GUI - Text Editors Lesson

 

Text Editors Lesson

Text Editors and Web Design

During this course, you have used a plain text editor to create web pages. If you worked from a PC, you may have accessed Notepad and if you worked from a Mac, you may have accessed TextEdit. You may have used another plain text editor as well. These programs permitted you to type the lines of code needed to create a document that could be saved in .html format and viewed as a web page.

Text editor programs also include word processor programs that can be used to create and edit documents. The documents created, are typically printed or shared in electronic communications, whereas a website containing multiple pages is designed to be viewed via the World Wide Web.   Is it possible to create web pages using a word processor program? Though not recommended, it is possible to create web pages using a word processor program. This task can be performed by trademarked software like Microsoft Word or an open sourced program like OpenOffice Writer.

 

Microsoft Word

The content for the web page can be constructed using the features in Word. After the document is completed, save it and set the "Save as type" to Web Page or Web Page, Filtered (note the image below) for the document to be converted to html.

 

 

It is recommended that the Web Page, Filtered be selected as the format so that the text and appearance of the page remains intact. Once the document is saved in this format, some of the Word features may not be utilized. If the document format is saved as Web Page, several custom Word style elements are stored inside the HTML document.  

 

Apache OpenOffice Writer

Apache OpenOffice is open-source software that includes a suite of programs like Microsoft Office (word processor, spreadsheet, presentation, and database). Open-Source Software is developed, tested, or improved based on public collaboration and distributed with the intent that anyone can access and use the software which ensures future collaboration to enhance features. The OpenOffice Writer can be used to create web pages. Once the program is accessed, the Wizard option can be selected from the File submenu to begin the construction process (note the image below).    

 

If users prefer to omit the use of the Wizard, the HTML Document option can be selected to begin construction of the web page (note the image below).

 

Click here to learn more about saving writer documents as webpages. Links to an external site.

Click here to learn more about saving a document as a webpage. Links to an external site.

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