HTMLEdit comes loaded with six templates, each of which make
setting up a new Web page a snap. To access them, you simply select the
template you want from a list. The templates are:
Empty--a blank document.
Standard--a simple page with body attributes and a sample
link.
Form--which is a sample online form.
Outline--a standard chapter or Web site outline.
Report--the skeleton of a formal report complete with a
space for a summary and list of key points.
Table--a simple Web page containing a two-column table.
Nothing spectacular here, but these templates can save you a
lot of time setting up a new document. Each template is easy enough to
modify. However, you can't add your own templates to the default list.
If you have a set layout you like to use, you keep it in a separate
document and open that document when you want to use it. Just remember
to save your template under another name.
Tags
In HTMLEdit, you can add markup to your documents in three
ways: using the soft keyboard on your PDA's screen, through handwriting
recognition, or by using a tag list. The first two options are just
like typing tags by hand in a text editor. The tag list is a different
matter entirely.
The tag list contains the standard HTML 3.2 tags, along with a
few HTML 4.0 tags and proprietary extensions like <BLINK>,
<CENTER>, and <MARQUEE>.
There's also a set of frequently-used entities.
When you select a tag from the list, a dialog containing
common attributes like STYLE, TITLE,
WIDTH, HEIGHT, etc.
appears before adding the tag to your document. You can select the
attribute you want to use and enter a value in the field at the bottom
of the dialog. Sounds simple enough, doesn't it? Well, it doesn't
always work as it should. For example, whenever I used the <IMG>
tag, chose the SRC attributes, and entered the
source of the graphic I wound up with <IMG (image
source)> instead of <IMG
SRC="(image source)">.
While HTMLEdit lacks native support for Cascading Style Sheets, the tag
list does include the <STYLE></STYLE>
tag pair. You can add these tags to the header of your document, but
you'll need to manually enter the individual style definitions. The <LINK>
tag is also included, and one of it's attributes is REL=.
Be warned that typing the parameter for this attribute may not work;
you might have to do some manual editing to get the pointer to your
style sheet to work properly.
You can't add your own tags to the list, although BnkSoft is
planning on adding a "Custom Macro" feature so you can build your own
set of tags.