5 Minutes Home Page Builder

LESSON 1

( Using MS Office Word 97 )

INTRODUCTION

This very basic guide is actually meant for my students as well as my colleagues who are keen in computers, to include home page designing, but have only begun to know how to use the word processor (therefore, it is not for amateurs and definitely not for pros). Nevertheless, for those of you* out there who are also in the more or less same category as I am, I hope you and I can benefit something from this basic tutorial thus taking a step further towards enriching ourselves with the world of Information Technology ( IT ).

* For your information, I have met many senior lecturers, university professors, what more teachers, from developed countries who had never ever used a computer before or hold the mouse properly, let alone constructing a home page, not until the day they attended an IATEFL (SIG Group - Computers) on "Introduction to Internet in Education", sometime ago. The bottom line is - "You're not alone!"

Now assuming that you've got the complete set of MS Office Word 97 and Netscape Navigator or Internet Explorer in your hard disk, and that you're now in your Word 97, we can now begin ....

 

- It is advisable for you to print this guideline first for easy reference -

 

 

LESSON 1

[ Phase 1 ]

CLICK

  1. File
  2. New
  3. Web Pages
  4. Blank Web Page
  5. OK
  6. File
  7. Save As in drive A ( Name the file index.html )

( Note: All file names MUST be in small letters )

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[ Phase 2 ]

CLICK

  1. Format
  2. Background
  3. Select White Colour or Light Green
  4. File
  5. Save

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[ Phase 3 ]

TYPE

  1. "My Wonderful World"
  2. "Me"
  3. "My School"
  4. "My Country"

CLICK

  1. Edit
  2. Select All
  3. ( Center Align everything )
  4. File
  5. Save

DO THESE

  1. Colour your text differently

    2. ( e.g. "My Wonderful World" in RED, "Me" in BLUE, and so on...)

  2. Change the size and fonts of your text
  3. Make the size of "My wonderful World" bigger than the rest
  4. In other words, "play around"
  5. File
  6. Save

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[ Phase 4 ]

( Lines & Pictures, Etc. )

DO THIS

  1. Place your cursor in between "My Wonderful World" and "Me" ,

CLICK

  1. Insert
  2. Horizontal Line
  3. Select Line
  4. OK
  5. Insert
  6. Picture
  7. From File
  8. "Flower.wmf"

    9. ( If you can't find it, double click these respectively: - C Directory - Program File - Microsoft Office - Clipart - Popular - Flower.wmf )

  9. OK
  10. File
  11. Save
  12. File
  13. Web Page Preview

( TADAAAAA .......! Your very first BASIC OFFLINE Home Page! CONGRATULATIONS! )

( To swtich between Netscape or Internet Explorer & Microsoft W, CLICK at the bottom bar )

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[ Phase 5 ]

( You can change the Fonts, Lines, Colours, Pictures, Background, etc .... )

CLICK

  1. On your line
  2. Edit
  3. Clear
  4. Insert
  5. Horizontal Line
  6. More

    7. ( If you can't find them double click these respectively: - C Directory - Program File - Microsoft Office - Clipart - Lines )

  7. Autumn Leaves
  8. Insert
  9. File
  10. Save
  11. Netscape bar (at the bottom bar)
  12. Reload ( if using Internet Explorer - Refresh )

( TADAAAAA .......! Your 2nd BASIC OFFLINE Home Page! )

( Go on, play around - insert pictures, change Background colour, etc.)

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[ Phase 6 ]

( Create other new files as link files - e.g. "Me" ):-

DO THESE

  1. Follow the intructions as in Phase 1 & 2
  2. Save the file as me.html
  3. Inside the file ( me.html ), type something about yourself: -
  1. Do the same for the other files ( My School, My Country )

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"One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind"

- Neil Armstrong -

LESSON 2