Website Designer Support - FAQ

Questions

 

How can I insert a picture into a webpage?

 

You can insert pictures in any report, view, or spreadsheet page.

 

To create a blank "Spreadsheet Page":
  1. Run Web Designer
  2. Select "Insert - Spreadsheet page" on the "MENU" menu.
  3. Click the option "Blank- Spreadsheet page. Many Columns", and click the [Create Sheet] button.

You now have a blank sheet you can type text in or insert pictures.

To insert a picture:

  1. Click and drag to highlight the cells you wish to insert the picture in.
  2. Pull down the INSERT menu and select "Picture"
  3. On your harddisk find the picture you wish to insert and open it.

The picture is now on the sheet.

Note: Valid picture files for putting on the web have the extension "*.GIF" GIF Images and "*.jpg" (JPEG) images.

 

 

How can I insert a link (hyperlink) to another page?

 

You can insert a link (hyperlink) to any other page on your website (or Internet) in any report, view, or spreadsheet page.

 

To create a blank "Spreadsheet Page":

  1. Run Web Designer
  2. Select "Insert - Spreadsheet page" on the "MENU" menu.
  3. Click the option "Blank- Spreadsheet page. Many Columns", and click the [Create Sheet] button.

You now have a blank sheet you can type text in, insert pictures or links to other pages.

 

To insert a hyperlink:

  1. Click the cell you wish to insert the hyperlink in.
  2. Pull down the INSERT menu and select "Hyperlink"
  3. Type in the "Text to display" and select the page to link to. You can link to any page in your website, OR any page on the Internet.

 

 

How do I import an Excel or Text file into my website?

 

Website Designer can import 2 types of files/documents.

  1. Excel (Spreadsheet Documents)
    or
  2. Text (Documents)
How to Import from Microsoft Excel

To import an Excel file into the Website Designer.

 

  • Run the Website Designer.

Create an empty page to import the Excel file to.

 

  • Select "Insert - Spreadsheet page" on MENU menu.
  • Check "Blank-Spreadsheet Page", and click [Create Sheet] button.
  • Give menu item a name and click OK.
     

Import the Excel file to this blank sheet.

 

  • Pull down the SPREADSHEET menu and select "Import Excel file into sheet"
  • Navigate to the folder in which you saved the Excel file, and double-click it to import.
  • Excel sheet is now on webpage.
How to Import a Text Document from Microsoft Word

Any Word processor can save a document as a TEXT file.  To save your document as a text file....

  1. Load your document into Word.
  2. Select "Save As" on the FILE menu.
  3. On the "Save as" form, select "Plain Text (*.txt)" in the "Save as Type" drop down box.
  4. Also give the file a name, and select an appropriate directory to save the file in, then click the SAVE button.

The document is now saved as a text file.

How to Import a Text file into Website Designer.
  • Run the Website Designer.

Create an empty page to import Text file to.

 

  • Select "Insert - Spreadsheet page" on MENU menu.
  • Check "Blank-Text Sheet", and click [Create Sheet] button.
  • Give menu item a name and click OK.

Import the text file to this blank sheet.

 

  • Pull down the SPREADSHEET menu and select "Import Text file into sheet"
  • Navigate to the folder in which you saved the text file, and double-click it to import.
  • Text is now on webpage.
Word Wrap in a Text File
Browsers do not "word wrap" text files. A new line occurs only where a carriage return occurs. Press the ENTER key to insert a carriage return.  To see how your text file will appear in a browser, click the "Preview Website" button at anytime.

Note: A Spreadsheet page does wrap text.