There is full documentation and a tutorial available in HTML format in the folder "Documentation" (start with the file "Tagwriter_help.html"). If you don't like to read manuals, only read the "How to use this stack" and "PopUp menus" sections... and of course the "ShareWare" section! To get started with the program and/or the new features, read the "Tutorial.html" file.
Mind that this program is not free (but not expensive either: only $15 ShareWare). Registering is fast & easy by opening the “Register online” link, or with the included "Register" application, which offers all common payment methods. This program generates data which can be printed (to be sent by fax or snail-mail), copied to the clipboard or saved in a text file to be e-mailed to sales@kagi.com.
Please read the section "Registering" in the documentation for details!
HTML TagWriter is available in a 68K version, a PPC native version and a "Fat" version (68K + PPC). If you have the 68K version (use the "Get Info" command in the Finder to check this) and are running it on a PPC Mac, download the PPC or Fat version from http://go.to/tagwriter , it runs much faster!
If you don't know a thing about HTML, I recommend reading "HTML_intro.html" in the Documentation folder. Although TagWriter does most things for you, you should still know at least HTML basics to make a good and error-free web page.
It is strongly recommended to have a recent version (2.5 or newer) of QuickTime installed.
If you encounter problems, read the "Troubleshooting" file first before mailing me. If you don't find an answer in there or you have discovered a bug, please contact me at: athomas@kagi.com
Important: Mac OS Easy Open seems to cause unpredictable crashes when opening files in HTML TagWriter under Mac OS 8 or 8.1. To avoid these crashes, turn off "Convert text documents" in the Mac OS Easy Open control panel.
Changes & New features in version 3.6:
-More flexible file format support: when opening a file, its source format (Macintosh, Windows, UNIX) is displayed in the editor, and you can change this format on-the-fly when saving the file. When using embedded files, the embedded parts will be saved in the same format of their parent files (so you can't end up with mixed-format files like in the previous versions!)
-Support for the a:link, a:visited, a:hover and a:active "Pseudo-classes" and grouped elements (multiple tags with the same style definition) in the Style Sheet editor.
-Tables can be converted to tab or comma delimited text.
-You can go to a specific line with the new "Go to line…" menu command.
-The BASE tag can be set via the Document Properties pop-up menu in the Tools & Settings palette.
-The static and dynamic Tables-Of-Contents are no longer available from the "Anchor" pop-up menu, but have moved to the "New list" pop-up menu (which I think is more logical).
-The grow box is now permanently visible.
-Added "none" for text-decoration in Style Sheet editor, so you can explicitly remove predefined text-decorations.
-Multiple linked style sheet files are now supported (i.e. they are detected, but you can only add one with the "document properties" menu, supplemental files must be added by inserting LINK tags manually).
-The size of the file has moved to the bottom left and is shown in bytes instead of KBytes.
-Selective "Nuke tags" now works properly with lowercase ending tags too.
-Negative values are supported in the Style Sheet editor (although you normally won't need them).
