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Chapter 5  Writing Code and Web Content

Adding Document Content

The default template contains just the code required for a valid HTML document. This default template is stored as \Wizards\HTML\Default Template.htm below your root directory. You can edit this file and save it to change its content.

To open a new document use one of these commands:

• Press Ctrl+N to open the default document template.
• Select File > New to select a different template or a wizard.

You can easily add a link from an HTML, CFML, JSP or other HTML embedded document to a URL.

To add a hyperlink use one of these commands:

• Drag files from the Files pane to insert links to HTML documents, images, and audio and video clips.
• Click the Anchor toolbutton on the Common QuickBar tab to define internal and external links.

For other supported languages, such as WML and SMIL, use the appropriate link syntax.

To insert a file into a document:

1. Select File > Insert File.
2. Open the drop-down list of supported file types to filter file list.
3. Locate the file and click OK to insert the file contents in the current document.

To convert a text file:

1. Select File > Convert Text File and locate a local or remote file with a txt extension.
2. Click OK to open the file in the editor surrounded by basic HTML tags.

   You can then add formatting or link to a style sheet.

To copy text from a browser:

1. To strip the HTML formatting code from copied text, select the Treat HTML dropped from external application as plain text option in Options > Settings > Editor.
2. Select the text in the browser that you want to copy.
3. Use the Windows copy and paste commands to enter the text block in the editor.

To insert Microsoft Office content:

• To convert Office content, such as lists, tables, and worksheet cells, to plain text, select the content and copy it to the editor.
• To insert content with the equivalent HTML formatting, enable Design view in Options > Settings > Design.

  You can then edit the content visually in Design mode, for example, by clicking on a table border and dragging a handle to resize it or you can switch to Edit mode to work directly in the code.

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