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NWE Help: Web Authoring: Starting ASWE

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AsWe can be launched from the NWE menu. Just click on the NWE menu and select HTML Editor to open the asWe HTML editor. (Go ahead and do this now, unless your instructor tells you otherwise.)

html editor

This will open asWe, which will appear on your screen like this:

aswe first screen

We suggest you look through the menu options (File, Edit, Search, etc.) to get a feel for what the program offers. You'll probably find that it shares many of its features with word processors you are familiar with.

To start a new document, click on the HTML icon. It's the third icon on the bottom from the left, right next to the Preview button. When you do, this code will show up in your editing window:

   <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" 
   "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">
   <HTML>
   <HEAD>
    <TITLE></TITLE>
   </HEAD>
   <BODY>

   </BODY>
   </HTML>

This is the HTML skeleton required for every HTML page. Enter a document title and a sentence or two on the page so it looks like this:

   <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" 
   "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">   
   <HTML>
   <HEAD>
    <TITLE> Practicing... </TITLE>
   </HEAD>
   <BODY>

     This is my practice document.

   </BODY>
   </HTML>

Now it's time for us to save this document, then preview the way it will look in Mozilla.