Viewing a Modified HTML File

[ Opening the HTML Document in Notepad | Viewing the File in Netscape ]

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Opening the HTML Document in Notepad
Double-clicking on a .html file (HTML document, or web page) on your disk will launch a web browser and then open your web page. Therefore, if you want to edit your web page you must open Notepad first. After opening Notepad (Start, Programs, Accessories, Notepad), go to 'File' and 'Open.' Then select 'All Files' where it says 'Files of type." If 'All Files' isn't selected, your html document may not be visible. Make sure you're looking on your disk (the 3 1/2" floppy A:\) for your document, as well. Select the file you wish to edit, and click on 'Open.' Your web page will open in Notepad and you may continue working on the html document.

Viewing the File in Netscape (or IE)
To view a page in Netscape or IE (Internet Explorer), you can either double-click on the file on your disk, which will open the browser and bring up your page, or you can open the web browser (Netscape, for example) yourself and select the file yourself.
To look at a web page you are currently modifying, click on 'File,' 'Open Page' in Netscape. Then select 'Choose File.' You can look through the files on your disk for the file you want to see (index.html, for example) and then click 'Open,' and 'Open' again. This will open the web page in Netscape. Note: You do not have to be on a networked computer to work on a web page from your disk: You do, however, need a browser installed on the computer to be able to see the web page version of your html document.
If you have the web page open while modifying the page, and you want to see the changes you've just made, do 'File,' 'Save' in the Notepad for the document, and then click on 'Reload' in Netscape (or 'Refresh' in IE4). This accesses the most recent version of the page from your disk, from whenever it was last saved.

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