Web pages are written in a code called "html." This allows web pages to be read by any computer using netscape or any other internet software. This handout is designed to help you convert your word file into a "html document"--in other words into a web page. Please follow the steps outlined below.
I. Convert a Word File to HTML
1. Save your file in "RTF" format
*Open your word file2. Obtain the Conversion Software from the Toolchest*Save as "name.rtf"; under save file as type: scroll down to "interchange format" (rtf); save to desktop
*Under the apple icon open the chooser menu3. Obtain rtf-to-html-mac.sea from the Toolchest*Click on apple share, community servers, and tool chest
*Use your UNIX account to sign onto the tool chest
*Put and "X" in the tool chest box. Now it will appear on your desktop.
*Open the toolchest4. Install rtf-to-html-mac.sea & Convert your file*Open the communications folder
*Open the internet folder
*Open the Web Tools/HTML Utilities folder
*Drag the rtf-to-html-mac.sea icon to your desktop
*Double click on rtf-to-html-mac.sea to installII. View Your File and Make Additions*Open the rtftohtml-mac folder
*Drag your file over the rtftohtml2.7.5 icon
*Your document has been converted and renamed as "name.html"
1. Open Netscape and View Your Document
*Doubleclick on Netscape2. To Add Color*File--Open--"name.html"
*Open Location Amazing Colors3. To add a Link to another Page*Set background color, text color, etc. until you like it
*Copy the body tag statement
*Open your file
*View--Document Source (this is the html code for your page)
*Paste the body tag statement at the top of your page in brackets like these < >
e.g. <BODY BGCOLOR=aquamarine TEXT=black LINK=blue VLINK=burlywood ALINK=green>
*Save as "name.html"
*Reload
*Go to the page you would like to link your to4. To add a picture to your page*Copy the address from the top of the page
*Return to your page
*View--Document Source (this is the html code for your page)
*Type the following before the word you want to use as a link, pasting the address in the blank spot
<A HREF="http:______________">
*Type the following after the word you want to use as a link
</A>
*Go to the page that has the picture you want*Put the pointer on the image and click "View this image"
*Copy the address from the top of the page
*Return to your page
*View--Document Source (this is the html code for your page)
*Type the following in pasting the address in the blank spot
<IMG SRC="http:______________">
III. Post Your Page
Unless you have your own web page, please enclose the page in an email to me and I will post it for you. If you have your own page, email me the address so that I can put in a hotlink. You can also post your page in the class folder and email me asking me to post it for you.
IV. Check Out Other Students' Pages
To see what other students have done with web pages and to get a sense of what you might like to learn how to do next class, please check out the link to "student web pages" off of the previous page.