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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1. Product information ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

                                   WebWriter/2
                                   Version 1.2

                             An HTML editor for OS/2

                          Don't write Home without it!


                             Written by John Blumel.

                      Copyright (c) 1995, 1997 John Blumel.

                              All rights reserved.

WebWriter/2 is an HTML editor designed and written for OS/2. Starting with
v1.2, WebWriter/2 is distributed as Freeware and no registration is necessary
to use it.

WebWriter/2 now supports the creation of HTML version 3.2 documents. It also
includes the capability for the user to define tags which are not currently
supported, allowing users to include vendor extensions or tags from more future
HTML specifications. You can markup documents by selecting elements from menus
or from the Tag manager dialog. WebWriter/2 provides drag & drop Workplace
Shell integration and allows configuration of multiple applications to preview
your HTML documents.

Thank you for trying WebWriter/2.  I hope you find it both useful and easy to
use.  If you have suggestions for enhancements or useability improvements, or
if you discover defects in WebWriter/2, please contact me through one of the
methods listed under Technical Support.

Additional product information is available on the following topics:

     License agreement

     Technical support and contacting the author

 Acknowledgements:  Special thanks to my wife, Miriam Corti, for creating the
                    WebWriter/2 icons.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1.1. License agreement ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

WebWriter/2 Use  WebWriter is Freeware and may be used by any individual,
organization or company without restriction.

WebWriter/2 Distribution  You may make copies of and freely distribute
WebWriter/2 subject to the following conditions.

     You must include all of the files and only the files that were part of
      the original distribution copy of WebWriter/2 which you obtained.

     If you give a copy of WebWriter/2 to another person you must inform them
      of the restrictions stated in the WebWriter/2 Evaluation section above.

     You may not sell or distribute WebWriter/2 for a fee in excess of the
      costs actually incurred in doing so without the express written consent
      of the author.

 Limitations on Liability  THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT
 WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL THE AUTHOR (John Blumel) BE
 LIABLE FOR ANY INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING DAMAGES
 FOR LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF BUSINESS
 INFORMATION AND THE LIKE) ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE
 SOFTWARE OR ITS DOCUMENTATION.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1.2. Technical support and contacting the author ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Requests for technical support, suggestions or bug reports should be directed
to:

      [e-mail]

Or:

      John Blumel
     1949 Green Oak Drive
     Terrytown, LA  70056
     USA


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2. Using WebWriter/2 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

WebWriter/2 allows you to create HTML documents from scratch or to markup
existing text documents.  Full support is provided for the creation of HTML
version 3.2 documents.  WebWriter/2 also includes the capability for the user
to define tags which are not currently supported, allowing users to include
tags from more recent HTML specifications or to define customized versions of
existing tags.  Full support is also provided for the ISO-Latin-1 character set
through menu options and the Character manager dialog.  You can edit multiple
documents at once as well as preview your documents using the WWW client of
your choice. At least some knowledge of HTML is assumed and no syntax checking
of documents is performed.

For information on a specific topic select one of the following:

     Inserting HTML tags

     Inserting HTML attributes

     Inserting character entities

     Editing multiple documents

     Previewing documents

     HTML information


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.1. Inserting HTML tags ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

To insert HTML tags, select the desired tag from the Tags menu.  Tags which
have additonal or optional elements may present the user with a dialog
prompting for the necessary information.  You can select tags and  markup your
text as you write it or you can first create the content for your HTML document
and then focus on its presentation.

Prompting for some HTML elements is optional. This is indicated by a [...]
following the menu item text. You will be prompted for these items only when
you hold down the Ctrl key while selecting the item. This allows you to work
more quickly by bypassing the dialogs most of the time, yet, still providing
access to prompting when you request it.

Additional tags may be defined and inserted using the Tag manager dialog.  The
Tag manager dialog can be displayed by selecting the Tags/More tags... menu
option.

When inserting HTML tags, selected text will be wrapped by the tag if it is two
sided.  One sided tags are inserted before selected text.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.2. Inserting HTML attributes ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

To insert HTML attributes, select the desired attributes from the Attributes
menu. Attributes which have additional or optional elements may present the
user with a dialog prompting for the necessary information.  By providing
support for HTML attributes separate from their associated tags, WebWriter/2
allows you the flexibility of being able to easily modify your documents
formatting without having to resort to either typing the attributes in manually
or having to first delete then reapply tags in order to change their
attributes.

Prompting for some HTML attributes is optional. This is indicated by a [...]
following the menu item text. You will be prompted for these items only when
you hold down the Ctrl key while selecting the item. This allows you to work
more quickly by bypassing the dialogs most of the time, yet, still providing
access to prompting when you request it.

HTML attributes are inserted before selected text.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.3. Inserting character entities ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Character entities from the ISO-Latin-1 character set can be inserted by
selecting the desired character entity or character accent from the Characters
menu.  Additional character entities are available in the Character manager
dialog.  The Character manager dialog can be accessed by selecting the
Characters/More characters... menu option.

Character entities are inserted before selected text.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.4. Editing multiple documents ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

WebWriter/2 uses a MSDI (Multiple Single Document Interface) method of editing
multiple documents.  You can open as many WebWriter/2 windows as you want as
long as you can keep track of what you are doing.  To open another WebWriter/2
window, select Windows/New window.

To help manage your open documents you can display the WebWriter/2 Window
manager.  You can do this by selecting Windows/Window manager or by selecting
it from the OS/2 window list.  You can manage the open Edit windows by
selecting options from the Window manager Windows menu or from the Window
manager context menu.

You can copy and paste selected text or entire documents from one Edit window
to another by simply dragging from the source to the target window.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.5. Previewing documents ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

WebWriter/2 allows you to preview your HTML documents in the WWW client of your
choice.  The preview function will start the preview application you have
selected and load the current document.  If you are using the IBM WebExplorer
or Netscape Navigator as your preview application and there is already a copy
of running, WebWriter/2 will load the document into this already open window
rather than starting a new copy of the program every time.  This will work for
Netscape only if it is configured to run in a WIN-OS/2 window.  If you
configure Netscape to run in a full screen WIN-OS/2, WebWriter/2 will still
start a new copy for each preview.

You can select and configure these applications via the Preview pages of the
WebWriter/2 settings dialog.

The applications that you select are displayed as choices in the File/Preview
submenu.  You can preview the current document by selecting one of these menu
choices. You can also select another preview application on the fly by choosing
File/Preview/Other...

If you use the IBM WebExplorer, you can also preview a document by simply
dragging it to an open WebExplorer window.

WebWriter/2 has been tested with both the IBM WebExplorer (v1.03) and Netscape
Navigator (v2.0b3).


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.6. HTML information ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

If you are not familiar with HTML you may wish to obtain one of the many books
available on this topic.  The Teach Yourself Web Publishing... and Teach
Yourself HTML... books by Laura Lemay (SAMS Publishing) are good for beginners
and as general references for more experienced HTML authors. There are also
many WWW sites which provide up to date HTML documentation and examples.

The WebWriter/2 readme file contains additional information on WWW sites which
maintain information on the HTML specification.  If you have a primary preview
application configured, you can view an HTML version of this file by selecting
Help/WebWriter/2 readme from the Edit window menus. Otherwise, you can view the
readme.txt file located in the WebWriter/2 directory by loading it into any
text editor, including WebWriter/2.

For basic HTML 3.2 information, you can load the Web Design Groups HTML 3.2
reference which is included with WebWriter/2 by selecting Help/HTML 3.2
reference from the Edit window menus. This document is also available online at
www.htmlhelp.com.

Definitive specifications on HTML and related standards can be found at the
W3C's web site at www.w3.org.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3. WebWriter/2 key assignments ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The following keys may be used when editing document text in the WebWriter/2
edit window.

       Enter
      Start a new line by inserting an End-of-Line character at the insertion
      point.

       Ctrl+Enter
      Start a new paragraph by inserting an End-of-Line character and Paragraph
      tag (<P></P>) at the insertion point.

       Shift+Enter
      Start a new list item by inserting an End-of-Line character and List item
      tag (<LI>) at the insertion point.

       Tab
      Insert a tab character at the insertion point.

       Insert
      Switch between insert and overtype mode.

       Backspace
      Deletes the previous character or, if text is selected, deletes the
      selected text.

       Shift+arrow
      Select text or extend the selected text in the direction of the arrow.

       Shift+Home
      Select text or extend the selected text to the beginning of the current
      line.

       Shift+End
      Select text or extend the selected text to the end of the current line.

 Shift+Page Up
      Select text or extend the selected text up one full window of text.

 Shift+Page Down
      Select text or extend the selected text down one full window of text.

       Shift+Ctrl+Right
      Select text or extend the selected text to the beginning of the next
      word.

       Shift+Ctrl+Left
      Select text or extend the selected text to the beginning of the previous
      word.

       Shift+Ctrl+Home
      Select text or extend the selected text to the beginning of the document.

       Shift+Ctrl+End
      Select text or extend the selected text to the end of the document.

 Page Up
      Scrolls the document up one full window of text.

 Page Down
      Scrolls the document down one full window of text.

 For information on the assignment of accelerator keys to WebWriter/2 menu
 options, select one of the following topics.

     File menu key assignments

     Edit menu key assignments

     Tags menu key assignments

     Characters menu key assignments


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.1. File menu key assignments ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The following accelerator key assignments apply to File menu options.

       Ctrl+N
      Closes the current document, if any, and starts a new document.

       Ctrl+O
      Opens an existing document for editing.

       Ctrl+S
      Saves the current document.

       Ctrl+C
      Closes the current document.

       Ctrl+1
      Preview the current document using the primary preview application.

       Ctrl+2
      Preview the current document using the secondary preview application.

       Ctrl+0
      Preview the current document using a preview application which you
      select.

       Ctrl+P
      Print the current document.

       F3
      Close all WebWriter/2 windows and exit WebWriter/2.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.2. Edit menu key assignments ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The following accelerator key assignments apply to Edit menu options.

       Alt+Backspace
      Undo the last change made to the document.

       Shift+Delete
      Remove the selected text and place it on the clipboard.

       Ctrl+Insert
      Copy the selected text to the clipboard.

       Shift+Insert
      Insert the contents of the clipboard at the insertion point.

       Delete
      Delete the selected text.

       Ctrl+/
      Select the entire document.

       Ctrl+\
      Deselect all text.

       Ctrl+F
      Display the Find dialog.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.3. Tags menu key assignments ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The following accelerator key assignments apply to Tags menu options.

       Alt+1
      Insert a Heading 1 tag (<H1></H1>).

       Alt+2
      Insert a Heading 2 tag (<H2></H2>).

       Alt+3
      Insert a Heading 3 tag (<H3></H3>).

       Alt+4
      Insert a Heading 4 tag (<H4></H4>).

       Alt+5
      Insert a Heading 5 tag (<H5></H5>).

       Alt+6
      Insert a Heading 6 tag (<H6></H6>).

       Alt+P
      Insert a Paragraph tag (<P></P>).

       Alt+D
      Insert a Division tag (<DIV></DIV>).

       Alt+C
      Insert a Center tag (<CENTER></CENTER>).

       Alt+R
      Insert a Horizontal rule tag (<HR>).

       Alt+K
      Insert a Line break tag (<BR>).

       Alt+B
      Insert a Bold text tag (<B></B>).

       Alt+I
      Insert an Italic text tag (<I></I>).

       Alt+U
      Insert an Undelined text tag (<U></U>).

       Alt+Y
      Insert a Typewriter text tag (<T></T>).

       Alt+.
      Insert a List item tag (<LI>).

       Alt+L
      Insert an Unordered list tag (<UL></UL>).

       Alt+O
      Insert an Ordered list tag (<OL></OL>).

       Ctrl+A
      Display the Anchor dialog.

       Ctrl+I
      Display the Inline image dialog.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.4. Entities menu key assignments ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The following accelerator key assignments apply to Entities menu options.

       Alt+Shift+<
      Insert the character entity for the < sumbol.

       Alt+Shift+>
      Insert the character entity for the > sumbol.

       Alt+Shift+&
      Insert the character entity for the & sumbol.

       Alt+Shift+"
      Insert the character entity for a quotation mark.

       Alt+Space
      Insert the character entity for a non-breaking space.

       Alt+G
      If a character is selected, convert the selected character to the
      character entity for the selected character with a grave accent.

      If no character is selected, convert the previous character to the
      character entity for the previous character with a grave accent.

       Alt+A
      If a character is selected, convert the selected character to the
      character entity for the selected character with an acute accent.

      If no character is selected, convert the previous character to the
      character entity for the previous character with a acute accent.

       Alt+Shift+^
      If a character is selected, convert the selected character to the
      character entity for the selected character with a circumflex accent.

      If no character is selected, convert the previous character to the
      character entity for the previous character with a circumflex accent.

       Alt+Shift+~
      If a character is selected, convert the selected character to the
      character entity for the selected character with a tilde.

      If no character is selected, convert the previous character to the
      character entity for the previous character with a tilde.

       Alt+M
      If a character is selected, convert the selected character to the
      character entity for the selected character with an umlaut.

      If no character is selected, convert the previous character to the
      character entity for the previous character with an umlaut.

       Alt+Shift+*
      If a character is selected, convert the selected character to the
      character entity for the selected character with a ring.

      If no character is selected, convert the previous character to the
      character entity for the previous character with a ring.

       Alt+/
      If a character is selected, convert the selected character to the
      character entity for the selected character with a slash.

      If no character is selected, convert the previous character to the
      character entity for the previous character with a slash.

       Alt+,
      If a character is selected, convert the selected character to the
      character entity for the selected character with a cedilla.

      If no character is selected, convert the previous character to the
      character entity for the previous character with a cedilla.

       Alt+Z
      Insert the character entity for an sz ligature.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4. Workplace Shell integration ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

WebWriter/2 is designed to interact with the OS/2 Workplace Shell as well as
with other OS/2 applications.

For information about WebWriter/2 Workplace Shell integration select one of the
following:

     Drag & Drop support

     WebWriter/2 associations


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.1. Drag & Drop support ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

You can use Drag & Drop shortcuts to perform many WebWriter/2 functions. The
following Drag & Drop operations are supported:

   1. Dropping a data file object onto the WebWriter/2 window will result in an
      action that depends on the drop action requested and the type of file
      dropped.  Different drop actions can be requested by the use of the Ctrl,
      Alt & Shift keys and defaults can be configured via the Drag&Drop
      settings page of the WebWriter/2 Settings notebook. WebWriter/2 attempts
      to follow Workplace Shell conventions as much as possible in implementing
      drag & drop support, although, some variance in meaning was necessary.
      The basic Drag & Drop operations work like this:

      Drop
            Will perform the action indicated by the Default drop action for
            documents setting on the Settings notebook Drag&Drop page.

      Shift+Drop
            This will result in the file which is dropped being opened by the
            Edit window it is dropped on.  If there is a document open with
            unsaved changes, you will be prompted to save or discard those
            changes before the new document is opened.

      Ctrl+Drop
            This will result in the contents of the file which is dropped being
            inserted at the current cursor position.

      Shift+Ctrl+Drop
            This will result in a hypertext link to the dropped document being
            inserted at the cursor position or wrapping selected text, if any.

      Of course, as with any rules there are exceptions:

      WebExplorer URLs
            Dropping a WebExplorer URL will always result in a link to that URL
            being inserted. You can drag & drop WebExplorer URL's which you
            have saved to your Desktop (or some other folder) or, if you are
            viewing a Web page that you want to link to, just drag directly to
            WebWriter/2 and the link will be inserted without having to save
            the URL object first.

      WebBook URL's
            WebBook is an OS/2 URL manager published by Sine Qua Non, Inc.  It
            allows  you to save collections of WebExplorer URL's organized into
            libraries, shelves, books and pages. You can drag URL's from
            WebBook to WebWriter/2 in order to insert hypertext links to the
            resources referenced by those URL's in the same way that you can
            use URL's dragged directly from WebExplorer.

            Dropping a WebBook URL will always result in a link to that URL
            being inserted.

      Images
            Since, you probably don't want WebWriter/2 to open or insert the
            contents of image files into your documents, it seemed to make
            sense to modify the Drag & Drop behavior for these file types.  For
            image files, the following rules apply:

            Drop
                  If the Default drop action for documents is set to Open then
                  the result of this action will be determined by the When
                  'Open' dropping image file... setting on the Settings
                  notebook Drag&Drop page.  Otherwise, the modifier key
                  equivalent (i.e., Ctrl+Drop or Shift+Ctrl+Drop) drop action
                  will be performed.

            Shift+Drop
                  This is determined by the When 'Open' dropping image file...
                  setting on the Settings notebook Drag&Drop page.

            Ctrl+Drop
                  This will result in the Inline image dialog being displayed
                  with the path & file name of the image already filled in.

            Shift+Ctrl+Drop
                  This will result in a hypertext link to the image being
                  inserted at the cursor position or wrapping selected text, if
                  any.

      Note:  When hypertext links are inserted the exact behavior will depend
             on whether or not text is selected when the drop occurs.  If no
             text is selected, the file name (or URL title for WebExplorer
             URL's) will be inserted as the link content.  If there is selected
             text, then the selected text will be used as the link content.

      Note:  In all cases where hypertext links to local files are inserted,
             the links will use relative paths with forward slashes rather than
             back slashes (i.e., '/' and not '\').

      Tip:  If you Ctrl+Drag a document from WebExplorer to WebWriter/2 to view
            the HTML source and want to open it instead of inserting it into
            the open document, release the Ctrl key once the pointer changes to
            the Pointer+MiniFile pointer and hold down the Shift key while you
            drop the HTML source on the WebWriter/2 window.  If you have "Open"
            configured as your default drop option you can omit holding down
            the Shift key. You can also just drag to the Window manager window.

   2. Dropping a data file object onto the WebWriter/2 Window manager will open
      the the file in a new WebWriter/2 window.

   3. Dragging from the edit window to a printer object will print the current
      document.  If there is selected text, only the selected text will be
      printed.

   4. Dragging from the edit window to the Shredder will delete the current
      document.  If there is selected text, only the selected text will be
      deleted.

   5. By dragging from one WebWriter/2 window to another you can copy & paste
      either an entire document or selected text if any.

   6. If you drag from the edit window to the desktop or a folder, a copy of
      the document, or selected text if any, will be saved there.  This can be
      useful if you wish to save sections of a document for re-use in other
      HTML documents.

   7. You can drag from a WebWriter/2 window to a WebExplorer window to preview
      your document or selected text if any.  This is particularly useful if
      you wish to quickly preview changes in a document that you have already
      loaded into WebExplorer via the File/Preview menu options.

   8. From an open WebExplorer window you can drag the curent HTML document to
      an open WebWriter/2 window.  The document will be treated the same as a
      Workplace Shell file object and will inserted into the current document
      if one is open or opened if there is no currently opened document.

      Note:  How you do this depends on the vesion of WebExplorer that you
             have.  Some versions require that you hold down the Ctrl key while
             you drag.  With other versions you simply drag the document from
             WebExplorer.  The version of WebExplorer current as of writing
             this (v1.02) requires that you hold down the Ctrl key while you
             drag a document from WebExplorer.  If you have a different version
             you may need to experiment to determine how this works with it.

   9. Dragging from the Tag manager dialog and dropping on the WebWriter/2
      window will insert the tag at the cursor position.  If text is selected
      in the WebWriter/2 window the tag will be wrapped around the selected
      text.

  10. Dragging from the Character entity dialog and dropping on the WebWriter/2
      window will insert the character entity at the cursor position or before
      selected text.

 If you wish to perform a drag & drop operation that is not listed here, try it
 and see if it works.  The WebWriter/2 <-> WebExplorer type interactions have
 not been tested with but should work with other OS/2 applications which are
 Workplace Shell aware.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.2. WebWriter/2 associations ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The WebWriter/2 installation program creates associations between between
WebWriter/2 and files with .htm & .html extensions.  This allows you to start
WebWriter/2 by double clicking on an HTML document file object.

You may notice that when you open a document in this way it does not remain
cross hatched after the document is open.  This is perfectly normal and does
not mean that the open of the document has failed.

If you do not want files with .htm and .html extensions to be associated with
WebWriter/2 you may remove the association from the Associations page of the
WebWriter/2 program object settings notebook.  Conversely if you would like to
add additional associations (e.g., .ht3 or htm3 for HTML 3.0 documents) these
can also be added to the Associations page of the WebWriter/2 program object
settings notebook.  For information on how to do this refer to the help for the
settings notebook Associations page.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5. WebWriter/2 Window manager ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The WebWriter/2 Window manager allows you to keep track of your open
WebWriter/2 edit windows.  The Window manager displays a list of open
WebWriter/2 windows and the documents being edited in each window.  From the
Window manager you can hide, display or close an open edit window.  You can
also open a new edit window or close all of the open windows and exit
WebWriter/2.  When you double click on an HTML document to open it and
WebWriter/2 is already active the document will be opened by the currently
running copy of WebWriter/2 and added to its Window manager. Because of this
there will only be one WebWriter/2 Window manager open at any time. If you are
editting a large number of HTML documents at the same time, the Window manager
can significantly reduce the amount of time it takes you to locate a particular
document.

Additional Window manager information:

     Window manager Drag & Drop support


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5.1. Window manager Drag & Drop support ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Dropping a data file object onto the WebWriter/2 Window manager will open the
the file in a new WebWriter/2 edit window.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6. WebWriter/2 Settings ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

You can customize WebWriter/2 to work the way you want it to by modifying these
settings.

For information about a specific settings page select one of the following:

     Documents

     Drag&Drop

     Pop-ups

     Preview

     Templates


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.1. Document settings ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

 When Edit window is opened...
      Use this option to define what action you would like WebWriter/2 to
      perform as a default whenever a new edit window is opened.  Choose from
      one of the following.

      Open new "untitled" document
            Select this option if you want WebWriter/2 to initialize the edit
            window to begin editing a new document.  This is the default

      Prompt for document to open
            Select this option if you want WebWriter/2 to prompt you for a
            document to open whenever an edit window is opened.

      Wait for user action
            Select this option if you want WebWriter/2 to simply wait for you
            to open a new or existing document to edit.

 Default document directory
      This is the default path which will be used in all file dialogs if it is
      specified and "Use last path in file dialogs" is not selected.

 Default document extension
      This is the default extension which will be used when saving documents.
      You may select an extension from the drop down list or enter an extension
      directly into the entry field.

 Use last path in file dialogs
      Selecting this check box will result in the default file dialog path
      being the last path that a file was opened from or saved to.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.2. Drag&Drop settings ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

These settings allow you to configure the default actions that will be
performed when documents and images are dropped on WebWriter/2 edit windows.
These defaults may be overridden to another of the supported drop actions by
the use of modifier keys.  For more information on supported drop actions and
the use of modifier keys to select the desired action refer to the Drag & Drop
support section of the online help.

 Default drop action for documents
      This option allows you to specify the default action that WebWriter/2
      should take when a document is dropped on a WebWriter/2 edit window.
      Select one of the following:

      Open document
            Sets the default drop action to "Open" or the same as when the
            Shift key is held down.

      Import document
            Sets the default drop action to "Insert" or the same as when the
            Ctrl key is held down.  Because this was the only action available
            in previous releases of WebWriter/2, this is the default.

      Insert link to document
            Sets the default drop action to "Link to" or the same as when the
            Shift+Ctrl keys are held down.

 When 'Open' dropping image file
      This option allows you to specify the default action that WebWriter/2
      should take when an image file is dropped on a WebWriter/2 edit window
      and the result of the requested drop action would be to open the file.
      Select one of the following:

      Inline the image
            This is the same as the Ctrl+Drop or "Insert" action.  This is the
            default.

      Insert link to the image
            This is the same as the Shift+Ctrl+Drop or "Link to" action.

 You may define which file types are to be handled as images on the Define
 images back page of the Drag&Drop page.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.3. Define images settings ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

This back page of the WebWriter/2 Drag&Drop settings page allows you to define
the file types that are to be handled as image files when dropped on a
WebWriter/2 edit window.

 New extension
      Enter a file extension to be added to the list of Current extensions.

 Add >>
      Click on this button to add the extension entered in the New extension
      field to the list of Current extensions.

 Remove
      Click on this button to remove selected extensions from the Current
      extensions list.

 Current extensions
      This is the list of extensions which define the file types to be handled
      as image files.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.4. Pop-ups settings ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

These settings will configure how WebWriter/2 handles mouse button 2 clicks
over the edit window.  You can select any edit window menu, including the menu
bar, as your default pop-up menu.  You can also select an item on each
available menu as the default mouse position for that menu.

 Default pop-up menu
      Select the menu you wish to have displayed when clicking on the edit
      window with mouse button 2.  If you select Edit window menu bar, you may
      then select one of the other menus from the pop-up menu displayed.

 Configure pop-ups
      These settings allow you to configure default mouse positions for all of
      the available pop-up menus.

      Menu
            Select the menu you wish to configure.

      Default item
            Select the menu item you wish to have the cursor positioned over
            when the menu is displayed.  If you do not want a default item for
            the menu you have selected, select '<none>' from the list.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.5. Preview settings ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Specify the following preview options:

 Preview save options
      Choose one of the following to indicate the default save option when
      previewing documents.

      Save before preview
            If you select this option, WebWriter/2 will save the document and
            instruct your preview application to load it.

      Don't save before preview
            When this option is selected WebWriter/2 will save your document to
            a temporary file and instruct your preview application to load the
            temporary file.

      Prompt for Save/Don't save
            When this option is selected you will be presented with a dialog
            asking you whether or not to save the document before previewing.
            This is the default

 Preview from...
      Choose one of the following to indicate the location of the temporary
      file created if you opt to not save the file before previewing.

      Document's current directory
            The document will be previewed from the directory in which the
            original document resides.  If the document has not yet been saved,
            it will be previewed from the Default document directory.  If no
            Default document directory is configured or the default document
            directory points to the A or B drives, then the TMP (or TEMP)
            directory will be used.

      Default document directory
            The document will be previewed from the Default document directory.
            If no Default document directory is configured or the default
            document directory points to the A or B drives, then the TMP (or
            TEMP) directory will be used.

      TMP directory (CONFIG.SYS)
            The document will be previewed from the TMP (or TEMP) directory
            defined in your CONFIG.SYS file.  If no TMP directory is defined in
            your CONFIG.SYS, then the WebWriter/2 installation directory will
            be used.

 You may specify up to 2 WWW clients to use for previewing HTML documents on
 the Preview app 1 and Preview app 2 back pages of the Preview page.  The
 specified preview applications will appear in the File/Preview menu.  The
 Preview feature has been tested with the IBM WebExplorer & Netscape Navigator,
 but, should work with other WWW clients which can run under OS/2.  When using
 Netscape or other Windows or DOS WWW clients you must be careful to use only
 path names which are FAT compatible, otherwise, the client will not be able to
 locate your HTML documents.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.6. Primary preview application settings ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Use this page to configure the your Primary HTML preview application.

 Preview application
      Specify the full path and file name of an application to use for
      previewing documents. You can use the Find... button to locate the
      application or type the path and file name directly into this field.

 Menu text
      Enter the text to be displayed in the File/Preview submenu to represent
      this application.

 Command line switches
      You can use this field to enter any command line arguments that you would
      like to use when starting the preview application.  You might, for
      example, want to use a value of '-q' with the IBM WebExplorer to suppress
      the display of its product information dialog when it is started.

 Application type
      Choose one of the following options to tell WebWriter/2 how to start the
      application:

      OS/2 PM window
            If the application you are using is a native OS/2 Presention
            Manager application, select this option.

      Full screen
            Select this option for OS/2 or DOS programs which must run in full
            screen mode.

      WIN-OS/2 window
            Use this option to run a Windows application in a seamless WIN-OS/2
            session.

      WIN-OS/2 full screen
            Use this option to run a Windows application in a full screen
            WIN-OS/2 session.

 Set as default preview application
      If you select this option, the File/Preview submenu will become a
      conditional cascade menu and you can invoke this application by simply
      selecting File/Preview.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.7. Secondary preview application settings ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Use this page to configure the your Secondary HTML preview application.

 Preview application
      Specify the full path and file name of an application to use for
      previewing documents. You can use the Find... button to locate the
      application or type the path and file name directly into this field.

 Menu text
      Enter the text to be displayed in the File/Preview submenu to represent
      this application.

 Command line switches
      You can use this field to enter any command line arguments that you would
      like to use when starting the preview application.  You might, for
      example, want to use a value of '-q' with the IBM WebExplorer to suppress
      the display of its product information dialog when it is started.

 Application type
      Choose one of the following options to tell WebWriter/2 how to start the
      application:

      OS/2 PM window
            If the application you are using is a native OS/2 Presention
            Manager application, select this option.

      Full screen
            Select this option for OS/2 or DOS programs which must run in full
            screen mode.

      WIN-OS/2 window
            Use this option to run a Windows application in a seamless WIN-OS/2
            session.

      WIN-OS/2 full screen
            Use this option to run a Windows application in a full screen
            WIN-OS/2 session.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.8. WebWriter/2 Template settings ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

 HTML document template
      Specify a document to use as a basis for new documents.

 Use template for new documents
      Selecting this check box will result in the HTML document template
      specified being inserted into new documents.