Welcome

Advanced Html Designer lets you design an HTML table on a page visually, with formatted cells, images, hyperlinks and freely placed text blocks. You save the result as a design (.htd) or as HTML code.

The window

Designer – the large work area with the page, the rulers (in mm) and the table.
Toolbox – the floating button bar on the left. At the top, choose T, C, B or S to select which tab is shown.
Buttons at the top – open and save a design, help, about and close.
Roll-out panel at the bottom – click Click here for extra functions to see the HTML code and a preview of the result.

Tip: hold the mouse still over a toolbox button for a moment: a short explanation (hint) appears in the selected language.

The toolbox often switches tabs by itself: click a cell and Cell appears. The small button at the top left of the table headers opens Table, and the small button in a selected text block opens Text block.

Windows and Linux

Advanced Html Designer is available for Windows and for Linux.

Windows – unzip the download and run Advanced Html Designer.exe. No installation needed.
Linux (Debian, Ubuntu, Linux Mint …) – install the .deb package with sudo apt install ./advanced-html-designer_<version>_amd64.deb. The program then appears in the menu under Development. To remove it: sudo apt remove advanced-html-designer.
Linux with Wine – the Windows version also runs under Wine: wine "Advanced Html Designer.exe".

Linux: where this help says “next to the program” (the htd and images folders, talen.lng and the settings), the Linux version uses the folder ~/.local/share/advanced-html-designer in your home folder. Your designs and settings stay there when you update.

Topics

Getting startedStep by step from an empty page to HTML. Table tabRows, columns, merging, position, borders and colours. Cell tabText formatting, alignment, colours, hyperlinks and images. Text block tabPlace, move and format free text blocks. Settings tabDefault values, page size and language. Mouse & keysDragging, editing and keyboard shortcuts. Files & exportSave, open, HTML code and test browser.