KompoZer is an open source HTML editor that allows you to create and edit web pages. It is a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get)editor, so you can display how your page will look to the reader as you are creating it. It is not necessary for you to know HTML, since most of the basic HTML functions are available as commands from the toolbars and menus.

KompoZer also lets you edit the HTML source if you want. To view or edit the HTML source code, open the View menu, and choose HTML Source, or click the Source tab in the Edit Mode toolbar at the bottom of the KompoZer window.

To get started, use one of the methods described below. Once you've started a page, you can add and edit text just as you would in a word processor.

• Open KompoZer

• To create a new page click the ‘New’ button.

• To open an existing web page click on the File menu and choose Open Web Location. You will see the Open Web Location dialog box. Type in the URL of the page to edit (for example, http://www.mozilla.org) and click Create button. You will see the page displayed in KompoZer.

• To open an existing html file stored that is locally (not already saved on a server), browse to the file on your local hard drive and click ‘Open’.

• Editing

KompoZer's editing functions are similar to those in MS Word. Hover the cursor over an item to see what it will do.

• Saving a Page

To save a page click ‘Save.’
If you started from a new document, a dialog window will ask you to enter a title for the page. The title will appear in the tab at the top of the browser window. Note that the tilte is not the same as the file name.
Click ‘OK’ name and save the file. The file extension will be HTML.

Note: When you save a page in KompoZer, all parts of the page (the HTML, images and other files, such as sound files and style sheets), are saved locally on your hard drive. If you only want to save the HTML part of the page, you must change the KompoZer preference for saving pages.

• Browsing a page

To see how your page will look in your default browser on the Composition toolbar click ‘Browse’.

• To PUBLISH your page to the ArtSci server, please see the instructions, here.
• The Help Menu in KompoZer has step-by-step instructions for using all of KompoZer's tools and funtions. We highly recommend it!