HTML Document Conversion: General Layout

Overall Direction of the Document Conversion Process


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What are you Looking to Accomplish?

The look and feel of a book?
The efficiency and texture of a computer?
A compromise between the two?

How will you:

Lay out Tables, Graphs, and Columns?
Deal with page-breaks? Do you even need them?
Deal with Information-Separators?
Format your text...
What fonts?
What window size and resolution will clients be using?
Word-Wrapping, Preformats, and Listing
Embedded Links
Page and Section Linking

Recommendations...

Have a TITLE Page with the Title, Author, and links to the Preface (if any) and the Table of Contents
All sections should be linked so one can "Flip Through" the entire document.
The Appendix (if any) should be in the back
Follow rules for publishing paper documents. Nothing has changed except the medium the document is presented on.

Keep in mind...

HTML does NOT support columns or tables (yet).
Listing vs. Pre-Format vs. Normal. Which style should you use?
How will I set up a Table of Contents
What about Graphics (In-Line vs. Referenced)
Very large sections may need to be broken up
Beware of Special Characters (< , > , & ). See Listing vs. Pre-Format.
Don't go crazy with cool features.

Last updated on: Thu Jun 15 10:07:03 PDT 1995