Previewing documents

Although Namo WebEditor tries to display documents in Edit mode as closely as possible to the way they will appear in a Web browser, it’s not perfect. That’s why it provides two ways to preview most documents as they would actually appear on the Web.

Namo WebEditor’s built-in preview mode uses Internet Explorer’s rendering engine to render HTML, so it can display a document almost exactly as the version of Internet Explorer you have installed on your computer would. However, it does have some limitations: it can only emulate the particular version of IE you have installed, and even so, there can be some minor visual differences from IE itself due to operating system and IE service pack issues.

For the most realistic previews, use Namo WebEditor’s View with commands to view documents in an actual Web browser installed on your computer. You can set up up to five different browsers with which to view documents, two of which are accessible with shortcut keys. Using a View with command is a much more reliable way to preview how a document will appear in a non-Microsoft browser, such as Mozilla or Opera, than using the built-in preview mode.

Namo Web Editor icon note Previewing documentsSome kinds of Web content cannot be previewed reliably without actually uploading the document to a Web server and viewing it through the Web. This includes most content that uses a server-side script (such as ASP or PHP) or server side includes (SSI). However, you can use Namo WebEditor’s built-in preview mode to preview dynamic documents you create using the Database Wizard, as long as you have either Internet Information Server (IIS) or Personal Web Server (PWS) installed on your computer.

To preview the current document in Namo WebEditor’s built-in preview mode
  • Click the Preview tab at the bottom of the main window.
To preview the current document in Internet Explorer
  • On the Home menu, go to the Preview group and click the View with Internet Explorer button Namo Web Editor button view explorer Previewing documents.
To preview the current document in another browser
  1. On the Home menu, go to the Preview group and click the text View with Internet Explorer.
  2. Select another browser.

If the browser you want to use is not on the menu, you need to set up Namo WebEditor to use it in the Preferences dialog box.

  1. On the Home menu, go to the Preview group and click the text View with Internet Explorer.
  2. Click Manage Browsers.
  3. If there is an empty slot in the list of designated browsers, click it. Otherwise, click one of the already designated browsers to replace it. Then, click Edit.
  4. In the Name box, type the name of the desired browser. (For example, “Mozilla 1.4″.)
  5. In the Program file box, enter the path of the browser’s main executable file. (For example, “C:\Program Files\Mozilla\1.4\mozilla.exe”.) You can click Browse to locate and select the program file instead of entering the path manually.
  6. In the DDE name box, type the system name used by Windows to reference the browser program. This is usually the same as the name of the program file, minus the “.exe” extension. (For example, “mozilla”.) If you don’t know what to enter, leave the box blank.
  7. Click OK. Click OK again to close the previous dialog box.
Related Topics

Preferences dialog box – Browsers tab

Previewing documents