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The cursor should be flashing to the right of the earth.  Tap Enter once to move the cursor below the earth.

 

Sound is a bit unique.  We could put the sound in the “background” of the page and it would begin playing when the page is opened if we were using only Microsoft Internet Explorer.  However, other browsers can’t “play” the sound when you do this.  So we’ll insert the sound with a “link.”  This is what web pages are all about:  links.

 

Type-in something that would indicate that, if you clicked on it, you would hear a sound.  We’re going to type in:  Listen to the Blue Danube.  After you type-in your text, tap Enter one time to move the cursor down.

 

Click in front of the text, hold down the left mouse button and drag the cursor over the text to highlight it (just like you did when you highlighted the web page title – see image below).

 

 

 

 

Now, with the text high lighted, click-on the Hyperlink button in the button bar.

 

 

The Insert Hyperlink screen will appear as shown at the top of the next page.

 

 

 

 

 

 

in the Look in area, make sure that you have selected the drive where your web page is saved (3 ½ Floppy (A:), C:, etc.).

 

in the area below the Look in area, click-on the MIDI music file that you saved.  It will turn blue.

 

when you have selected the correct drive and file, then click-on OK.

 

After you click-on OK, and return to your web page, click-under your highlighted text link (to turn off the highlight).  You will notice that the text you highlighted has now “turned blue” and is underlined.  This is the universal “symbol” for a “hyperlink.”  You are now “linked” to your sound.  This is why it is so important that all of your images and sounds are in one location. 

Save your webpage and then click-on the Browser button again.  Move down your web page, when your page appears in the browser, and click-on your sound link.  Sounds great!

 

 

You can also hyperlink to an object (like your picture or the rotating earth) the same way you linked to your text.  All you have to do is to click-on any object and then click-on the hyperlink button.  Then, follow the instructions you just completed above.

 

As indicated earlier, you can also have sound “play” as soon as your web page opens in a browser.  Also, as indicated, this may not “work” in all browsers.  However, if you want to do this – here’s how.

 

 

 

 

 

Click-on File in the Menu Bar and then click-on Properties.

 

 

The Page Properties menu screen below will appear.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click-on the Browse button in the Page Properties menu screen in the Background sound area (see arrow at right).

 

The Background Sound menu screen at the top of the next page will appear.

 

 

 

Make sure that you select the drive on which you web page is saved in the Look in area.  Then click-on your sound.  Finally, click-on Open.

 

 

 

 

 

 

You will now return to your Page Properties menu screen.

 

Notice that your sound is now shown in the Background sound Location area.