Katherine Murray - Microsoft® Expression® Web Plain & Simple

Microsoft Expression Web Plain & Simple is the book for you if you want to learnwithout a lot of fuss and fanfarehow to create great Web sites using Microsoft Expression Web. The format is full-color, informative, and clear: you can find what you need easily and put the steps directly into practice. Thats the best way to learn anyway.

Each section covers a different aspect of Web page creation, arranged in a logical sequence so that you can follow along reading one right after another if thats your style. But dont feel limited by the formatif you prefer to pick and choose your topic, skipping around in the book to read only what you need, by all means do that! Each section is presented in a series of short (two-page) tasks, so you can easily jump from item to item as your interest dictates.

introduces you to the lay of the land. Youll find out how to start Microsoft Expression Web, find your way around the screen, explore the tools, display different views, use shortcut keys, and get help when you need it.

is all about creating that first Web site. In this chapter, you learn how to plan your new site and then create it. Youll find out about various ways to create the site: starting with a blank page, using a template, or importing an existing site. Once you have created your site, you learn how to track site information and set your Web preferences.

focuses on the individual Web pageone page of your overall site. In this section, you learn how to manage your pages (by opening, renaming, saving, and deleting them), as well as how to decorate the page background, preview your pages, and use Dynamic Web Templates to automate page generation for pages that will share common elements.

are all about the content. Here you learn how to add text and pictures to your Web pages and enhance them using a variety of simple techniques: create bullet lists, change font and format, tweak the alignment, do simple editing, run the spelling checker (dont forget!), and control text wrap around images. Its all pretty straightforward, wrapped up nice and neat in these two key sections.

shines a spotlight on the prima donna of the Web page: the link. The Web wouldnt exist without what we once called the hyperlink the hot spot on your page (text, image, or button) that users click to move from one page to another. This section shows you how to add links to any and all elements on your page, and shows you how to troubleshoot and repair them when they dont seem to be working properly.

will be a treat for those of you who like your information organized and neatly structured because it shows you how to create tables for your pages. Knowing how to create a table for your Web page is a great tool to have in your designers toolkit. Tables enable you to create a structure for information that gives it boundaries, which is a nice thing when you are designing a page that will be viewed by people all over the world with all sorts of different Web browsers.