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Adobe GoLive 4 for Macintosh and Windows is a clear and thorough introduction to Adobe's complex Web authoring application. Although the text skimps on the basics of HTML and the Web, beginners will feel comfortable with its step-by-step approach to GoLive's visually oriented tools and will be able to create Web pages in just a few hours. The first chapters introduce GoLive's working environment. Adobe GoLive 4 is cross-platform instruction, but since the application's interface differs little between Windows and Macintosh, there is minimal chance for confusion. The book then takes the reader through basic Web page assembly, placing and formatting text, and using GoLive's layout tools. Even users with extensive experience in layout applications like Quark or PageMaker may be daunted at first by GoLive's vastly different toolbars and inspectors, but the book provides many tips that clarify perplexing palettes or actions, warn about problems that can arise, or give advice on how to set preferences for optimal performance. Adobe GoLive 4 also covers placing images, working with links, animating elements on the page, and working with the built-in HTML editors and the extensive site management tools. Topics like QuickTime authoring or JavaScript actions get a basic introduction. An intermediate user will find Adobe GoLive 4 a good book for sharpening skills. For example, readers who are already comfortable with GoLive's Button tool for creating rollovers can look up the section on layers and the Show/Hide action and construct a multiple event rollover in short order. As with all the books in this series, Adobe GoLive 4 is more like a reference book than a tutorial, and it is certainly a good choice if there isn't much time to hurdle the learning curve. --Angelynn Grant Topics covered: An introduction to most of the features and functions in Adobe GoLive 4, including the application interface, toolbar, palettes, inspectors, page views, site management tools, and Web database; creating Web pages, including placing and formatting text, using the tools for making lists, spellchecking and find/replace, working with layout grids, tables, color, multiple objects, images and image maps, links, and frames; introduction to multimedia, including JavaScript and Java applets; introduction to DHTML and cascading style sheets and creating animation within GoLive; working with HTML tags, troubleshooting Web pages and publishing Web sites, including using built-in or standalone FTP
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