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The following tools are available from remote sites on the Web. Some of them are free for personal use, whilst others may require the payment of a registration fee after a trial period. Please read any licensing agreements carefully.

 The Spyglass HTML Validator. This is a free program for Windows 95, which detects errors in the HTML syntax of your Web pages. You can validate a large number of files at one time, view the locations of any errors in your document, and edit corrections into the raw HTML. The program allows you to choose between a range of HTML standards, including HTML 2.0 and 3.2. See a picture of the program in use (22Kb).

  AOLpress Web Browser and HTML Editor  for Windows 3.1, Win95, NT and Macintosh. AOLpress "combines a Web browser with a fully-featured Web authoring tool -- browse and edit in the same window". This freeware program also includes a "Mini-Web" facility for generating a graphical display of your Web structure, and a link-checking feature.

Web2Text  for Windows 3.1 and Win95, is a freeware program which converts HTML files into ASCII (plain text) files. Unlike most other such programs, Web2Text attempts to create a text file that retains some of the layout of the web page being converted. It also leaves URLs intact in the document, and is capable of batch conversion (processing a large number of files at once).

GIF Construction Set  for Windows 3.1, Win95 and NT. A shareware program which allows you to create transparent, interlaced and animated GIF files for your Web pages.

PhotoImpact GIF Optimizer, for Windows 95 and NT, examines your GIF images and reduces their file sizes by eliminating duplicate colors, pixels, and other non-essential elements. It can be set to find, process and replace automatically all GIF files in an entire directory. Only the registered version (US$30) will allow you to save the processed files.

  Paint Shop Pro  for Windows 3.1, Win95 and NT. Another shareware program, Paint Shop Pro allows you to convert between approximately 30 different image file formats, and provides a wide range of image editing tools.

 WebPen Webset Utility Collection  A set of three shareware utilities for Windows 95: a transparent GIF maker, an active map maker, and a "WYSIWYG" frame editor. Windows 3.1 and NT versions, together with other Web tools, are available from the Informatik home page.

InfoCourier HTML Compiler  allows you to compile a set of HTML documents, together with an off-line viewer (browser), into a single executable file which can fit onto a floppy disk. Running the executable file (in Windows 3.1, Win95 or NT) launches the browser, with your HTML pages automatically displayed. This is useful for the distribution of course materials in HTML format, for use at home by students without access to the WWW. InfoCourier is a commercial program, although you may download a demonstration copy.

   Xara Webster is a Windows 95 program aimed at the production of Web graphics. XaraWebster can combine images, add anti-aliased text, dither images, perform colour reduction and add graduated transparency effects. It is a shareware program, costing approximately £18.

 Cache Explorer  for Windows 95 only, catalogues the contents of a WWW browser's cache directory, giving easy off-line access to recently-visited Web pages. The cache contents are displayed in clear "Windows Explorer-like" format. Two versions of the program exist, one for Netscape v.2.0 or later, the other for Microsoft Internet Explorer v.2 or later. Both cost US$20. If the above link is slow, try an alternative download site.

 Unmozify  allows you to retrieve the contents of Netscape's cache directory for off-line viewing. It is less easy to use than Cache Explorer (above), but it is available for Windows 3.1. It costs £15.  

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