Re: Netscape Composer, MS Publisher, or Word 97?

[robyn <robyn -at- MAIL -dot- GOT -dot- NET>]

I tend to agree with using Notepad or Wordpad. Unless you use Word as a text
editor. Word 97 is a terrible HTML editor. I've used it at work to convert
docs, and its HTML is worse than Composer's. However, if you can use Word as a
text editor, you have the AutoCorrect option to help you. I used Word in this
manner to develop a college departmental Web site.

As for Composer, I've used that extensively, and yes, it is flaky. Yes, it
writes some "interesting" code. But it's great to whip out pages, especially
easy stuff. And there are plug-ins that let you do more than the basic stuff.

Using Word 97 and Composer, you can still edit by hand, which is generally your
best bet.


Laurel Nelson wrote:

> Hi all: I'm going to be creating a web site (my first) for a group of
> artists and am hoping that some of you can give me feedback on which tool I
> should use--Netscape Composer, MS Publisher, or Word 97. I have all three
> on my PC. I prefer to keep my expenses down and don't want to purchase more
> software if I don't have to.
>
> The site design is going to be very simple. Each artist will have their
> resume online and ten images.
>
> If anyone has used Netscape Composer, MS Publisher, or Word 97 to create a
> web site, did you have any browser problems? If anyone is familiar with all
> of these tools, which one is the easiest to use?
>
> If, down the road, I want to use another application like FrontPage to
> create something more complex, would I have to rebuild the web site
> completely if I use Netscape Composer?
>
> Any feedback is most appreciated. Thanks, Laurel
>
>



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