Exploring Microsoft
Office Word 2007
Chapter 8
Word and the Internet
Robert Grauer, Keith Mulbery, Michelle Hulett
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The Internet
Internet Backbone
A world wide network of publicly
accessible networks
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World Wide Web
 The World Wide Web (www) is the system
hypertext documents delivered over the
Internet
 Use a browser like Internet Explorer to view
Web pages on the World Wide Web
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Web Site
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Uniform Resource Locator (URL)
http://www.annex.com/southwest/museum.htm
Document
Path (Directory or Folder)
Internet Address (Web site)
Means of access,
HyperText Transfer
Protocol
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URL Format
 You can guess at the URL using the general
form: www.company.com
 Examples:
www.microsoft.com
www.nba.com
www.dell.com
www.whitehouse.gov
www.miami.edu
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Domain Names
 Original Six:
.edu (education)
.com (commercial)
.gov (government)
.mil (military)
.net (network
administration)
.org (non-profit)
 New domains:
.biz (business)
.pro (licensed
professional)
.info (information
services)
.uk (United Kingdom)
.ca (Canada)
.au (Australia)
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Examples of URLs
 My school: www.miami.edu
 Exploring Windows: www.prenhall.com/grauer
 My favorite site: www.refdesk.com
 Anti-virus updates: www.symantec.com
 Download software: www.tucows.com
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Web Page
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HTML
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HTML: Tags
Tag
Closing the Tag
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HTML, Images and Other Helper Files
The website
An Image file
A Script file
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The page in a browser
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Web Layout View
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Web Page: Themes
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Web Page: Background
Select a
background
using Page Color
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Web Page: Hyperlink
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Link to Another Web Page in a Site
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Link to Another Place in the Document
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Inserting Bookmarks
Bookmark names
may not start
with a number and
may not contain a
space or hyphen
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Link to Other Sites
Browse the Web
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Link to E-mail
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Hyperlink Colors
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Previewing a Web Page
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Save as Web Page
FILE TYPE
DESCRIPTION
Single File Web Page
(*.mht; *.mhtml)
Save entire Web site files, including graphics, into
one file so that it can be sent to someone.
Web Page
(*.htm; *.html)
Create and edit Web page documents and use
regular Word editing tools. Keep saving in this
format until it is complete.
Web Page, Filtered
(*.htm; *.html)
Save the final Web page in this format to reduce file
size and reduce Word editing options. Upload
this file to a Web server.
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Keep All Helper Files for the Web
Site Together
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Set Page Title
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Publishing a Web Page
Internet Backbone
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Blogs
 A Blog is the frequent, chronological
publication of personal thoughts
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Creating a Blog Post
Only two Ribbons
are presented when
working with the
New blog post
template
Once the blog is
complete, click
Publish to upload it
to a service provider
 The New blog post template allows a blog
post to be designed in Word
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Current Services for Blogging
 There are many places on the Web to house
a blog
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Parts of a Blog
Header from service
provider
Title of blog
Blog entry
Image
Author line
Comments to the
post
Archive
Links area
 Blogs may contain many different pieces of
information
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