Blue text indicates links. You can click any item in the Table of Contents to jump to that section. Cross-references are also links, as are URLs and email addresses.

Work with the Bookmarks tab or drawer showing so that you can always jump to any main topic by clicking its bookmark.

In Adobe Acrobat Pro version 6 or 7, set your preferences to view Web URLs in a Web browser: choose Acrobat > Preferences, switch to the Web Capture pane, and choose In Web Browser from the Open Web Links pop-up menu.

Find more tips in the Take Control FAQ on the Web.

Use the Check for Updates button on the cover to make sure you have the latest version of the ebook and to verify that we don’t plan to release a new version shortly. If you want to commit this ebook to paper, it makes sense to print the latest possible version.

Don’t throw out your PDF after you print! You must click the Check for Updates button on the cover to get future updates. The link must be accessed from the cover of your PDF.

For a tighter layout that uses fewer pages, check your printer options for a 2-up feature that prints two pages on one piece of paper. For instance, your Print dialog may have an unlabeled popup menu that offers a Layout option; choose Layout, and then choose 2 from the Pages per Sheet pop-up menu. You may also wish to choose Single Hairline from the Border menu.

When printing on a color inkjet printer, to avoid using a lot of color ink (primarily on the yellow boxes we use for tips and figures), look for an option to print entirely in black-and-white.

In the unlikely event that Adobe Acrobat or Adobe Reader cannot successfully print this PDF, try Preview; several readers have solved printing problems by using Preview.

Path syntax: This ebook occasionally uses a path to show the location of a file or folder in your file system. Path text is formatted in bold type. For example, iLife ’06 installs its component applications, such as iWeb, in the Applications folder. The path to iWeb is: /Applications/iWeb.

The slash at the start of the path tells you to start from the root level of the disk. You will also encounter paths that begin with ~ (tilde), which is a shortcut for any user’s home directory. For example, if a person with the user name joe wants to install fonts that only he can access, he would install the fonts in his ~/Library/Fonts folder, which is another way of writing /Users/joe/Library/Fonts.

Menus: When I describe choosing a command from a menu in the menu bar, I use an abbreviated description. For example, the abbreviated description for the menu command that saves a file from iWeb is “File > Save.”

Toolbar: I refer to the iWeb toolbar (Figure 1) throughout this ebook. You can find it at the bottom of the iWeb window, or—if you prefer to use menus or keyboard shortcuts, check out Table 1, which maps the toolbar buttons to menu commands and keyboard shortcuts.