Customize Your Web Page

Whether you’ve chosen to create a home page or a survey form, all you need to do is add your content to the Web page that the wizard creates. Keep in mind that most Web pages are not more than one page long. However, you can include much more information by using hyperlinks to other Web pages.

You might also want to use some special tools that Word provides for working on Web pages, allowing you to add background sounds, video, scrolling text, “arty” horizontal lines, or “picture” bullets.

Publish your Web page   The procedures for publishing your Web page will depend on your Internet service provider or your company’s network administrator. For more information, look up Getting Results - Word Web Page in Help. You’ve published your Web page, so why does it look different?   Not all browsers (the software that opens Web pages) support the same set of features. Internet Explorer 2.0 and later, for example, support marquee or scrolling text while Netscape 2.0 does not. For more information, look up Getting Results - Word Web Page in Help. Get the latest version of Web authoring tools   Word automatically checks to see if there is a newer version of Web authoring tools available. If there is, Word will prompt you to update to the latest version. If you choose not to, you can update at a later time by clicking AutoUpdate (Tools menu).

Guidelines for Working with Web Pages

Insert Hyperlink button

Add hyperlinks to jump from your Web page to other pages   Click the Insert Hyperlink button. For more information on hyperlinks, see Add Hyperlinks to Your Files.

Insert Picture button

Add a picture   Click the Insert Picture button, and then select the picture you want to insert.

Add an “arty” horizontal line   Click Horizontal Line (Insert menu), and then click the line style you want.

Add picture bullets   Select the text you want to apply bullets to, click Bullets and Numbering (Format menu), and then click the picture bullet that you want.

Add a background color   Click Background (Format menu), and then click the color you want.

Add scrolling text   Click Scrolling Text (Format menu). On the Scrolling Text Options tab, type the text you want and set the options you want, such as background color and scrolling direction.

Tables and Borders button

Add a table   Click the Tables and Borders button. The Draw Table button will be active so that you can click and drag to create the size table you want. The gridlines you see when working with tables will not be displayed when your page is opened by a browser. For more information on the Draw Table tool, see Create a Flyer.

Add a video   Click Video (Insert menu). In the Video Source box click Browse to search for the file you want, or type the address of the video file.

Add a background sound   Click Background Sound (Insert menu), click Properties, and then type the address of the sound file, or click Browse to search for the file you want.

Next Steps

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Find out more about using Web pages on your intranet	Office and the Web
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