MICROSOFT WORD

CREATING A WEB PAGE

A hyperlink is a connection between two web pages on the Internet. Hyperlinks can be produced from text or graphics and both methods will be discussed here. Follow these steps to create links to other web sites and pages within your site:

1. Type the text you want to appear on the page as a link or add the graphic that will be a link.
2. Highlight the text or graphic and then click the Insert Hyperlink icon on the standard toolbar or press CTRL+K.
3. From the Insert Hyperlink box shown below, change the Text to display if necessary.
   
4. Type the file or Web page name in the appropriate box or make a selection from the list.
5. Click OK to create the link.

You must save your web pages in an HTML format (HyperText Markup Language) because this format is readable by most internet browsers. You can convert and save a Word document as an HTML document as follows:

1. Click on File on the menu bar and then click on Save as Web Page.
2. Click on Change Title to add a title to the web page.
   
3. Type the name of the file in the box provided.
4. Ensure that the Save as type says Web Page.
5. Click on Save.

You will find several templates in Word that you can use to create a Web Page. To create a web page from a template follow these steps:

1. Click on File on the menu bar and then click on New.
   The New box shown below will appear on the screen:
   
2. In the New box click on the Web Pages tab.
3. Highlight one of the templates listed and click OK.
   The template will now appear in the main window. Replace the place holding text with your own text by highlighting it and typing. Replace photos and images by deleting them and adding new images.
4. Save the page by clicking on File on the menu bar and then clicking on Save as Web Page.

You can access the Visual Theme feature from the Web Page Wizard for any web page.

To add a theme to a blank page or existing page, click on Format on the menu bar, and then click on Theme. Choose a theme from the list and then click on OK. The page content will remain blank unless a background image is part of the theme that was selected. The style listings, default font, and bullet images will be changed to reflect the new theme.

To change the theme of the page, click on Format on the menu bar and then click on Theme again and choose a different theme.

The web page you create in Word may look slightly different when it is converted to HTML and then viewed on the web. Before you publish your web page, use Word's web preview feature so you can see what it will look like. You can do this by clicking on File on the menu bar and then clicking on Web Page Preview to open the page in a web browser.

1. Open up any Web Page template you like.



2. Insert your:


• first name
• favourite colour
• favourite style of music
• favourite animal
• favourite sport
• favourite hobby
• favourite meal



3. Preview the Web Page then save it as 'Web Page 2' in your folder.



4. Close the file.