Claris Home Page lets you work with text in some of the ways that you would in a standard word processor. You can type text, cut and paste text from another page or another document, find and replace text, and check your spelling. You can use several levels of headings, apply styles, change the size of text, change the text font, and change the color of text.

Be aware, however, that HTML imposes certain limitations on your text formatting. For example, HTML doesn't let you change spacing between words or lines, add tabs, or change how words are hyphenated. Other limitations arise because all browsers and platforms are not alike. If a browser window is set to a different size, the layout you carefully arranged on your page may look considerably different. Although you can't predict exactly how text will appear to your audience on the Web, you can test the appearance of text on different browsers they are likely to be using.