HTML files viewed in Safari

I'm sorry if this has been posted before, but I couldn't find it in the search area. But I am in a web design class, and just started taking my Macbook to school. And when I create an HTML document in a text editor and open it in safari, it shows the source code, not the web page. Also, if I create an HTML document on my PC and try to view it in the text editor, it shows up as a web page, with the tables in place, not with the source code of the tables. Is there a way to change it's properties so it will open differently in each application? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Is it correct that you are talking about TextEdit as your "text editor." If so, then to view the source code of html pages, you need to make sure you check the box in the preferences that says "ignore rich text commands in html." If you don't do that, TextEdit works like a browser.
Also to compose html code, you need to make sure TextEdit is set to Plain Text in the preferences and not Rich Text, and never use the Save As HTML option, which adds an extra layer of html to your code, so that it will not display correctly in a browser.
Another free text editor you can download which many people like is TextWrangler.

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