My comments are at the bottom
From another member of this mailing list:
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On Friday 08 September 2006 10:48 am, Gregory Forster wrote:
> Hi Jack (can't say that in an airport),
>
> Your question sounds exactly what I am doing right now. What
> do you mean by "Microsoft Professional"? Do you mean the operating
> system? That's what I am using.
>
> Open Office is good for creating graphics and initial settings
> in the HTML code that is W3C compliant. However, for using as a
> full fledged HTML editor/creator, it stinks! You can only use
> OpenOffice if you know HTML code - what you can do and what you
> can't. Otherwise, you may think you've designed a super web page,
> using OpenOffice, but when you save it and display it in a browser,
> it isn't anything like you designed! OpenOffice also has a bad
> habit of automatically inserting code that is non compliant.
>
> You're a lot better off using conTEXT, a free pure text editor.
> Besides using conTEXT, I also use Internet Explorer and Firefox to
> make sure my creations display the same. Then, ever so often, I
> use the W3C web site to validate my web creation as HTML 4.01
> Transitional validated. What's really nice using conTEXT, is that
> conTEXT color codes HTML coding. With the color coding, editing is
> a breeze.
>
> My web creation may look dull to others, lacking audio,
> animated graphics, etc. But my web pages display the same in
> Firefox, Internet Explorer, etc., are quickly displayed by DSL,
> Cable, Dial-up, etc. and are W3C Transitional validated.
>
> Greg
>
>
> jack biller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hey Open Office,
> I love your programs but i want something that is comparable to
> Microsoft Professional. I need to post and manage my website and
> i need a program to do it with, can you help me out?
>
> Jack Biller
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There can be some problems using OpenOffice.org to design web
pages as stated, but they are not always as big as Greg indicates.
Sometimes a web page will look like you designed it, and other times
it will not. I use OOo to design simple web pages and have no
problems. Others do not. Styles are very important when designing a
web page, and it is an area you will need some knowledge of.
OOo does add some code in places which makes it non-compliant
with W3C. However, in some but not all cases, this can be modified
with a simple text editor like Wordpad. To do this properly, you
should also get a copy of css2.pdf from www.w3c.org and enter
css2.pdf in the search box.
Dan
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