Copying information from Internet web pages

Helpful terminology:

Application menu: You will find this in the upper right corner of every Macintosh screen. The application menu gives you the power to switch between currently “running” programs. It is very helpful when copying between documents in Netscape and AppleWorks. Just “click, hold and drag” to your selection!

Show Invisibles:
This icon found on the AppleWorks button bar will “show” or “hide” the invisible character formatting on a AppleWorks document. This is extremely helpful in finding where tabs, spaces and paragraph returns exist in your document. The special characters do not print so you can leave them showing all the time!!

Find/Change command:
Found under the Edit menu, the Find/Change command is a powerful feature in AppleWorks. When you copy text from web pages, each line has a paragraph return (choose “Show Invisibles” to see the symbol that looks like an arrow pointing to the left.)

With the Find/Change command, you can “change” the “paragraph returns” in your text to a “space.” If you choose the “Change All” button, you will get a message that this step is not “undoable.” The “Change, Find” button allows you to be selective about which paragraph returns to change. This tool can also be helpful in removing unwanted spaces!

• Highlight the text with your mouse
  
• Choose Copy from the Edit menu
  
• Use the Application Menu to switch to AppleWorks
  
• Position your cursor in the proper place
  
• Choose Paste from the Edit menu
  
• Use the Find/Change command to take out paragraph returns
  
• SAVE!!
  
  

2. Take it all:

• With the Netscape page open choose Save from the File menu
  
• Be sure to select “Text” as the file type
  
• Rename the file if desired
  
• Note the location you are saving to (your disk, General Folder, etc).
  
• Use the Application Menu to switch to AppleWorks
  
• From the File menu, choose Open…
  
• Locate the document you saved
  
• Use the Find/Change command to take out paragraph returns
  
• SAVE!!
  
  

3. Take it all and let AppleWorks do the work!
AppleWorks 5.0+ has a nifty HTML translator built into the program that can translate Web pages back into Word Processing. The most important thing to remember here is that when Web pages are created, they only "point" to pictures, so you have to use your "picture saving" skills (outlined below in the "I need it too" option) to Save the pictures in addition to the text.

• With the Netscape page open choose Save from the File menu
  
• Be sure to select “Source” as the file type
  
• Name the file with a short name, no spaces, ending with .html -- for instance: monkey.html for a page about monkeys.
  
• Note the location you are saving to (your disk, General Folder, etc).
  
• Use the Application Menu to switch to AppleWorks
  
• From the File menu, choose Open…
  
• Locate the document you saved
  
• Choose Word Processing as the Document type, and HTML as the file type. AppleWorks will then translate your "html" file into a AppleWorks document. If you want the illustrations from Web page to appear in your WP document, be sure to save each file separately into the same folder as the original!
  
• SAVE as AppleWorks!!