1 hybrid CD-ROM, novel. Win 95, Macintosh. Sarah's Web Page Builder enables users to create single or multipage web sites confidently. The software does not have to be installed onto the hard drive to function, but only needs insertion into the computer's CD drive. Students can add multimedia to their pages by using the CD's 350 clipart images, midi music files, sound effects, and animated images or they can insert files from their hard drives.
Templates provide clear instructions directly on each work page.
Youngsters easily center or bold text, choose background color, and insert poems, links and framed pages. After creating a few pages, users will become familiar with the program's instructions and will be able to build each additional page with ease. Once the site is built, the pages must be saved to a folder set up by the program on the user's hard drive, making page retrieval for content updates straightforward. The package also includes a novel, Sarah's Page, which introduces Sarah, a web wise teenager from New York who lives with her sister on a Michigan farm for the summer. With Sarah as the main character, the program may appeal mostly to girls and therefore may be less useful in classroom settings.