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Web publishing is evolving the same way that word processing evolved. In the
early days of word processing, users typed codes when they wanted special
formatting. To create bold text, for example, the writer had to provide codes to
tell the printer when to start bolding text and when to stop. Then the software
became sophisticated enough that writers didn’t need to know any special codes
to format text—they just needed to know which buttons to click.
Many web publishers use code to create their web pages, but there are
sophisticated programs that allow you to write web pages without knowing these
codes, or tags. In this lesson, you will use Dreamweaver, a sophisticated web
publishing application, to write your pages and learn a little about the
behind-the-scenes code, called Hypertext Markup Language (HTML).
As you create your site in Dreamweaver, you will preview your work in Internet
Explorer to see how your pages will look once you put them on the Web. You’ll
gain a foundation for building more advanced pages as you learn the basics by
creating a web site for the fictional Zoology Department.
Launch Dreamweaver
The first step is to launch Dreamweaver.
- Locate and start Dreamweaver. Dreamweaver should be found undern
All Programs or the Network Applications folder in the Start Menu. If a
windows showing different create options appears, click File, New. Accept the
default selection and click Create. An untitled Dreamweaver document window
appears with two Dreamweaver panes open: the Properties Bar and the Site
Manager.
You won’t need the Site Manager (below), so you can minimize it.
- Minimize the Site Manager pane by click the right-pointing arrow in the
middle of its border.
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