[pokernaut]

well that just stinks then!

i wouldn't exactly say i need a "high degree" of flexibility. all i really want is
1. to be able to create link buttons or keywords that hide a link url
2. to pick my own background & font colors from windows' color picker
3. to use ANY point size i chose
4. to be able to drag & drop text where i want it, or at least decide the column format I CHOSE, NO MORE preset margins!
5. to be able to use ALL windows fonts including webdings & wingdings
&
6. basic drag & drop tools for creating boxes & circles etc. to border text or reverse it.

to me, that doesn't seem high end at all. it's just a little bit of creative freedom WITHOUT being straightjacketed by terrible looking templates & choice limitations i listed above. come on... 20 point page titles are TOTALLY inadequate.

i would have thought that simply selecting a color for a background & multiple font choices wouldn't be impossible. if nothing else, i STILL can't see why all programs refuse to let you use text any larger than 30 points or so when you may need up to 300 points to have a title that spans the browser.,

OK, so programs all need to use windows fonts... then why don't they use them all? most places use only sans serif fonts that look like arial/verdana or ones that look like times roman when comic sans is a nice font that can give a site a different look and impact is a really nice option as well.

why must everything related to computers be so anti-social towards those of us who prefer point and click simplicity? i just didn't realize that adding half a dozen more features to a typical editor would be an impossibility.

it's a shame that i can do more in wordpad than i can a webpage editor.

couldn't someone program something like a java workaround to the font issue? is that why virtually ALL pages look the same, because they're hobbled by windows only fonts?

i just tried to create a banner with photos i collaged in photo impact (which has a webpage creator that's just a bit too complex) and use it in google, but the site wouldn't even let me center it unless i reduce it to under 600 pixels wide.

these are the kinds of limitations i just can't understand as being necessary. that, and the ability to simply chose my own background colors with a standard windows color picker.

so bottom line, if i want to create a banner in any font not standard to windows, i'll have to do it as a JPG then?

thanks for your help even if you didn't exactly tell me what i wanted to hear.