DOs:

• Do use Tables when you need to line anything up in columns. Use formatting feature of tables to line up decimal points.
• Do use the Outline feature of your word processor to create indented lists; they will be converted nicely to lists in HTML. (In Word, this is found under Format, Bullets and Numbering; in WordPerfect, under Tools.)
• Do use features supported by HTML:
  1. Bolding, Italicizing
  2. Centering **
  3. Fonts *
  4. Styles (Heading 1, Heading 2, etc.)
  5. Tables
  6. ^Superscripts, _Subscripts
  7. Bookmarks
  8. Colored Text
  9. Horizontal Lines
  10. Hypertext Links
  11. Images
  12. Bullets and numbered lists *
  13. Outline tool
  14. Table of Contents
       
• Do use the ability of your word processor to save files to HTML.
• Always save your HTML document with a suffix of .html, keeping original document intact.
• Do use the web editor of your word processor to change from default background color of gray to a background color of white.
• Do view the resultant HTML document in as many web browsers as possible.

Do NOTs:

• Do not use the Columns feature; use Tables instead
• Do not use tabs and indents to make lists; tabs and indents can be ignored when converting to HTML. Use the Outline feature of your word processor instead.
• Avoid using Underlining; when documents are converted to HTML, underlining often represents hypertext links. Users will try to click on your underlined text to no avail.
• When naming your HTML documents, do NOT use spaces in your filenames. Do NOT use special characters (other than dashes or underscores) in your filenames.
• Avoid using the following features, as they are not supported by HTML:
  1. Drop Caps
  2. Fill (shading)
  3. Footnotes
  4. Headers and Footers
  5. Full Justification
  6. Margins (left or right)
  7. Page Numbering
  8. Tabs and indents
  9. Vertical Lines
  10. Watermarks
  11. Columns

In WordPerfect:

1. The text in the Descriptive Name field found under File, Properties, will be used as the Title when converting to HTML.
2. To create a hyperlink in WordPerfect, highlight the text to be hyperlinked and choose Hyperlink form the Tools pull-down menu. Key in a URL in the document area and press OK (or Browse Web, if this option is available).
3. To save a file in HTML format, choose Internet Publisher from the File pull down menu. After doing so you have two choices:
   • Format as Web Document (which formats the current document as a Web document; a special web toolbar appears.) Note: formatting as a web document deletes WordPerfect codes that do not have a web counterpart!
   • Publish to HTML (which converts the file to HTML and asks you to name it)

In Word:

1. The text in the Title Field under File, Properties, will be used as the Title when converting to HTML.
2. To create a hyperlink in Word, highlight the text to be hyperlinked and choose Hyperlink from the Insert pull-down menu. Key in a URL in the "Type the file or Web Page Name" or browse for the web page.
3. To save a file in HTML format, choose Save as Web Page from the File pull-down menu.