Vorpalbunny -
We all have our preferences and for me, limited experience. I know enough to be dangerous.

I prefer table style html and use dreamweaver to design my sites. My sister uses Publisher for her enewsletters and such. Every few months she gets something screwy with a file and we bare it down to html with no publisher coding (images, layers, etc.).

I recommended notepad as it is bare to the bones, no help provided, coding html. For me...repetition created memory. Once the code made sense, then I went for the editors for help and speed!

Congratulations on making your first html document - doesn't it feel great?!