I've started using more PNG files because they're as stable as a GIF but use a vast array of colors. I work on a PC so I save jpg files (which I still use most often--pages load faster with them--PNGs look good, are become standard with Dreamweaver and Adobe, but they're big).

If you link to a file, from within a browser page, the filename that you type in the link should match the filename where the file itself is stored. If the file was saved with .htm extension, the link should call it with the .htm extension because that's its correct filename. If the file was saved with .html extension, the link should call it with the .html extension, because that's its correct file name.

Rule of thumb I've always used, out of habit, is to use the three letter extensions on the PC, so the file would end .htm . When I look at web addresses I have a little internal dialog that runs and when I see the .html extension I figure the page was designed on a Mac. That's the way it works on my campus, you can tell the Mac and the PC folks apart when you visit their web pages.

When you design your pages, when you're using tables you can put tables inside tables. I always put dimensions in for photos because it helps the page load more quickly, and I always define how photos and tables should be aligned. Web pages aren't incredibly difficult, but a good tutorial will help a lot for reference purposes. The one I use (I don't know if this is the latest edition, but you'll find when you shop around) is the Visual Quickstart Guide. Elizabeth Castro's HTML for the World Wide Web (mine is the 5th ed.) has good examples of how to do things, tells you what is current in WWW3 protocols, and has some incredibly helpful appendices where you can find html code charts. Two of the secretaries at work have had scanning and some web work added into their job descriptions in the last couple of years, and they've both asked me for help to get them started. We've sat down and gone through the basics, then I've gotten each of them the appropriate Quickstart book to do with the work they're doing. They've done fine.

SRS