OK. Here is a web code practice page.

So you have correctly copied this code into WORD.
STEP 1 is to DELETE this line and everything else down to, but not including the first asterik (*) you see. Before you do here's a question - How did I hide this writing??? Step 2 is to quietly ask for a printed copy of this worksheet.

Directions:

Use View then Source, to view the code that makes up this page.
Click Edit then Select All
Hold down the Ctrl key and type "C" (This is the Copy command.)
Open up (Applications) Word then use Edit, then Paste to paste to all of the source code into Word. *
Save (Use Save as!!!) your new code as "txt" (a text file, important) and as a text file with the extension .htm. Name this worksheet "123456codewksht.txt" save it again as "123456codewksht.htm"
Follow the directions hidden in the code.

Points of Aggravation

You have to save twice. This is actually just to make it easier to type and view the same document. There are other ways to solve this problem but this solution seems to be the best for beginners.

Before you go any further do the steps above!!

If you are following directions you should be reading this in CODE. You should not be reading the Netscape page because you can't type in Netscape. And to answer the obvious question, "Yes, there are easier ways, you just don't learn code doing it the easy way." To continue, let's save this thing into your account. It MUST be saved as a text file, and saved again, as a text file, with the tag ".htm" The reason for this is to keep Word working in text while allowing Netscape to read the "htm" file.

Now the fun begins

Minimize everything and click on My Computer. Open your account and double-click the new "htm" file. Later you can just jump into Netscape then hit Reload but this first time you have to do it this way.

Below is a page of easy web codes. All you need to do is type something where it says "type something here." The proper way to do this is (in Word) use the mouse to highlight the words "type something here" then enter your typing. You do not need to hit the backspace bar.

Special instructions will be CAPITALIZED.

AT THIS TIME DELETE EVERYTHING ABOVE UP TO BUT NOT INCLUDING "OK. Here is a web code practice page."

Save as txt and save again as htm then view what you've got in Netscape. Then jump back here. THIS IS ITALIC DELETE THESE WORDS AND TYPE SOMETHING HERE. What to type?? That's your problem. THIS MEAN BOLD - TYPE SOMETHING HERE

THIS IS HEADLINE 1 TYPE SOMETHING HERE. Move this code (with the cut and paste operations) to an appropriate location in the page.

THIS IS HEADLINE 2 TYPE SOMETHING HERE

THIS IS FONT COLOR CHANGE THE FONT COLOR CODE USE ANY SIX NUMBERS MIXED WITH ANY LETTERS A - F

RED GREEN BLUE BLACK WHITE

There are millions of colors.

At this time Save as text and save again as htm then view what you've got in Netscape. Then jump back here.

Look at the page above in Netscape and try to figure out what is missing. Look at the bold and italic writing. It's just above Headline 1. What didn't happen??

Did you notice that even though you WANT a "return" you don't usually get it?

Here is how you get a "carriage return"

See?

it's just one code

This one actually means "New Paragraph," carriage return is the phase used with old fashioned typewriters. There is another command
that works like a single carriage return
called
a line break.
Use the copy and paste functions to add these codes to the appropriate places in your web page.

Let's add an image to the web page. First, you need an image in the same folder as the web page. Jump into Netscape and go find an image. Use the right click on the mouse then follow "Save as:" (be sure to save to your account) Take note of the name of the image, I suggest you write it down. To add the image use the code below:

If your image has a different extension (gif, whatever) use the different tag. We can resize and align these images any way we like. We can

center

them or place them elsewhere.

At this time Save as text and save again as htm then view what you've got in Netscape. Then jump back here.

Let's add some links Whatever you type here becomes the link to another page. You must correctly type the http address in brackets. Notice that the address does not show up on the page. When you touch a "LINK" with the mouse indicator the address shows up on the bottom of the page. You also see a little hand. Isn't that cute? The hand icon indicates a link. Don't forget the /A at the end of this link right........here

Here is another link Top News of the Day

There are many more commands and details to learn but you now have enough "code" to start building a web page by hand. As you do you will learn little secrets like Word tries to convert your document into a web page once it recognizes that you are typing one. Many web coders use a simpler word processor to avoid these problems. We will do the same. At this time go through your saved version of these instructions; DELETE all instructions and write YOUR web practice page using the remaining codes. If you can't think of what to type about, type your 3rd quarter outline.
Be sure to change the TITLE of YOUR Web Page (up top).