6.3.1 Starting up

When you start up Nvu, it pops up a ``tips'' dialog box. You can permanently disable it by unselecting the checkbox labeled ``Show tips at startup''.

The initial screen of Nuv should look similar to the following:

At the top is the usual menu, followed by a row of tool icons under the menu. Under the tool icons are the usual word processor tool buttons.

On the left hand side is the ``Nvu Site Manager'' pane. This pane is important if you want to maintain a web site with multiple pages. To the right of the site manager pane is the main editor window for initial HTML files.

At the bottom of the editor are view tabs. ``Normal'' means WYSISYG (what-you-see-is-what-you-get). ``HTML tags'' means the document is presented in a structured mode. ``Source'' means the document is displayed ``raw'' in plain text, with no special structuring for tags. ``Preview'' does not allow editing, but it renders an HTML document as if it is viewed by a web browser.

You probably want to use the ``Normal'' view most of the time. However, if you are curious about the actual HTML code, or need to insert raw HTML code (for free web space), you also need to use the ``Source'' view.