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2. Edit the page

Macromedia Contribute lets you update web pages, allowing you to:
• Create new web pages
• Enter new text, and insert images and tables
• Create links to web pages, Microsoft® Office documents, or other files
• Insert content from Microsoft® Office documents directly into web pages

Before you can edit a web page on your site, you must first connect to the website.

To edit a page: Browse to the page you want to edit, then click the Edit Page button. Click in the page where you want to make changes. To add text to your page, either type directly into the page, or copy and paste text from another document.

Create a new web page

When you create a new web page, make sure you link it from an existing page in your website so your site visitors can view it.

To insert a link and add a new page:

1.Browse to the page that you want the link to appear in, then click the Edit Page button.

2.In your draft, click where you want to insert the link.

3.Click the Link button in the toolbar, then choose Create New Page.

4.In the Link Text text box, type the text you want to appear on the page.

5.In Create New Page From, select New Blank Page or choose a page you want to base the new page on.

6.Enter a title for the page in the New Page Title text box, then click OK.

To add the contents of a Microsoft® Office document to a page

1.Browse to the page you want to add the content to, then click the Edit Page button.

2.In your draft, click where you want to insert the content, then choose Insert > Microsoft® Word Document
or Insert > Microsoft® Excel Document, depending on the document.

The Open dialog box appears.

3.Browse to and select the file you want to import, then click Open.

The document’s contents appear in the draft.

Link to a page or document

Macromedia Contribute lets you link to either existing or new web pages, files on your computer (such as Microsoft® Office documents), pages on other websites, and e-mail addresses.

To create a link:

1.Browse to the page that you want the link to appear in, then click the Edit Page button.

2.In your draft, click where you want the link to appear. You can also select and link text (or an image) that’s already on the page.

3.Click the Link button in the toolbar, then choose the type of link you want to create.

4.In the Link Text text box, type the text you want to appear on the page.

5.Select or browse to the page you want to link to, then click OK.

Insert an image

You can easily add images to your web pages. Drag an image, or copy and paste it from another page to the draft you’re editing. You can also use the Image button in the Contribute toolbar to select an image to insert in your draft.

To insert an image in a page:

1.Click in the draft where you want the image to appear.

2.Click the Image button, and in the pop-up menu that appears, choose From My Computer.

3.In the Select Image dialog box, browse to and select the image, then click OK.

Insert a table

Tables are a common way of presenting information, and are often used in web pages to lay out information and to present tabular data.

To insert a table into a page:

1.Click in the draft where you want the table to appear.

2.Click the Table button.

3.In the Table dialog box, choose the Table Options you want to apply to the table—such as the number of rows, columns, headers, borders, and others.

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