HTML Pro is a semi-WYSIWYG HTML editor with an interface that is a joy to use, but can only open one file a time. Each file is displayed in two windows, the source window and the HTML window. The source window displays raw HTML created by the program.The HTML window displays (almost) what the rendered HTML will look like. Either window can be used during the editing process.
Like the balance of HTML editors reviewed here, HTML Pro allows you to markup your documents by first entering your text and choosing a markup option. It doesn't include the use of any palettes or button bars. Rather, all the HTML tags are logically organized into one Styles menu with six hierarchal menus. Once a markup option is selected, the HTML window changes the text accordingly. You can't choose what the rendering will look like, but it does give you a pretty good idea.
HTML Pro handles the translation of extended characters very well. For example, to display something like an accented é all you have to do is type your character the way you normally would using any other word processor. First press the option-e and then the e key. Option-a for example, automatically generates the necessary escape codes for å. When importing pre written text files, HTML Pro examines your text for extended characters and automatically translates them. Also, when importing text files, HTML Pro translates your paragraphs into <p> marks as well.
Items called macros are used by HTML Pro to allow you to create HTML tags not included with the editor. To use them you select New MacroÉ from the Macros menu. You then give a title to your macro, enter a beginning tag and an ending tag. You can use this, as the documentation states, to create things like <center></center> tags. Unfortunately, like a number of the other editors reviewed here, this featured does not allow for tags that may require a number of parameters like the image tag.
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