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't84HYPERTEXT 3.0 return link to the main text, or rely on knowledgeable readers to use thebrowser's "Back" button. In addition, one can leave the body of the documenton screen by using the "target: -blank' ' option in the link (A HREF), whichmakes the note open in a new window; authors who take this route, openingannotations in a separate window often include instructions to close the windowto return. Unfortunately, both ofthese convenient approaches producean unattractive document in which a sentence or two appears at the very topof a large, otherwise empty window A third approach uses HTML frames tobring up the text of the note in a column next to the main text, and yet a fourthuses HTML tables to place the text in the margin, thereby recreating the effectof some eighteenth-century books; tables are, however, very difficult to usewhen one of the columns has large blank areas. Perhaps the most elegantsolution employs fava scripts to create small pop-up windows for each note.The problem here involves the nature ofone's audience: fava scripts notoriouslydo not work in all browsers or even in all versions of the same one. Ifyou create your materials for the widest possible audience, which includesmany users with old versions of Netscape and Internet Explorer, you will haveto forgo using this elegant, if time-consuming, solution, but if you direct yourmaterials at a single educational or commercial institution that has announcedstandards for supported hardware and software, you can use anything thatworks there, though you may lose people working at home.Whatever option you choose (and all have advantages and disadvantages),try not to use superscript numbers to indicate the presence of links. Not onlydoes it prove difficult to mouse down on the small target provided by a singletiny character, but, more important, numbered notes only make sense whenreaders consult them in a list, and placing notes in separate lexias destroysthis list. I find that one can almost always use a relevant phrase as an anchorfor a note to a link. When the note contains bibliographical information, onecan link to a relevant phrase, such as "(source)" or "(bibliographical materials),"placed at the end of the sentence.Wherever possible, the best and most obvious solution to the problem ofrepresenting annotations in Web documents involves converting all bibliographicalnotes to the current Modern Language Association (MtA) in-textcitation form, whether one links all such citations to a list of references orjust includes the relevant bibliographical items in each lexia; I prefer thelatter approach.In addition to dividing a print text into sections, adapting notes and bibliography,and adding header and footer icons, creating a hypermedia version