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Introduction
WebAsyst Quick Pages is a powerful, easy to use visual tool which enables you to create and publish online HTML documentation with a hierarchical Table of Contents. Write tutorials, user manuals or employee handbooks using WebAsyst Quick Pages – and get them instantly published on the web for readers and users. With Quick Pages you can quickly create:
Best of all, there are no special technical skills required! Non-technical users can easily create and post documents. Whatever you author with Quick Pages it instantly becomes available for users. You don’t even have to upload files because Quick Pages stores all content on the web server and it’s directly accessible for users and readers via standard web browser. This User Guide contains a step-by-step guidance on using Quick Pages (QP) for novice users. This is the best way to learn how to use this powerful tool to create online manuals and tutorials, hereafter referred as books. QP User Guide explains how to:
The best way to use this User Guide as a tutorial is to browse all pages in its natural order - you may just click Next button in the bottom of each page to proceed to the following page. NOTE: This User Guide itself is designed and published with the help of Quick Pages.
Table Of Contents Working with main window
Quick Pages main screen displays one Book at a time. Each book may contain as many pages as needed. Page content is displayed on the right, next to the Table of Contents. Main screen with Table of Contents open Main screen with Table of Contents closed Table Of Contents Creating new book
Table Of Contents Sharing book with other users
Table Of Contents Adding pages
NOTE: You must have W (Write) or F (Full) access rights to the Book where you want to add new page.
Table Of Contents Entering page content
In Quick Pages, main working area where you design content of your documents is located in central part of Add/Edit Page form and is called HTML Editor. The upper part of this area contains a palette of tools that allow you to format text, specify font size and style, set text and background colors, add headings, tables, images etc. When designing content using Quick Pages, keep in mind the tools and features provided by HTML editor. Typing text Copying and pasting text from other documents Entering HTML source code Table Of Contents Using HTML editor
Quick Pages features a built-in HTML editor which allows you to design HTML pages in a WYSIWYG mode (WYSIWYG stands for What You See Is What You Get). HTML editor has all major tools which allow you to create a nice looking page content and layout, align and format text, mark up Headings, create ordered and bulleted lists, tables etc: Following is a brief description of HTML editor tools:
Table Of Contents Formatting text
Quick Pages HTML Editor provides a palette of tools that allow you to format text, set font size and style, font and background colors, add ordered and bulleted lists, indents etc. Sample below is just an illustration on what kind of formatting you can use in your documents. Page HeadingThis text is normal. This text is Italic. This text is bold. This text is underlined. Following text has different sizes, e.g: Size 1(8pt), Size 2(10pt), Size 3(12pt), Size 4(14pt), Size 5(18pt)... This is bold yellow text on blue background... Ordered list:
Not ordered list:
This text is LEFT justified... This text is CENTER justified... ...This text is RIGHT justified This text has no indent.
Table Of Contents Creating headings
You can mark selected area of text as Heading. Usually headings are used to mark page and paragraph titles and subtitles. HTML “knows” several heading options: Heading 1 (largest text)Heading 2Heading 3... Heading 6 (smallest text)To create heading, select text area that you want to mark as Heading, click --format-- tool in the HTML editor toolbar and choose format option you want to apply to selected text from the pull down menu: Table Of Contents Changing font style
Select the text you want to change. On the HTML Editor toolbar, click a font name in the font selector box Available fonts: This text is Arial You can apply different font styles to selected text area using one of the following tools This text is Bold Table Of Contents Changing font size
Select the text you want to change. On the HTML Editor toolbar, click a font size in the box Available font size option: This text is of size 1 (8 pt)
Table Of Contents Changing font color
Select the text you want to change. On the HTML Editor toolbar, click "A" tool (left) to change font color or "paint can" tool (right) to change font background: In Select Color window click a cell with color you need. Samples:
Table Of Contents Aligning paragraphs
Horizontal alignment determines the appearance and orientation of the edges of the paragraph. There are four types of alignment: left-aligned, right-aligned, centered or justified. To align paragraph, place cursor anywhere inside of the paragraph and click one of the following tools on the HTML Editor toolbar: In a left-aligned paragraph (the most common alignment), the left edge of the paragraph is flush with the left margin. This is a sample of left-aligned paragraph. In a right-aligned paragraph, the right edge of the paragraph is flush with the right margin. This is a sample of right-aligned paragraph. This is a sample of centered paragraph. Justifying allows you to adjust horizontal spacing so that text is aligned evenly along both the left and right margins. Justifying text creates a smooth edge on both sides. This is a sample of justified paragraph.
Table Of Contents Adding ordered list
Quick Pages can automatically create ordered (or numbered) lists as you type, or you can quickly add numbers to existing lines of text.
You can select different numbering formats by clicking Sample of ordered list with Lower roman numbers:
You can turn an existing list into an outline numbered list by changing the hierarchical level of items in the list. Click a number in the list other than the first number, and then press Increase Indent (right) or Decrease Indent (left) on the toolbar:
Table Of Contents Adding bulleted list
Quick Pages can automatically create bulleted lists as you type, or you can quickly add bullets to existing lines of text.
You can change the hierarchical level of items in the list. Click a line in the list other than the first line, and then press Increase Indent (right) or Decrease Indent (left) on the toolbar:
Table Of Contents Using indents
In Quick Pages you can easily increase or decrease the left indent of an entire paragraph.
Sample: This paragraph is not indented...This paragraph is not indented...This paragraph is not indented...This paragraph is not indented...This paragraph is not indented...This paragraph is not indented...This paragraph is not indented...
Using Indent tools you can change the hierarchical level of items in the list. Click a line in the ordered or bulleted list other than the first line, and then press Increase Indent or Decrease Indent button on the toolbar. Learn more about applying indents to ordered lists or applying indents to bulleted lists. Table Of Contents Inserting horizontal rule
Horizontal rule is a horizonal line splitting page content into sections. Horizontal rules may be used to indicate a change in topic.
If you insert horizontal rule at the end of the line, it appears immediately beneath current paragraph like in the sample below:
Table Of Contents Adding local images
Local images are stored physically in the same database as your Quick Pages content. To insert local image you must first add image file to the list of images available for the page. All image files available for the page appear on the right from the HTML editor window as in a sample below. To add image file to the list of images available for the page:
To insert image into your page content:
Table Of Contents Adding remote images
Remote images could be physically located at any resource in the Internet available via HTTP. For instance, WebAsyst logo is available at the following address: http://www.webasyst.net/img/logo.gif. To add remote image:
Table Of Contents Copying pages
Making copy of the current page:
Making copy of multiple pages:
Table Of Contents Changing page position
With Quick Pages you can easily move pages in the Table of Contents hierarchy, e.g. you can change page position by moving it Up or Down in the list or promote/demote pages by changing its level in the hierarchy tree. To do so, click Book… button in the toolbar panel and select Organize Pages menu item. To move page up or down:
To move page(s) to another level (promote/demote):
Table Of Contents Publishing
With Quick Pages you can easily publish your book and make it available online for readers. When you publish a book, you can customize its appearance by selecting Theme. There are several predefined themes available in the standard Quick Pages package. You can also create your own theme or modify existing one. Theme editor allows you to design Book Header and customize visible elements, fonts, colors etc. Quick Pages create separate address (URL) for every book. Once you have a book published, you can give this URL to everyone who needs access to this book. You can also publish this URL on your website. For instance, if you have used Quick Pages to design your product’s user guide, you can then instantly place the URL to this user guide on your product’s home page. To publish book:
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Address (URL) of your published book is displayed in the bottom of Publication Setup form. You can copy and email this URL to your readers. Once your book has been published your can preview published version directly from the main Quick Pages window. To do so, click preview link next to the book name. To cancel publication, open Publication Setup form again, click Not Published radio button and Save changes. Published version of your book will be immediately unavailable at the address mentioned above.
Table Of Contents Publishing selected pages
Published version of your book contains only pages marked as “Published”. “Unpublished” pages don’t appear in the Table of Contest in the published book. It allows you to restrict access to the part of content that is still under construction. NOTE: Unpublished pages are designated with a “Don’t Enter” icon in the Table of Contents. To mark page as Published:
To mark multiple pages as Published:
To mark multiple pages as Unpublished: Follow the same procedure as described above and use Mark as Unpublished command to set Unpublished status for selected pages.
Table Of Contents Using themes
Publication Theme defines look and feel of the published version of your book. You can design a theme using special editor that allows customization of colors, fonts and appearance for every section of the published book, e.g. Book Header, Table of Contents, Page Body etc. When you publish book you can select a theme. In the sample below you can see a preview of the same book with different themes: WebAsyst Quick Pages software package is delivered with a predefined number of publication themes. You can easily modify any of existing themes or create a theme which satisfies your own preferences and unique needs. Every theme can be applied to an unlimited number of books designed with Quick Pages.
Table Of Contents Adding new theme
Table Of Contents Customizing theme
Once you complete customization, click Save button to save changes. You can now go to Quick Pages main window, click Publication Setup and check how your book appears using the theme you have just customized.
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