Creating documents for the World Wide Web is easy when you have Word 97

Creating documents for the World Wide Web is easy when you have Word 97.

Simply type and format your document as you normally would then

Toolbar
File
"Save As HTML…"

To dress up your web page use some Word formatting features that you don't normally use.

Color your background

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"Format"
"Background"
Choose a color or texture

Click on a color,
Click on More Colors, or
chose the "Fill Effects" for the illusion of texture.

Color your Text:

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"Format"
"Font"
"Color" drop down menu
"OK"

Create hyperlinks to other documents or web pages

Just type in the address of the document or web page (Word should automatically recognize it as a hyperlink)

Create a hotword

Type the word

Highlight the text using your mouse

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"Insert"

"Hyperlink"

Type in the address of the document or page that you want to link to

Add graphics

Toolbar
"Insert"
"Picture"
"From File"

Use EZ File Upload

About your web page and Search engines

There are two different kinds of search engines on the web.

The first is a key word search engine: These search engines wait for you to submit key words to them, then whenever somebody enters a search request containing that same word and same spelling, the search engine brings up your page for them. You do not have to worry about this kind of search engine invading your privacy. If you do not tell the search engine that your web page is present or what your web page is about, your page does not exist as far as this search engine is concerned.

For example: If you submitted the key words guitar and banjo, your site would only come up if those words were used. If you site was filled with information about Cystic Fibrosis and people were looking for Cystic Fibrosis they would never find your site using a key word engine because you only submitted the words guitar and banjo.

The second kind of search engine is a web crawler: These search engines visit your site and catalog the all information available on your site. In general, if you did not submit a desire to be "crawled" the web crawlers will not visit your site. However, note that the crawlers aim to catalog everything on the web to provide their searchers with the most information possible. Also, if you are using a free web service (like geocities) the web service may encourage crawlers to check their pages to increase visibility of their services.

For example: If you submitted your site to a web crawler, your site would come up if searchers asked for any of the words used in your site. Guitar, banjo, Cystic Fibrosis, Teague, supercalliefragilistic...

Privacy

As you know, the www and the Internet are not the least bit private. Using advanced software some pages can be password protected but that limits the web publishing power.

Do not put any information on the web that you do not want made public.

Think of it as posting flyers on billboards.

If you don't submit to search engines it's like a flyer on the front door of your house (people have to know how to get there before they can read it).
If you submit to one or two search engines it's like a flyer in your community center. (Only people who share your interests will find you).
If you submit to many search engines it's like a billboard on a highway. (Anybody with a remote connection to your subjects will see your sign).
As with all flyers there is always the chance that somebody with no connection to you at all who is just wandering past may see and read your sign.

Unless you decide to use your web page as a networking business toll

Limit the use of identifying information