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Welcome to today's edition of the Computer Kindergarten Newsletter.
Today is Sunday, September 30, 2001
In this Issue:
Featured Computer Term: HTML
Topic: Creating Shortcuts
Progressive Learning Series: Columns
Featured Website: movies.com
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Today's Featured Computer Term: HTML
HTML stands for HyperText Markup Language, which is the authoring language used to create Web pages.
HTML defines the structure and layout of a Web document by using a variety of tags and attributes. The correct structure for an HTML document starts with < HTML> <HEAD> (enter here what document is about) </HEAD> <BODY> and ends with </BODY> </HTML>. All the information you'd like to include in your Web page fits in between the <BODY> and </BODY> tags.
There are hundreds of other tags used to format and layout the information in a Web page. For instance, <P> is used to make paragraphs and <I> is used to italicize fonts. Tags are also used to specify hypertext links. These allow Web developers to direct users to other Web pages with only a click of the mouse on either an image or words.
Many Web design softwares, such as Microsoft's Front Page, will create the HTML for you, making it very simple to design basic Web pages without HTML experience.
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Today's Topic: Creating Shortcuts
If you're tired of clicking hundreds of places to get to a favorite program, Windows has a feature that you can use which will allow you to create something called a shortcut.
A shortcut is an icon, a picture, on which you can click and go directly to the program that you use most often.
Here's how you do it. First, find the program in the Start button menu. Right-click the program and hold down the right mouse button. Next, move the mouse off of the menu and onto your desktop (the main Windows screen that appears when Windows first starts) and let go of the mouse button. At this point, a small menu will appear asking if you want to create a shortcut. Click the shortcut option, and a small picture will appear with a tiny arrow within it that denotes it's a shortcut (that's called a Jump Arrow).
To get to your program, just double click on this new shortcut.
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Progressive Learning Series: Columns
The Column feature allows text to flow from one column to another. When the first column is filled with text, additional text flows into the next column. Columns are useful for creating newsletters, pamphlets, brochures, lists and articles.
To create Columns, position the insertion point where columns are to begin. Click Format on the menu bar, the click Columns. The Columns dialog box appears. Choose the number of columns you want by clicking the up or down arrow to set the number.
To Apply different column formats to the document (ie. Part of the document is one column, part is two columns), Click the down arrow next to Apply to and select This Point Forward. Click OK
Note: Column size and gutter space (the space between columns) is set automatically by the number of columns chosen. Ex The default width of a two-column table using default margins is 2.75", the gutter space is .5".
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Today's Featured Website:
Movies
This site's a good one for sorting through what's new in theaters, what's good in theaters, what's coming to theaters, and what DVDs and videos are on their way to your home theater.
Check out movie news and a Buzz Bin that lets you in on the 20 hottest upcoming movies. And if the new movies leave you longing for those old classics you love, then there's a page to look up info on your favorites.
http://www.movies.com |
