Tips and Tricks for going from SWP 4.0 to HTML
 

1. Make a new folder to export your document into. (When it saves in HTML, it will save each of your math expressions and pictures as a separate file. If you make changes to your document, you can empty out the folder first so that you don't end up with all of the old files taking up space. Also, you can transfer the whole folder over when you are ready to FTP instead of each individual file.)
 

2. Note that the HTML file is made off of the uncompiled document, not the compiled document. To see how your HTML file will look, select Preview from the File menu, not from the Typeset menu.
 

3. Make sure your zoom setting is at 100% before you export your document, or your HTML file will be illegible. (According to MacKichan, this only matters for Windows 98 SE.)
 

4. Underlining will not export correctly. You can get the proper underlining to occur by editing the HTML document directly.
 

5. Whenever possible, Use displayed mathematics instead of inline. (When it exports to HTML, displayed expressions are saved as a single graphics image. Inline mathematics expressions are saved as a combination of text and images. For example, when writing answer keys, consider writing each complete answer, including text, as a displayed expression.)
 

6. Your images in the HTML version will be slightly vertically offset from your text. If this bothers you, follow the following steps after you have exported your file to HTML.

MATH
 

As far as I know, there is no way to fix all of the images at once.
 

7. Sometimes when you first try to edit your HTML document, the images don't appear correctly. You can fix this by following the same steps as in #5.
 

8. Don't leave in any horizontal and vertical spacers (" swptohtmlannoyanceshtml__3.png" and "MATH"). They cause problems in the HTML document by showing either extra spaces or empty boxes. Instead, get rid of all of your extra vertical and horizontal spaces before you export and then edit the HTML document directly to fix the spacing.
 

9. Automatic list numbering does not always carry over into the HTML document. You may have to manually add the numbers in by editing the HTML directly.
 

10. When editing your HTML documents, it is handy to remember that Shift + = and Shift + - are the commands to increase and decrease your indents, respectively.
 

11. Check the final HTML version our on your computer before you FTP it.
 

12.  If you want to be able to edit your images after you export them, you must change your Export Settings under the Tools menu to export as JPG or GIF instead of PNG, because the default image editor for Windows (called Paint) cannot edit PNG files.

 
 

This document created by Scientific WorkPlace 4.0.