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Unit 2: Creating Static Web Pages

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Caselet PDF, HTML Files
W hat do terms such as pdf file, html, etc., mean? How does one convert these into
text files? Please explain.

A PDF file is a Portable Document Format file. It can be viewed from any PDF reader
application such as Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Any document that has to be distributed across multiple platforms will be made a PDF file
and distributed. The advantage of this is that any PDF reader is sufficient to view and print
the document and it is freely available.
If the document is sent in any other format other than the relevant application, you should
have the fonts installed. Most manuals are sent as PDF files.
An HTML file is a Hyper Text Markup Language file. It can be viewed from any Web
browser such as Internet Explorer, Netscape, etc. HTML document is used in the Internet.

You can open the HTML file in a browser and from the browser it can be saved as Text file.
For some pages, the file of text format is not the same as it appears in the browser.
Similarly a PDF file can be saved as Text Format from a PDF application such as Adobe
Acrobat. Acrobat Reader 7.0.7 full version can be downloaded from this URL: http://
www.softwarepatch.com

/graphics/acrobatreader7.html
Only a PDF reader is freely available on the Internet.
If you want to create a PDF document, you will need to buy a licensed application such as
Adobe Acrobat or any third party applications.

2.10 Summary

 HTML (Hyper-Text Markup Language) is composed of tags.
 Attributes can be used to change a tag’s properties.

 Tables are defined with the <table> tag.
 Images can be used to make your web pages distinctive, and can greatly help to get your
message across.

 HTML fill-out forms can be used for questionnaires, hotel reservations, order forms, data
entry and a wide variety of other applications.
 HTML 3.0 doesn’t provide direct support for constraining the values entered into text
fields, or for derived fields whose values are calculated from the values of other fields.
 Frames divide a browser window into two or more document windows, each displaying
a different document, or a different part of the same document.

2.11 Keywords

CSS: Cascading Style Sheets
HTML: Hyper-Text Markup Language

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