Preparing Graphics for the Internet

Access to the Internet is more and more common, especially since the explosive growth of high-performance home computers at relatively low cost. Along with e-mail and Internet addresses, many businesses-even small businesses-can have a home page on the Internet. Some home pages are graphically complex and visually dazzling. But it takes a long time to download many images on a standard modem connection. Other home pages are boring and bland and contain only text descriptions with no graphics. With Designer and Picture Publisher, you can create awesome graphics to spice up your home page. You also can make images smaller for downloads by color-reducing them and saving them in compressed file formats.

This document assumes you have a basic understanding of HTML (HyperText Markup Language) and that you have an HTML editor. See your local software retailer for a list of reference books and examples of HTML editors.