Utilizing Information Found on the Web

Linda J. Burkhart

*NOTE: Please respect copyright laws.

Printing Text and Graphics

To Select a Printer:

1. Select Chooser from the Apple menu.

2. Click on the printer type in the left hand column and click on the name of the
printer in the right hand column or on the port that the printer is connected to.

3. Click background Printing ON - except for ImageWriters which won't work with background printing. Background Printing lets you keep working while the page is printing. (Note: If you experience trouble printing, try turning background printing off.)

4. Close the Chooser window by clicking on the little box in the upper left corner of the window.

To Print a Web Page with Text and Graphics:

1. First go to file on the Menu bar and select Page Setup .

2. Set header and footer as shown below.

3. Select vertical or horizontal orientation depending on the width of the Web page that you want to print. Select paper size and scaling. Click OK.

4. Select PRINT and follow directions on the screen. (Note: you will want to choose grayscale if you are printing on the laser writer with photo-like graphics. Choose black when printing line drawings with now shading.)

Saving Text and Graphics

To Save Text:

1. To save Text, select SAVE AS under the FILE menu.

This will allow you to save as text to use in a word processor, or as source for opening at a later time with Netscape.

2. Locate the folder or disk into which you want to save and click OPEN to place it at the top of the SAVE window. If you want to save on disk, you may have to click on PLACES in order to see the disk, select it, and then click OPEN.

Note: Graphics will not be saved with the text. If you need a printed copy with text and graphics together, you must print while on line.

To Save a Graphic Image:

Hold the mouse button down as you select a graphic image. Select save image as from the pop-up menu and choose a folder on your computer to save it in. These images may be viewed in Netscape at a later time. To view a saved graphic, select OPEN FILE under the EDIT menu and then select the graphic file that you want to open.

Note: The graphic will either be saved as a Jpg or gif format file. It is helpful to save the image with the name .jpg or .gif , whichever it suggests, so that Netscape will be able to recognize it later as a graphic either on a Mac or PC.

To Print a single graphic:

Hold the mouse button down as you select a graphic image. If you select View this Image , you will get just that graphic loaded on a page. You can then select PRINT and just that graphic will print.

To View Local Files of Saved Text or Graphics in Netscape:

1. Start Netscape and select Open File under the File menu.
2. Locate the file on the disk or in your folder on the server. Note: You may need to click on Places to find the disk.
3. Double click on the file to open it, or click once on the file and then click Open .
Note: This is a good way to show graphics or text to students without using a live connection to the Internet. This will be especially useful in the Portables or in rooms without network connections.

Using Netscape and ClarisWorks Together

To Copy and Paste Text into ClarisWorks:

1. Use the mouse to select text on a web page.

2. Select Copy under the EDIT menu.

3. Hold your mouse button down on the upper right "tell-tale" icon and select ClarisWorks or AtEase panels if ClarisWorks is not open. You can launch ClarisWorks and select word processor . If it is already open you may want to select New under the FILE menu and then select word processor .

4. Select Paste under the EDIT menu to place the text from the web into the word processing document.

To Copy and Paste Graphics into ClarisWorks:

1. Hold the mouse button down as you select a graphic image. Release the mouse button on copy this image to select it.

2. Hold your mouse button down on the upper right "tell-tale" icon and select ClarisWorks or AtEase panels if ClarisWorks is not open. You can launch ClarisWorks and select Word Processor, Painting or Drawing . If ClarisWorks is already open you may want to select New under the FILE menu and then select Word Processor, Painting or Drawing .

3. Select Paste under the EDIT menu.

To Use Graphics in ClarisWorks Word Processing:

1. Select the picture of the tool bar

at the bottom of the screen to show the tool bar.

2. Before pasting graphic, select the pointer/arrow tool

from the tool palette. Now select Paste under EDIT menu. The graphic will have "handles" that allows you to position it anywhere on the page.

3. For graphics in line with the text, select the letter

from the tool palette before pasting. This type of graphic moves like text with space, tab, return, and delete. It can not be dragged around the screen with the mouse.

To type text in a box with handles that can be moved around:

Hold the OPTION key while holding the mouse button down and drag the mouse to the right and down. Now when you type, the text will appear in this box. Select the arrow/pointing tool to move it around.

To Wrap text around a graphic:

Type a block of text. Paste the graphic in using the pointer so that it can be moved around. Select the graphic and then select Text Wrap under the Option Menu. Select Regular and then use the arrow tool to move the graphic around the page. The text will wrap around it.

To Check Spelling:

Hold down the command (apple) key while pressing equals (=) or select Writing tools and then Check Document Spelling under the Edit menu. Select one of the choices in the list and click Replace . Choose Skip, Learn , or retype the word as you would like it to read, if it is not in the list. Click Done when finished checking.

To Save Information in ClarisWorks to Server or Disk:

1. Select Save As from the FILE menu.

2. Locate the folder or disk into which you want to save. Click OPEN to place it at the top of the SAVE window. If you want to save on disk, you may have to click on PLACES in order to see the disk, select it, and then click OPEN to bring it to the top of the save window.

3. Type a name for your file and click Save