new!!


Absolute and Relative File References

DESCRIPTION:

HotDog inserts links to graphics and local files in one of two ways using either Absolute or Relative references.   Both relative and absolute references should work properly on your machine.

USAGE TIPS:

1  The main difference comes when you upload your document to the Internet. It's very unlikely that your Internet provider also keeps their images in a directory called C:\GRAPHICS\. And if they don't, then none of your absolute references will work. You'll have to change them all manually before uploading your documents to the Internet.

2  The easiest way to prevent problems is to keep all your images in the same directory as (or a subdirectory of) your HTML documents. That way, you can upload everything from a single location on your PC, to a single location on the Internet. You can move this directory somewhere else on your PC, and your HTML files will still work.

3  It also pays to save your HTML documents before inserting any images. That way HotDog knows where to look for relative references - it doesn't just assume the Documents directory or the HotDog directory.

4  If you have not saved the current document, then relative references will be based on the Documents directory. If no Documents directory is defined, they will be based on the HotDog directory (wherever HOTDOG.EXE is).


Document Bar

DESCRIPTION:

The Document Bar provides a convenient way to switch between the documents you are currently editing, and to check at a glance if you have saved your work.

FEATURE:

1  If you look slightly to the right of centre on the Document bar you will find the current system time.

2  If you look to the further right from the time you can find the current line number your cursor is on.

3  The tabs that appear on the Document bar show currently used files.  The filename is also shown.

4  If you are using the Floating toolbars when you place your cursor on the tool it’s name appears on the far left of the Document bar.

USAGE TIPS:

1  To switch to another document, click the tab containing its name. This has the same effect as choosing the document name from the Window List.

2  Documents that have not changed since the last time they were saved are indicated with the [image] icon next to their name. Unsaved documents are marked with a


Hypertext Links

DESCRIPTION:

Hypertext links let you define a section of text that can be clicked by the user. When they click this text, they will go to another document, download a file, listen to a sound, or perhaps go to an Internet service like a WAIS database.

Hypertext links are defined with the <A> Anchor element. Each anchor specifies the address of the document it goes to, with the HREF property. Anchors can be images or text, or a combination of the two.  For example,

image only

About HotDog	text only

About HotDog 	image and text

Relative vs Absolute References

Documents on the same system are usually inserted as relative addresses.  For example, let's say that your Internet account has the following directories:

public_html	for document files

public_html/graphics	for images

If all your documents are in public_html, you do not have to specify a URL for each one. Instead of

<A HREF="http://www.sausage.com/intro.html"> Sausage Software </A>

you can use

<A HREF="intro.html"> Sausage Software </A>

This works as long as there is a document called intro.html in the same directory as the current document.

Directories can be absolute as well. For example, we could use a picture for the above hypertext link:

<A HREF="http://www.sausage.com/graphics/HotDog.gif"> Sausage Software </A>

or

<A HREF="graphics/HotDog.gif"> Sausage Software </A>

This works as long as the current directory has a sub-directory called graphics.


Report On Project

DESCRIPTION:

If you are using a Web Project, making a Report on a Project will create a summary report of all the images and links contained in the projects files. One potential use of this information is to make sure you upload all the necessary files to your web server.  The report will be stored in a text file, and when the report has been written, HotDog will ask you if you want to view it.

USAGE TIPS:

Web Projects are a convenient way to deal with multiple files at the same time. For example, you can create a project containing five related HTML documents. Every time you open the project, all five documents will be loaded into HotDog for editing. Using a project means that you only need to open one file (the .PRJ project file) instead of the five individual documents.


Save Project

DESCRIPTION:

Save Project,  lets you save an existing Web Project that you’ve previously created. It’s a  convenient way to deal with multiple files at the same time.

USAGE TIPS:

For example, you can create a project containing five related HTML documents. Every time you open the project, all five documents will be loaded into HotDog for editing. Using a project means that you only need to open one file (the .PRJ project file) instead of the five individual documents.


Web Projects

DESCRIPTION:

Using a Project to manipulate files is one of our most frequently requested features.  By opening a Project, it allows you to combine multiple files so you can open,  save even get a report with the a single mouse click.   You’ll be amazed by how much time this can save!    If you want to Add, delete or modify the files in the project you can use the Project Manager.

USAGE TIPS:

Creating a project involves doing the following,

•	Go and Open the Project

•	Make sure you fill out the Project details in the Project window

•	Open all the documents you want contained in the project.

•	Choose Save Project from File ProjectManager.


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Characters

Character data

Special Characters

Character entity references

Table of ISO 8870:1986//ENTITIES

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Check numerical characters

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What’s HTML?

What’s ISO-8859-1?

What’s US-ASCII?

What’s an effector?

What’s SGML?

What’s a glyph?


Characters

Here are some in depth discussions on what you may want to know about “characters”.

•	Character data

•	Control characters

•	Special characters

•	Character entity references

•	Table of ISO 8870:1986//ENTITIES


Character Data

DISCUSSION

The characters between HTML elements represent text. A HTML document (including elements and text) is encoded using the coded character set specified by the "charset" parameter of the "text/html" media type.  For levels defined in this specification, the "charset" parameter is restricted to "US-ASCII" or "ISO-8859-1". ISO-8859-1 encodes a set of characters known as Latin Alphabet No. 1, or simply Latin-1.

Latin-1 includes characters from most Western European languages, as well as a number of control characters.  Latin-1 also includes a non-breaking space, a soft hyphen indicator, 93 graphical characters, 8 unassigned characters, and 25 control characters.

Take note

•	Because non-breaking space and soft hyphen indicator are not recognized and interpreted by all HTML user agents, their use is discouraged.

•	There are 58 character positions occupied by control characters. See Control Characters for details on the interpretation of control characters.

•	Because certain special characters are subject to interpretation and special processing, information providers and HTML user agent implementors should follow the guidelines in the Special Characters section.

•	In addition, HTML provides character entity references and numerical character references to facilitate the entry and interpretation of characters by name and by numerical position.

•	Because certain characters will be interpreted as markup, they must be represented by entity references as described in character and/or numerical references.


Control Characters

DISCUSSION

Control characters are non-printable characters that are typically used for communication and device control, as format effectors, and as information separators.

In SGML applications, the use of control characters is limited in order to maximize the chance of successful interchange over heterogenous networks and operating systems. In HTML, only three control characters are used: Horizontal Tab (HT, encoded as 9 decimal in US-ASCII and ISO-8859-1), Carriage Return, and Line Feed.

Horizontal Tab is interpreted as a word space in all contexts except preformatted text. Within preformatted text, the tab should be interpreted to shift the horizontal column position to the next position which is a multiple of 8 on the same line; that is, col := (col+8) mod 8.

Carriage Return and Line Feed are conventionally used to represent end of line. For Internet Media Types defined as "text/*", the sequence CR LF is used to represent an end of line. In practice, text/html documents are frequently represented and transmitted using an end of line convention that depends on the conventions of the source of the document; frequently, that representation consists of CR only, LF only, or CR LF combination. In HTML, end of line in any of its variations is interpreted as a word space in all contexts except preformatted text. Within preformatted text, HTML interpreting agents should expect to treat any of the three common representations of end-of-line as starting a new line.


Special Characters discussion

DISCUSSION

Certain characters have special meaning in HTML documents.  There are two printing characters which may be interpreted by an HTML application to have an effect of the format of the text:

Space

•	Interpreted as a word space (place where a line can be broken) in all contexts except the Preformatted Text element.

•	Interpreted as a nonbreaking space within the Preformatted Text element.

Hyphen

•	Interpreted as a hyphen glyph in all contexts

•	Interpreted as a potential word space by hyphenation engine

The following entity names are used in HTML, always prefixed by ampersand (&) and followed by a semicolon. They represent particular graphic characters which have special meanings in places in the markup, or may not be part of the character set available to the writer.

The following table lists each of the supported characters specified in the Numeric and Special Graphic entity set, along with its name, syntax for use, and description. This list is derived from ISO Standard 8879:1986//ENTITIES,   Numeric and Special Graphic//EN however HTML does not provide support for the entire entity set. Only the entities listed below are supported.

Glyph	Name	Syntax	Description

  	<	lt	&lt	Less than sign

>	gt	&gt	Greater than sign

&	amp	&amp	Ampersand

"	quot	&quot	Double quote sign


Character Entity References

DISCUSSION

Many of the Latin alphabet No. 1 set of printing characters may be represented within the text of an HTML document by a character entity.

Two reasons for using a character entity:

•	the keyboard does not provide a key for the character, such as on U.S. keyboards which do not provide European characters

•	the character may be interpreted as SGML coding, such as the ampersand (&), double quotes ("), the lesser (<) and greater (>) characters

A character entity is represented in an HTML document as an SGML entity whose name is defined in the HTML DTD. The HTML DTD includes a character entity for each of the SGML markup characters and for each of the printing characters in the upper half of Latin-1, so that one may reference them by name if it is inconvenient to enter them directly:

•	the ampersand (&amp;),

•	double quotes (&quot;),

•	lesser (&lt;) and greater (&gt;) characters

“Kurt G&ouml;del was a famous logician and mathematician.”

Take Note:

•	To ensure that a string of characters is not interpreted as markup, represent all occurrences of <, >, and & by character or entity references.

•	There are SGML features, CDATA and RCDATA, to allow most <, >, and & characters to be entered without the use of entity or character references. Because these features tend to be used and implemented inconsistently, and because they require 8-bit characters to represent non-ASCII characters, they are not used in this version of the HTML DTD. An earlier HTML specification included an Example element (<XMP>) whose syntax is not expressible in SGML. No markup was recognized inside of the Example element except the </XMP> end element. While HTML user agents are encouraged to support this idiom, its use is deprecated.

•	The following entity names are used in HTML, always prefixed by ampersand (&) and followed by a semicolon.  The following table lists each of the characters specified in the Added Latin 1 entity set, along with its name, syntax for use, and description. This list is derived from ISO Standard 8879:1986//ENTITIES Added Latin 1//EN. HTML supports the entire entity set.


Table of ISO 8870:1986//ENTITIES

DISCUSSION

List derived from ISO Standard 8879:1968//ENTITIES

The last three character entities are only supported in recent versions of Mosaic and Netscape .  They may not appear as planned in early versions of these, or different browsers.

Name	Syntax	Description

Aacute	&Aacute	Capital A, acute accent

Agrave	&Agrave	Capital A, grave accent

Acirc	&Acirc	Capital A, circumflex accent

Atilde	&Atilde	Capital A, tilde

Aring	&Aring	Capital A, ring

Auml	&Auml	Capital A, dieresis or umlaut mark

AElig	&Aelig	Capital AE dipthong (ligature)

Ccedil	&Ccedil	Capital C, cedilla

Eacute	&Eacute	Capital E, acute accent

Egrave	&Egrave	Capital E, grave accent

Ecirc	&Ecirc	Capital E, circumflex accent

Euml	&Euml	Capital E, dieresis or umlaut mark

Iacute	&Iacute	Capital I, acute accent

Igrave	&Igrave	Capital I, grave accent

Icirc	&Icirc	Capital I, circumflex accent

Iuml	&Iuml	Capital I, dieresis or umlaut mark

ETH	&ETH	Capital Eth, Icelandic

Ntilde	&Ntilde	Capital N, tilde

Oacute	&Oacute	Capital O, acute accent

Ograve	&Ograve	Capital O, grave accent

Ocirc	&Ocirc	Capital O, circumflex accent

Otilde	&Otilde	Capital O, tilde

Ouml	&Ouml	Capital O, dieresis or umlaut mark

Oslash	&Oslash	Capital O, slash

Uacute	&Uacute	Capital U, acute accent

Ugrave	&Ugrave	Capital U, grave accent

Ucirc	&Ucirc	Capital U, circumflex accent

Uuml	&Uuml	Capital U, dieresis or umlaut mark;

Yacute	&Yacute	Capital Y, acute accent

THORN	&THORN	Capital THORN, Icelandic

Szlig	&szlig	Small sharp s, German (sz ligature)

aacute	&aacute	Small a, acute accent

agrave	&agrave	Small a, grave accent

acirc	&acirc	Small a, circumflex accent

atilde	&atilde	Small a, tilde

aring	&aring	Small a, ring

auml	&auml	Small a, dieresis or umlaut mark

aelig	&aelig	Small ae dipthong (ligature

ccedil	&ccedil	Small c, cedilla

eacute	&eacute	Small e, acute accent

egrave	&egrave	Small e, grave accent

ecirc	&ecirc	Small e, circumflex accent

euml	&euml	Small e, dieresis or umlaut mark

iacute	&iacute	Small i, acute accent

igrave	&igrave	Small i, grave accent

icirc	&icirc	Small i, circumflex accent

iuml	&iuml	Small i, dieresis or umlaut mark

eth	&eth	Small eth, Icelandic

ntilde	&ntilde	Small n, tilde

oacute	&oacute	Small o, acute accent

ograve	&ograve	Small o, grave accent

ocirc	&ocirc	Small o, circumflex accent

otilde	&otilde	Small o, tilde

ouml	&ouml	Small o, dieresis or umlaut mark

oslash	&oslash	Small o, slash

uacute	&uacute	Small u, acute accent

ugrave	&ugrave	Small u, grave accent

ucirc	&ucirc	Small u, circumflex accent

uuml	&uuml	Small u, dieresis or umlaut mark

yacute	&yacute	Small y, acute accent

thorn	&thorn	Small thorn, Icelandic

yuml	&yuml	Small y, dieresis or umlaut mark

reg	&reg	Registered TradeMark

copy	&copy	Copyright

trade	&trade	TradeMark