WebPlus X2 user guide

352 Pages·2008·3.223 MB·English

by  Serif (Europe) Ltd

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Contents
Contents
1. Welcome to WebPlus X2!................................................1
Ease of Use........................................................................................................3
Text Support....................................................................................................3
Graphic Flair.....................................................................................................3
Image Control..................................................................................................4
Easy Navigation...............................................................................................4
What's New in WebPlus X2...............................................................................5
Installation...........................................................................................................10
System Requirements................................................................................10
First-time install...........................................................................................10
Manual install................................................................................................13
Modifying, Repairing or Removing WebPlus....................................13
2. Getting Started.................................................................15
Understanding Web sites..............................................................................17
What's involved in creating a Web site?.............................................17
What exactly is a Web site?......................................................................17
What will I need to preview or publish my Web site?....................18
What about HTML?.....................................................................................18
Startup Wizard...................................................................................................20
Creating a Web site using a design template.........................................21
Opening an existing Web site......................................................................23
Font substitution.........................................................................................23
Starting a Web site from scratch.................................................................24
Working with more than one site...............................................................24
Saving your WebPlus project.......................................................................24
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3. Developing Sites and Pages........................................25
Understanding site structure and navigation........................................27
Site structure................................................................................................27
Navigation.....................................................................................................29
Understanding pages and master pages................................................30
Viewing Pages...................................................................................................32
Switching between pages.......................................................................33
Adding, removing, and rearranging pages.............................................36
Rearranging pages.....................................................................................40
Assigning master pages...........................................................................41
Working in frames............................................................................................41
Absolute URLs..............................................................................................44
Using layout aids..............................................................................................44
Rulers...............................................................................................................45
Rulers as a measuring tool.......................................................................47
Creating ruler guides.................................................................................47
Sticky guides.................................................................................................49
Using the dot grid.......................................................................................49
Incorporating theme graphics.....................................................................50
Using the Gallery..............................................................................................53
Setting site properties....................................................................................55
Setting the default file extension .........................................................57
Setting page size and alignment..........................................................57
Author and copyright information.......................................................59
Viewing and changing project information......................................59
Add to Favorites..........................................................................................60
Controlling HTML Output........................................................................60
Analyzing web statistics...........................................................................61
Defining an absolute URL........................................................................63
Setting page properties.................................................................................64
Page properties via Site Manager.........................................................67
Using Site Manager..........................................................................................68
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Access control....................................................................................................70
Basic access control....................................................................................71
Advanced access control..........................................................................74
Adding users to groups............................................................................76
User sign in....................................................................................................80
Search engine optimization..........................................................................81
Using search engine descriptor Meta Tags........................................83
Excluding pages from indexing (robots meta tags).......................84
Excluding pages from indexing (Robots file)....................................85
Including pages in indexing....................................................................85
Prioritizing text with Heading HTML tags..........................................87
Searching Web sites.........................................................................................87
4. Working with Text...........................................................91
Understanding text frames...........................................................................93
What's a text frame?...................................................................................93
HTML or Creative frames..........................................................................94
Creating frames............................................................................................96
Putting text into a frame..........................................................................96
Creative frame setup and layout...........................................................97
How a story flows through Creative frames......................................99
AutoFlow........................................................................................................99
Fitting text to frames...............................................................................100
Linking Creative frames..........................................................................101
Graphic properties of frames................................................................102
Controlling overflowing text (HTML frames)..................................103
Using artistic text............................................................................................104
Putting text on a path...................................................................................106
Editing text on the page...............................................................................108
Selecting and entering text...................................................................108
Copying, pasting and moving text.....................................................109
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Setting paragraph indents....................................................................110
Working with Unicode text...................................................................111
Using Find and Replace................................................................................111
5. Formatting Characters and Paragraphs...............113
Setting text properties.................................................................................115
Using fonts........................................................................................................116
Using text styles..............................................................................................117
Paragraph styles and character styles...............................................118
Working with named styles..................................................................119
Creating a bulleted or numbered list......................................................120
Inserting a symbol..........................................................................................122
Inserting date/time........................................................................................123
Inserting user details.....................................................................................123
6. Working with Tables....................................................125
Creating text-based tables..........................................................................127
HTML or Creative tables.........................................................................127
Manipulating tables.......................................................................................129
Using AutoFormat....................................................................................134
Setting Cell Properties............................................................................135
Inserting a calendar.......................................................................................135
Adding public holidays...........................................................................137
Adding personal events.........................................................................137
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7. Editing Objects on the Page.....................................139
Selecting an object.........................................................................................141
Ruler regions...............................................................................................142
Selecting multiple objects...........................................................................142
Copying, pasting, and replicating objects.............................................143
Replicating objects...................................................................................144
Pasting an object's formatting.............................................................145
Moving objects................................................................................................146
Resizing objects...............................................................................................146
Resizing pictures........................................................................................147
Resizing groups..........................................................................................147
Rotating an object..........................................................................................147
Cropping and combining objects.............................................................148
Cropping one shape to another..........................................................150
Combining lines and shapes.................................................................151
Ordering objects.............................................................................................152
Aligning and distributing objects.............................................................152
Creating groups...............................................................................................154
Locking an object's size or position.........................................................154
Snapping............................................................................................................155
Selective snapping....................................................................................155
Updating and saving defaults....................................................................156
8. Lines, Shapes, and Effects..........................................157
Drawing and editing lines...........................................................................159
Drawing lines..............................................................................................160
Setting line properties..................................................................................162
Drawing and editing shapes.......................................................................165
QuickShapes...............................................................................................165
Closed shapes.............................................................................................166
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Using 2D filter effects....................................................................................167
Creating reflections..................................................................................169
Creating outlines.......................................................................................169
Blur.................................................................................................................169
Using the Shadow Tool...........................................................................170
Using 3D filter effects....................................................................................171
Overview......................................................................................................171
3D Bump Map............................................................................................172
2D Bump Map............................................................................................172
3D Pattern Map..........................................................................................173
2D Pattern Map..........................................................................................173
Transparency..............................................................................................173
3D Lighting..................................................................................................173
Adding dimensionality (Instant 3D)........................................................174
Adding borders...............................................................................................176
Using object styles.........................................................................................177
9. Images, Animation, and Multimedia.....................179
Importing images...........................................................................................181
Inserting images........................................................................................181
Replacing images......................................................................................183
Adjusting cropped images....................................................................183
Embedding vs. linking.............................................................................184
Using the Media Bar......................................................................................185
Adding photos to the page...................................................................189
Setting image export options....................................................................189
Setting export options, title, and alternative text.........................191
Applying image adjustments.....................................................................193
Adding an image adjustment..............................................................194
Switching on/off adjustments.............................................................195
Modifying adjustments..........................................................................196