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- What editor (word processor) shall I use?
- People usually write their documents in an editor (such as pico, vi or emacs) or a word processor (such as MS Word, Word Perfect or Pagemaker) on a computer. The difference between an editor and a word processor is that an editor has few or no format or style functions so that you have to focus on the letters you type but a word processor has many functions tomake your document look nice and professional. But a professional-looking document is not necessarily professional. As long as the content of your document is correct, it doesn't matter what kind of tool you are using. However, when you communicate with other people, the first thing you should take care about is to make sure the people you want to send the document to canread and process it. You can not assume that other peoplework on the same kind of computer you are using and have the same word processor that you are using and use the same version of Word or Word Perfect file.
- Should I learn HTML?
- Your knowledge of HTML should not exceed the first level in http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Guide/.
- How shall I send my contribution to the webmaster?
- The most efficient way to communicate with other people is plain textin email message, since most email programs can deal plain text perfectly. If your document is prepared in word processor, here is what you shall do:
- Don't send it as an attachment.
- Use your word processor to open the file, select the text you wantto deliver, use Edit->Copy menu to copy the text.
- Use your email program to compose a new message, use Edit->Pastemenu to paste the text to your email.
- Put a short description about the document in the subject line.
- Send the email to the webmaster.
It is the contributor not the webmaster who should be responsible for the correctness of the web pages unless the webmaster makes some mistakes in processing the files.
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Last updated 11/4/02; 23:56:14