Introduction to the Guide

• What is KompoZer
  
• Who is KompoZer for?
  
• Scope of the Guide
  
• Navigation
  

A very, very, very brief introduction to using KompoZer

• Preliminary
  
• Create and open pages
  
• Edit and save a page
  
• Help
  

Getting to grips with the main features of KompoZer other than using styles which is in the next section.

• Finding your way around
  
• Creating and editing pages
  
• Mini-guide to html
  
• The body and head areas
  
• Working with text, images, tables
  
• Creating and using links
  
• Frames
  
• Forms
  
• Layers
  
• Tables of contents
  
• Different views of the page
  
• How to select items for editing
  

Explains what styles and stylesheets are and how to use them in KompoZer.

• Introduction
  
• Creating internal styles
  
• Named classes
  
• External styles
  
• Style selectors
  
• Removing styles
  
• The div element
  

Brief introdution to using Scripts with KompoZer.

Covers what is included on KompoZer's 'Insert' menu.

Covers the use of templates in KompoZer. This function is at an early stage of development.

• What are templates?
  
• Create a new template
  
• Saving templates
  
• Create a template from a page
  
• Set up template details
  
• Using templates
  
• Editing templates
  

Using the Site Manager to get quick access to KompoZer files. (Publishing is covered in the section on 'Publishing')

• Overview
  
• Setting up
  
• Functions
  
• Remote sites
  

Setting up KompoZer to get the best results or to meet personal or site demands.

• Preferences
  
• Defaults
  
• General tab
  
• Font tab
  
• New page tab
  
• Advanced settings
  
• Toolbars
  
• Menu alternatives to buttons
  

Preparing and checking files ready for publishing either using KompoZer's Site Manager or by other means

• Introduction
  
• Validation
  
• Publishing
  

Glossary of terms used in the User Guide

Links to references relevent to the subject matter of the Guide.
References are gradually being integrated into individual sections so this appendix will eventually disappear.

Lists the doctypes which KompoZer can use, the differences between them and recommends a choice.

• Updating your system with new releases of the program
  
• Installing Nvu and KompoZer on the same machine
  
• Adding Extensions
  
• Setting up alternative profiles
  

How to set up different stylesheets for different media with particular reference to improving 'printability' of web pages.

What the 'charset' parameter means and does. How character encodings differ. What the Universal Character Set used by web pages is. How to get the best out of Unicode fonts. Also something about setting encoding options for Advanced properties on the preferences of the tools menu.

Dates and brief details of changes made

Copyright details

How the Guide came about in the first place and
... just a few credits.

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