More
About Lists 
In
Lesson 1, Creating an HTML Document, you learned one way of preparing bulleted
lists and numbered lists. However, there is another way to work with lists.
Begin
by placing the cursor on a blank line and clicking the right mouse button.
Then, choose Paragraph/List properties from the popup menu. From the Paragraph
Style drop down list, select the list type you want to create. Select the
style of the list you'd like from the second drop-down list. You can also
choose the number or bullet type you'd like. Finally, select either left,
center, or right alignment for your list.
Creating
Tables with 
is easy!
Place
your cursor where you would like the table to go. From the toolbar, select
Insert Table. Then select the number of rows and columns you would like
in your table. Experiment with the number of pixels you choose for your
border line width. This determines the width of your table frame. The cell
spacing determines the distance between cells in your table. By starting
with a simple three column, single-row table like the one above, you can
change settings and easily see how the appearance is affected in each instance.
As
you can see, both images and text may be included in a table. The table
can be sized up to 100 percent of the window's width and height. You can
select to have a caption either above or below the table, and you can choose
a cell color for the entire table or for individual cells. It's even possible
to create "nested" tables, which are tables within tables, by moving the
cursor into an empty cell and then inserting another table.
After
you have created your basic table, you can modify it by inserting or deleting
columns, rows, and cells. By clicking on the Properties menu; then Table,
you can change the properties of the table itself or those of its rows
or cells.
Perhaps
one of the best aspects of using tables is the ability to create page layouts
that allow you more flexibility in design. You can even choose to have
a border line width of zero, which makes the table frame invisible. This
is especially useful in presenting text in multi-column format. I would
suggest, however, that you set a border width of one pixel while working
on any tables that you ultimately want to be invisible. Once your text
and graphics are in place, just change the border width to zero pixels.
Adding
Sound to Your HTML Files 
There
are a number of great resources for Midi files on the World Wide Web. The
Complete Midi File Directory is a
great place to begin your search for midi files. Another is Mike
Petersen's Pop Midi Page. Check out New
Song's CCM Midi! for the ultimate in Contemporary Christian Music.
Assuming
your sound card is MIDI compatible (most are), you already have a music
synthesizer. If you are interested in adding MIDI music to your Web presentation,
you will need to download an audio plug-in. LiveUpdate's Crescendo plug-in
lets Netscape Navigator play inline MIDI music. To download Crescendo,
click here or on the
LiveUpdate icon. 
Once
you have downloaded Crescendo, begin your search for a MIDI file that fits
the theme of one of your Web pages or perhaps is just a song that you really
like. To copy a MIDI file that you like, just right click the mouse and
save the MIDI file in the same directory as your html document. Then proceed
just as you would in creating any other link. Use either text or a graphic
that links to your MIDI file.
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