MIS 114

Web Page Essentials

Project 2: Introduction to HTML Assitant Pro

Lesson 1: Starting HTML Assitant Pro

HTML Assistant Pro can be started from Windows 95 "Start" menu.
It can also be launched in the UAH Admininistrative Science computer labs by clicking on its "Lighting Bolt" icon in the "Internet Applications" folder.

Lesson 2: Identifying the Elements of HTML Assistant Pro

The Assistant Pro Window consists of an:
  1. Application title bar,
  2. Menu bar,
  3. the applicationTool button* bar,
  4. Document title bar,
  5. the document Tool button* bar,
  6. Active document window, and
  7. the Status bar (*as you point to the tool buttons, a brief description of that tool's function is displayed on the Status bar.

To see all the above elements:
  1. Start HTML Assistant Pro on your computer.
  2. Click on the document icon to open a new text window.
  3. Right-click on the document window to display frequently used HTML tags.
  4. Click on the "Styles" button to display character style tags.
  5. The "HTML" menu gives you a list of tags used less frequently.
  6. The "Open File" icon on the application tool bar allows you to open and edit a previously saved .htm, .txt., .url document.
  7. Click on the "Open File" dialog box "Cancel" button or press the {ESC} key cancel the "open file" command.
  8. The "Tag Tools" palette can be displayed or hidden from the "Options" menu.
  9. The "Window" menu allows you to: Cascade, Tile, or Arrange the windows open in Assistant Pro's application window.
  10. The Help menu brings up Assistant Pro's Help Table of Contents as well as its Contents, Search, Print buttons, ....
  11. You may Exit the application from its File menu.

    See Table 2.1 on pages 20-21 of you text for a list of the programs tool buttons and a description of what each does.

Lesson 3: Getting Help in HTML Assistant Pro


Lessons 4 - 7

See your textbook, pages 25-35.
Continue to Project 3 or go back to the Table of Contents.
Last updated: Nov. 9, 1998.