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notes Both Macintosh and Windows laptop and desktop computers commonly use TrueType fonts.
Postscript technology, however, is much more commonly available on the Macintosh platform
because of its dominance in the desktop publishing and multimedia production industries.

Postscript was created by Adobe in the mid-1980s.

14.2.4 styles and sizes

Styles such as Bold, Underlined, and Italics can be applied to most fonts.
The size of the font also can be altered through software commands.

14.2.5 file formats
Text created on a computer is stored as a file on a hard disk or floppy disk. The ASCII file format
is universally understood by all computer systems. A more complex standard called Rich Text
Format (RTF) was developed by Microsoft to allow for the exchange of word processing files that
include formatting such as text alignment, font styles and font sizes. Although RTF is proprietary
technology, it has become a de facto standard for exchanging formatted text documents. A quickly-
emerging replacement for RTF, however, is HTML (HyperText Markup Language) which is used
for creating Web pages. The HTML files are really just ASCII text files. The content of HTML
files, however, contains a standard set of markings to indicate text styles, alignments, hypertext
links, graphics, and other formatting essentials. The HTML files can be read by Web browser
software like Netscape Navigator. Many word processors today are also equipped to interpret
HTML. Other file formats such as the native file formats used by Microsoft Word, WordPerfect,
and AppleWorks are proprietary and not universally understood. When preparing electronic
documents for a wide audience, therefore, it is best to use ASCII, RTF or HTML.
14.2.6 edit text in a Web page with internet explorer 8 (ie8)

The Internet Explorer is often decried as the worst browser for Web developers, but IE8 actually
offers a very nice set of developer tools. Here we will look at a unique way to use them to edit
the text on any Webpage.
How to edit text in a Web page

The developer tools make it easy to make changes to a Webpage and view them directly. Simply
browse to the Webpage of your choice, and press the F12 key on your keyboard. Alternately, you
can click the Tools button, and select Developer tools from the list.

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