User Guide

Contributealsohassortingoptionsforthedatai nyourtable.Youcansorttablesalphabeticallyor
numerically,ascendingordescendingandthensubsortwithinanothercolumn.
Tosortatable:
1. Putthecursorinthetable.(Tablesthathavemergedcellscannotbesorted.)
2. ClickontheSortTablebuttonorchooseTable>SortTable.
3. Inthedialogboxthatopens,choosethecolumnnumberthatyouwanttosort,choose
alphabeticallyornumericallyandascendingordescending.
Ifyouwishtosubsortbyanothercolumn,enterthesettingsinthe'Thenby'fields.There
arecheckboxesthatallowyoutoincludeheadersandhootersandotheroptions.
4. ClickApplytotesttheoptionsandclickOKwhenyouaresatisfiedwiththetable.
MakinghyperlinkswithContribute
OnereasontheWorldWideWebiseasytouseisbecauseitallowsyoutoeasilylinkfromyour
pagetoanyotherwebpagewithasingleclick.Alink,technicallycalledahyperlink,isasmall
instructionaddedtothepagethattellsthebrowsertogotothespecifiedpagewhensomeone
clicksonthelink.
Makinglinksiseasy,andthisdocumentexplainsthedifferentkindsoflinksandhowtomake
theminMacromediaContribute.
BasicLinkTypes
Thereare3basictypesoflinksontheweb:
· Linkstootherpagesonyourwebsite.Thesearecalledrelativelinkssincetheyare
withinthesamesite.
· Linkstootherwebsites.Thesearecalledabsolutelinksbecauseyouneedtospecifythe
fulladdresstothesite.
· Emaillinks.Theselinkswillopenupanewemailwindowwiththeperson'saddress
alreadyfilledin.
MakinglinksinContribute
MakingalinkinContributeiseasy.Itisamatterofselectingthetextorimagethatyouwantto
makethelinkandthentellingContributewhereyouwanttogowiththatlink.
Tomakealink:
1. Selectthetextorimagethatyouwanttomakethelink.
Textandimagesarethemostpopularitemstom akeintolinks.Otherobjectscanbe
links,butyouwanttomakeitobviousthatyourobjectisalink.Thisiswhytextisblue
andunderlinedandthecursorchangesintoahand.
2. ClickontheLinkbuttonandselectDraftsandRecentPages.