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Show HTML

If you wish to know what your document looks like behind the scenes (what we call a source file), use the menu item Show HTML. This allows you to view the actual document and its HTML tags. This function can be useful especially if you are familiar with HTML already. While you can copy from the Show HTML window and save the source file as a text file, you cannot edit your document from the Show HTML screen.

View the Show HTML Screen

Open a new window that shows the document's text and all HTML tags (source file):

Open a GNNpress page.
Choose the menu Tools->Show HTML to show the screen below.

Show HTML screen with NaviSoft's home page

Open the Show HTML screen at a specific location in the page:

Select text in the page.
Choose the menu Tools->Show HTML.

The Show HTML screen opens with the same text highlighted.

Close the Show HTML screen. Either:

Edit your document in any way (e.g., type a space). The Show HTML screen closes automatically.
Click File->Close in the Show HTML window.

Use the Show HTML screen

Copy text from the Show HTML screen:

Open a GNNpress page.->
Choose the menu Tools->Show HTML
Highlight whatever part of the HTML you wish to transfer elsewhere.
Choose the menu Edit->Copy in the Show HTML window.

The selected text is copied to the clipboard and you can now paste it into another window. One example of why you might use this function is to show how easy it is to use GNNpress. Simply copy the HTML into your document and the HTML tags appear just as they do in the Show HTML screen.