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Screenshot of dropped file (non-image) with options




Dropping any text-based file will offer the options shown above to open that file in a new window, create a relative link to that file, or insert the text from that file into the current cursor position. A binary file will make a hyperlink.

A dropped image automatically creates a relative link of the following form:

<img src="images/htmlpage_spell.jpg" width="710" height="337" border=0>

Acceptable image types include jpg, gif and png. As shown above, the relative link and height and width are generated automatically. HTMLpage also checks that the image is the filetype it claims (by extension) to be . . .

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The search function opens a text input in the status bar (below the page.) Enter the word(s) to search for -- to search forward or back on the page use the down or up arrow keys, repectively. Replace will replace all instances of the text that you enter, and let you know how many were replaced when done. If you overdo or make a typo, don't sweat -- undo will restore all replacements at once.

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HTML-ifyConverts selected text to HTML markup.
Simply select the words, symbols or paragraphs you wish to convert, and click th "HTML-ify" button:



This inserts linebreaks, paragraphs, replaces special characters and will make fully-formed links out of http and ftp addresses. Very handy for paragraphs and pages of text dropped or pasted into a page. Also good to quickly convert HTML tags into readable form in an HTML page. For example:

<img src="images/htmlpage_spell.jpg" width="710" height="337" border=0>

Becomes:

&lt;img src=&quot;images/htmlpage_spell.jpg&quot; width=&quot;710&quot; height=&quot;337&quot; border=0&gt;

So it can look like the first line does when viewed in an HTML page.
Bit of a time saver, eh?

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Keyboard Shortcuts

There are just a few tags that, via repetition and repetition, really slow things down. Typing. Over and over. So I made some keyboard shortcuts to save my sanity (with limited success.)

        Line Break			ctrl + B
        Quotation Mark 			ctrl + q
        NonBreaking Space		ctrl + n
        PRE tag            		ctrl + p
        end PRE tag                  	ctrl + alt + p
        blockquote			ctrl + k
        end blockquote			ctrl + alt + k
	javascript tag			ctrl + j

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