Operation Manual

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Now that you’ve reviewed the pages the Web Wizard provided, and
had a chance to revise Wizard “answer text” using the Studio, it’s time
to look at how to add standard text and change the layout of text on the
page. It’s really not complicated at all.
Typically, text in WebPlus goes into text frames, which work equally
well as containers for single words, standalone paragraphs, or
multipage articles or chapter text. You can also use artistic text for
standalone text with special effects, or table text for row-and-column
displays.
About text frames
Most ordinary text in WebPlus fits into text frames.Frameswork
equally well as containers for single words or standalone paragraphs.
Two or more frames can be linked together so the enclosed text flows
from the first frame to the second, and so
on—like a newspaper article with multiple
columns. Whether there’s a single frame or
more than one in series, the enclosed frame
text is called a story.
Let’s begin by seeing how the Web Wizard has utilized frame text in
the “Arch” example you created in the previous chapter.
 Display your Home page (double-click the
Previous Page
button if necessary), and adjust the screen view so you can read the
page text.
 Click the
button at the top of the left toolbar.
You’ve just selected the Pointer tool—the basic tool for selecting,
moving, and resizing objects, including the boxes that contain text.
 Using the Pointer tool, click the “Home Page” text at the far right
edge of the page.
 Now click the paragraph starting with “Here’s the place...” on the
lowerpartofthepage.
In each case, clicking selects a text frame, displayed as a rectangle with
a blue outline and small black “handles.”