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Microsoft Expression Web - Illustrated Unit A: Getting Started With Microsoft Expression Web. Objectives. Understand Web design software Start Microsoft Expression Web Explore the Expression Web workspace Open a Web page and preview it in a browser. Objectives.
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Microsoft Expression Web - IllustratedUnit A: Getting Started With Microsoft Expression Web
Objectives • Understand Web design software • Start Microsoft Expression Web • Explore the Expression Web workspace • Open a Web page and preview it in a browser Microsoft Expression Web - Illustrated
Objectives • Work with views and task panes • View Web page elements and visual aids • Get help • Print and close a page and exit Expression Web Microsoft Expression Web - Illustrated
Understanding Web Design Software • Using Expression Web, you can: • Create Web pages and Web sites • A Web page is essentially a text file written in HTML • A Web site is a collection of related Web pages • Sites and pages are viewed through a Web browser • See what your site will look like as you design it • WYSIWYG Microsoft Expression Web - Illustrated
Understanding Web Design Software • Add text, images, multimedia files, and scripts to Web pages • Web standards • Recommendations for creating Web pages • Expression Web works to write code that correctly follows Web standards Microsoft Expression Web - Illustrated
Understanding Web Design Software • Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) • Rules that describe the visual design and presentation of a page Publish your Web site • Publishing a site means copying the pages and files from your computer to a Web server • Web server • Computer connected to the Internet that stores Web content and displays it to a Web browser Microsoft Expression Web - Illustrated
Starting Microsoft Expression Web • Click the Start button • Point to All Programs • Click Microsoft Expression Web OR • Double-click a Microsoft Expression Web shortcut located on the desktop Microsoft Expression Web - Illustrated
Exploring the Expression Web Workspace • Title bar • Menu bar • Common toolbar • Task panes • Editing window • Quick tag selector bar • Show Design View, Show Split View, Show Code View • Status Bar Microsoft Expression Web - Illustrated
Exploring the Expression Web Workspace Microsoft Expression Web - Illustrated
Exploring the Expression Web Workspace Microsoft Expression Web - Illustrated
Opening a Web Page and Previewing It in a Browser • Open either individual Web pages or an entire Web site • Use the Preview feature to check your pages as you work • Remember to save Web pages before previewing them Microsoft Expression Web - Illustrated
Opening a Web Page and Previewing It in a Browser Web Page Previews Microsoft Expression Web - Illustrated
Working with Views and Task Panes • Three views • Design • Shows what a page will look like in a browser • Default view • Code • Displays the HTML code the page is written in • Useful for writing, revising, or identifying trouble spots • Split • Combination of the above views • Helpful for debugging or finding problems Microsoft Expression Web - Illustrated
Working with Views and Task Panes • Task Panes • Appear in all views • Include essential tools for building Web sites • Can be rearranged to suit your working style Microsoft Expression Web - Illustrated
Working with Views and Task Panes Microsoft Expression Web - Illustrated
Viewing Web Page Elementsand Visual Aids • Visual Aids • Allow you to see and modify empty or invisible elements of a page while in Design view Microsoft Expression Web - Illustrated
Getting Help • Opening the Help Window • Press [F1] • Click Help on the menu bar • Type a question or term in the Type a question for help box in the upper-right corner of the program window. Microsoft Expression Web - Illustrated
Printing and Closing a Page and Exiting Expression Web • Print Web pages as they look when printed in browsers • Background colors and images will not print Microsoft Expression Web - Illustrated
Printing and Closing a Page and Exiting Expression Web Remember to close your Web page or site before exiting Expression Web Microsoft Expression Web - Illustrated