Editing Using Netscape: "Browse Page" versus "Edit Page"

The first thing to get used to when you are working in Netscape's web editor is how to recognize whether or not you are in the Browser part of Netscape (called "Navigator") or the Editor part of Netscape (called "Composer").  All this time that you've been cruising around the web, you've been in a web browser, and this is exactly what the Browser part of Netscape is -- the way a web page would look when it is actually up on the web and being "browsed" by someone.

To make changes to any web page, you must switch to the Editor mode.   One easy way to tell that you're in the Editor of Netscape is to look for the 3 large capital letter "A" buttons in the toolbar:

If you are in the Browser, you will not see the editing toolbar that has the "3 A's".  To go from the Browser to the Editor, click on the File menu and choose Edit Page:

You will then be in the Editor with the "3 A's":

When you're in the Editor, you can click and type new text, add images to the page, create links, make changes, add colors, change your background, etc.

To go from the Editor to the Browser, click on the File menu and choose Browse Page:

You'll want to get into the habit of knowing when you're in the Browser and when you're in the Editor, and how to quickly change back and forth.

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Copyright 2001 by Dr. Edna H. Mory