 Netscape
Composer Tutorial
Setting Page Properties
This section describes how to set overall
document properties
Quick Links:
Choose Format/Page Colors and
Properties to get the Page Properties dialog box. Here you can set
various properties for documents. When you're done, click Apply to make
the changes you've specified and leave the dialog box open. Click OK to
make the changes and close the dialog box.
About the General Page Properties
dialog
Displays information about the current
document and lets you provide additional information helpful to Web
users searching for specific topics. Click OK to make the specified
changes and close the dialog box. Click Apply to preview the changes
you've specified and then click Close to accept the changes and exit the
dialog box.
Location - The
location of the current document on your local disk.
Title - The
text you want to appear in the window title when the document is
browsed. Although optional, it's a good idea to specify a title for your
documents since this is how most Web search tools locate specific Web
pages. So, if you want readers to be able to locate your page easily,
select a useful title that conveys what your page is all about.
Author - The
name of the person who created the current document. This information
can be helpful to readers who've found your document by using a Web
search tool and must now select from a list.
Description - A
brief description of the contents of your document. Again, this
information can be helpful to readers searching for a specific topic.
Other Attributes - Type
keywords that you want searching services such as Yahoo to use to help
users locate your document on the Web. Type the category name (obtained
from a catalog server) you think best applies to your document.
Classification names are another method used by searching services to
locate documents.
About the Page Properties Colors and
Background dialog
Lets you specify how to use the browser's
colors for link text and document background or specify custom colors
for the current document (Page Properties), or for all documents
(Composer Preferences). Click OK to make the specified changes and close
the dialog box. Click Apply to preview the changes you've specified and
then click Close to accept the changes and exit the dialog box.
Use viewer's browser colors
- The viewer's color preferences
(specified in the General preferences panel) will be used.
Use custom - Allows
you to set your own colors for text, linked text, and document
background (default) and save it in the document.
Custom colors - Allows
you to specify the color for Normal, Link, Active Link, and Followed
Link text. Click on a button to display the Color dialog and select the
color you want. Sample text in the color you've specified appears to the
right.
Background - Click
this to display the Color dialog and choose a solid color to appear as
the background for the current document.
Color schemes - Lets
you select a scheme from the list.
Use image - Check
this box to use an image as the background and type an image file name.
If you're not sure of the file name or its location, click Browse to
select an image file from the directory list. Note: Background
images appear tiled and override background color selections.
This panel displays optional information
that your online service provider might want you to include in your
document. This information doesn't actually appear in the document when
edited or browsed--only in the source HTML. Contact your provider for
more information.
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