iweb '08

some random tips

• even for "blank" template page, there are 3 sections: header, body, and footer. one can turn on "view -> show layout" to see the boundaries of these
• use the inspector -> page layout to set the dimension of the page, and each of the sections
• to put a textbox inside footer area: create the box in the main area, then option+click it to drag it to the footer, then delete the original box
  
• there doesn't seem to be a way to group objects together as in powerpoint
• there's no way to make tables in iweb; alternatives are using either pages or keynote (or the like) to generate tables, and copy and paste to iweb; however, iweb will treat those created by keynote as images, while treating those made in pages as text boxes
• when iweb is started, it's not possible to stop the annoying pop up window asking if you want to join the damn mobile me service from appearing. (in iweb '09 now there's an option to disable this window)
  

although there are certain respectable features of iweb, but given the absence of some important tools, plus my bad experience with macbook thus far, all the glorious lines in apple's ads just seem pompous and even disgusting...