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44 Getting Started

Spell Checker
On the TEXT TOOL InfoBar is a button that selects the spell checker, auto
correction options and language. If you select CHECK SPELLING AS YOU TYPE this
will also mark all unrecognized words with a red dotted underline. Right click on
any marked word to be presented with suggested alternatives.

Page Size

The pages in the ONLINE CONTENT CATALOG are designed to be a width that is known to
fit the vast majority of computer screens. Creating wider pages is not recommended,
even though you will probably have a wider computer screen, experience shows most
viewers prefer to have a fixed width page. However you can adjust the page size to be
anything.
You can set any page size you like by selecting the PAGE SIZE tab of the OPTIONS DIALOG
(right click and choose PAGE OPTIONS or PAGE OPTIONS from the FILE menu). It's not
recommended that you make the page width more than 990 pixels, as that's the
maximum width for many computer screens (1024 minus a small amount for the scroll
bar). A more common page width is typically around 800 pixels.

You can directly adjust the height and width of your page by just dragging on the bottom
or right margin of the page. Go into the SELECTOR TOOL and hover the pointer over the
bottom edge of the page, and it will change to indicate you can now drag resize the page
up or down as required. You will also be prompted to choose whether the change should
apply to all the pages in the document or website, or just the current one.

Saving Your Work. Creating A Website

Use the SAVE or SAVE AS menu options to save your work in progress. This saves a file
with the .web extension, which is the native file format for Web Designer Premium (this is
not a website). You are recommended to regularly save your work as you go along. If
you want to edit or update your website in future, you must save a .web file this way and
use to do further updates.
It’s also recommended that you work with the automatic backup facility turned on. This is
controlled from the BACKUPS tab of the "UTILITIES" > "OPTIONS" dialog. When on, a backup
of your modified open documents is taken regularly. Here you can also choose how the
program should behave when you close it. You can either be prompted about saving or
discarding each open modified document, or have all documents automatically saved to
the backup location and restored the next time you start.