What's the best way to get text into NetObjects Fusion?
There are several ways. First, you can type it directly into NetObjects Fusion. But if your text is already in a word processing program, there are two ways to bring it into NetObjects Fusion.
First, you can open your word processing program and NetObjects Fusion at the same time. Open the file in your word processor, select the text you want to copy to Fusion, then choose Edit/Copy. Create a text
box in NetObjects Fusion where you want the text, or click inside an existing text box. Choose Edit/Paste and the text will be placed on your web site--usually with all formatting just as it appeared in your word
processor. In some programs, such as Microsoft Word, any links will also be converted automatically. While you cannot drag a Word or WordPerfect file into Fusion, you can
drag RTF (Rich Text Format) files. These can be saved easily in both programs by choose File/Save As... then selecting RTF as the file type. How can I get a single line carriage return instead of a double line? To get a single line carriage
return, hit Shift+Enter. NetObjects Fusion follows the HTML convention that a hard return is the equivalent of a Paragraph Break <P>. Shift+Enter is the equivalent of the End of Line Break <BR>.
How can I anti-alias my text in an image? NetObjects Fusion 4.0 anti-aliases both
PostScript Type 1 and True Type fonts if you have turned on Font Smoothing under Windows 95 Plus Pack (the font smoother can also be downloaded for free), Windows 98 or Windows NT. Your computer's graphics must be
set to 16-bit or greater for the font smoother to work.If you are using ATM ( Adobe Type Manager) on Windows 95 and do not have the Plus Pack, only PostScript Type 1 fonts can be anti-aliased. Does NetObjects Fusion support animated GIFs, progressive JPEGs, and other special GIF and JPEG formats? NetObjects Fusion 4.0 supports animated GIFs, progressive JPEGs and other GIF and JPEG formats such as custom palettes, transparency and interlacing. For
non-GIF or -JPEG formatted images, NetObjects Fusion converts these to either the GIF or JPEG format. However, NetObjects Fusion uses a fixed 216-color palette for GIFs and a fixed-quality compression for JPEG. If you
wish to control the palette or compression of your images, you should convert them to the GIF or JPEG format prior to importing them into NetObjects Fusion. Why are my auto-generated GIFs and JPEGs so much larger than my originals? NetObjects Fusion uses a
web-safe 216-color palette for all GIFs and a fixed-quality compression for all JPEGs that it generates. This means that it does not use the original palette colors or compression quality. The quality NetObjects
maintains for its images is high to try to preserve as much fidelity to the original as possible. However, as a result of trying to preserve the quality of the image, the file size is correspondingly larger. If you wish
to control the palette colors or the compression of all images in your site, you need to create custom images in a image editing tool such as Photoshop, instead of using NetObjects Fusion's built-in facility. For
information on how to add custom images to your navbars and banners, see our User Guide, Chapter 17, Creating Navigation Bars and Banners. |
