HTML Export

HTML export is a little more complicated. You can create a single file or export each selected Section as a separate file. If you choose the latter option (multiple files), you can have Z-Write generate a TOC (Table of Contents) file. This is a very basic HTML document with the title of your document and bulleted list of documents. Each of these is the name of a Section and is hotlinked to that document. The documents themselves are linked to each other via "Previous" and "Next" buttons, and to the TOC document via a "Contents" link. This makes it easy to put your document on the Web. If you'd like to enhance the look of the basic HTML documents Z-Write creates, you can edit the files within an HTML editor like Adobe PageMill or by hand if you know HTML. (Remember, you can set Z-Write to make exported HTML files have the same Creator type as the HTML editor of your choice. See the HTML panel within Preferences for more.)

When you export any HTML there are two settings that effect the kind of HTML generated. You can set Z-Write to use all uppercase or lowercase HTML codes. This has no effect on performance or quality -- it's simply a subjective issue for people who like to edit HTML by hand. You can also set whether or not Z-Write uses FONT tags to preserve font information. If you turn this option on, the document should look the same within your browser as within Z-Write. If you're planning on publishing the document on the Web and you've used fonts others viewing the document may not have, it might be better to turn this option off (meaning the document will be displayed with whatever default font the user has set for their browser).

Special Conversions
Note that Z-Write automatically handles several special conversion issues when you export to HTML. For instance, Link Tags are converted to HTML links if you export to multiple files. If you export to a single file, Link Tags are deleted. (At this time, Bookmarks and Bookmark Links are not converted but simply deleted.) Center Tags are converted to <CENTER> HTML tags, and New Page Tags are converted to <HR> (horizontal rule) divider tags.

Z-Write will also make any URLs it finds "hot" on export. That is, if you include a URL like http://www.apple.com or stevej@apple.com it will appear as an HTML link. (Note that for a web or FTP site, you must include the "http://" or "ftp://" designation or Z-Write won't be able to detect it as a URL.)