Help Hints for Frontpage

How to:

Add clip art	Add a picture from a file	Set hyperlink colors	Raise or lower text
Increase or decrease space between characters	Set a background color for a page	Set a background picture for a page	Create a hyperlink to a bookmark
Create a simple table	Add a video	Set the font for text	Create a bookmark
Add a picture from a web	Create a hyperlink to a page or file on the World Wide Web	Add a time stamp to a page	Create a hyperlink to a page or file in a web
Create a table and set its properties	Add a horizontal line to a page	Apply the background and colors of one page to another	Create a hyperlink to send an e-mail message

Add a picture from a file

You can add a picture from your local file system. Pictures can have the following file formats: GIF (standard and animated), JPEG (standard and progressive), BMP (Windows and OS/2), TIFF, TGA, RAS, EPS, PCX, PNG, PCD (Kodak Photo CD), and WMF.

1. In Page view, position the insertion point where you want to insert a picture.
2. Click Insert Picture .
3. Click File .
4. Browse to the picture you want from your local file system and then select the file. You can specify the type of file you want to view in the Files of type box.

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Add a picture from a web

You can add a picture from the current web or from another web. Pictures can have the following file formats: GIF (standard and animated), JPEG (standard and progressive), BMP (Windows and OS/2), TIFF, TGA, RAS, EPS, PCX, PNG, PCD (Kodak Photo CD), and WMF.

1. In Page view, position the insertion point where you want to insert a picture.
2. Click Insert Picture .
3. Browse to the picture, and then select the file.

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Add a video

You can add a video to your page. You can add any type of video that can be played by the Windows Media Player.

1. In Page view, position the insertion point where you want to insert a video.
2. On the Insert menu, point to Picture, and then click Video.
3. If the video clip file is not in a web, click the File button .
4. Browse to the video file and select it.

Tip   If Microsoft Internet Explorer is installed on your computer, you can click the Preview tab to preview the video.

Note   Some Web browsers do not support video.

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Add clip art

Microsoft FrontPage includes the Microsoft Clip Gallery. You can preview clip art, pictures, and videos, and then select items to use on your page.

1. In Page view, position the insertion point where you want to insert clip art.
2. On the Insert menu, point to Picture, and then click Clip Art.
3. Browse the Microsoft Clip Gallery to find the clip art you want to use, right-click a graphic, and then click Insert on the shortcut menu.
4. Close the Microsoft Clip Gallery.

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Set a background color for a page

You can set a background color for a page..

1. In Page view, right-click the page, click Page Properties on the shortcut menu, and then click the Background tab.
2. In the Background box, select a background color.

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Set a background picture for a page

You can set a background picture for a page. All page elements, such as text and graphics, will appear on top of the background picture. You can use pictures from a web, a file system, the World Wide Web, or clip art. You can also set the background picture to be a watermark, which means the picture that does not scroll as the page scrolls. However, not all Web browsers support watermarks.

1. In Page view, right-click the page, and then click Page Properties on the shortcut menu.
2. Click the Background tab.
3. Select the Background picture check box, and then click Browse.
4. Select the background picture:
• If the picture is in a web, browse to the web and folder that contains the picture, select the picture you want, and then click OK.
• If the picture is on your local network, click File, browse to the picture you want from your local network, and then click OK.
• If the picture is on the World Wide Web, click World Wide Web . In your Web browser, browse to the picture that you want, and then switch back to Microsoft FrontPage. The location of the page you visited will be displayed in the URL box. Click OK.
• If the picture is clip art, click Clip Art to display the Microsoft Clip Gallery, right-click the picture that you want, and then click Insert on the shortcut menu.

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Apply the background and colors of one page to another

If you have set the background picture, background color, hyperlink colors, and text colors for one page, you can apply these settings to another page in the current web.

1. In Page view, open the page to which you want to apply a background and color.
2. Right-click the page, and then click Page Properties on the shortcut menu.
3. Click the Background tab.
4. Select the Get background information from another page check box.
5. Click Browse.
6. Select the page that contains the background and colors you want to use.

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Set the font for text

You can set the font for selected text by choosing the font face, style, size, and color. You can also apply different effects to the text, such as strikethrough and small caps.

1. In Page view, select the text you want to format, right-click, and then click Font on the shortcut menu.
2. On the Font tab, format text by selecting options from the Font, Font style, Size, and Color boxes. You can also select one or more options under Effects. The Preview area shows how text looks with your settings applied to it.

Tip   You can change a style (such as the Normal style) with your font settings so that you only need to set your preferences once. Then, just apply the style to new text, and your font settings will be applied automatically.

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Increase or decrease space between characters

You can increase or decrease the space between characters to condense or expand the text.

1. In Page view, select the text, right-click, and then click Font on the shortcut menu.
2. Click the Character Spacing tab.
3. In the Spacing box, click Expanded or Condensed to change the spacing of text.
4. In the By box, select an option to specify how you want to space the text.

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Raise or lower text

You can raise or lower text, for example to indicate a footnote. You can also specify the number of points to raise or lower text, although some Web browsers might not support this setting and will default to one point.

1. In Page view, select the text, right-click, and then click Font on the shortcut menu.
2. Click the Character Spacing tab.
3. In the Position box, click Raised or Lowered.
4. In the By box, enter a number to specify how much you want to raise or lower the text.

Note   Some Web browsers will raise text only a fixed amount, regardless of the number you enter.

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Set hyperlink colors

You can choose the colors that a Web browser will use for displaying hyperlinks. You can select three colors to use for a hyperlink, depending on its status:

• Hyperlink — a hyperlink that has not been selected.
• Active hyperlink — a hyperlink that is currently selected.
• Visited hyperlink — a hyperlink that has already been followed.

Web browsers determine whether a hyperlink has been visited already according to a specified time period. For example, in Microsoft Internet Explorer, this time period is the Web browser history; you specify how long to keep a history of the pages you have visited, such as 20 days. If you have visited the page within 20 days, the hyperlink status will be visited hyperlink. If you have not visited the page in 20 days, or if you clear the history, the hyperlink status will be hyperlink.

1. In Page view, right-click the page, click Page Properties on the shortcut menu, and then click the Background tab.
2. In the Hyperlink, Visited hyperlink, and Active hyperlink boxes, select the colors you want to use.

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Create a simple table

You can create a simple table just by specifying the number of rows and columns. Default properties will be used for the table.

1. In Page view, position the insertion point where you want to insert the table.
2. Click Insert Table , then drag down and to the right until the number of rows and columns you want in the table is displayed.

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Create a table and set its properties

When you create a table, you can also specify its properties, such as the number of rows and columns, its size and alignment, border attributes, and so on.

1. In Page view, position the insertion point where you want to insert the table.
2. On the Table menu, point to Insert, and then click Table.
3. In the Rows box, enter the number of rows you want.
4. In the Columns box, enter the number of columns you want.
5. In the Alignment box, select the position for the table on the page.
6. In the Border size box, enter the width you want for the table border in pixels. If you do not want a border, type 0.
7. To change the table's cell padding (the space between a cell's border and content), enter a number in the Cell padding box.
8. To change the table's cell spacing (the space between cells), enter a number in the Cell spacing box.
9. To change the table's width, do one of the following:
• Select In pixels, then type the width you want the table to be in pixels.
• Select In percent, then type a percentage of the screen width you want the table to be. If the table is to appear in a frame, specify a percentage of the frame width.

Note   The properties that you specify for the new table will be used as the default properties the next time you create a table.

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Add a horizontal line to a page

You can add a horizontal line to a page, for example to separate text or add an accent. After you add a horizontal line, you can modify its properties to change its width, height, alignment, and color. If your page uses a theme, the horizontal line uses a graphic to match the theme, for example:

1. In Page view, position the insertion point where you want to insert a line.
2. On the Insert menu, click Horizontal Line.
3. To modify the appearance of the horizontal line, double-click it, and do one or more of the following:
• Under Width, specify the width of the line as a percentage of the window width or as a number of pixels.
• Under Height, enter the number of pixels high the line should be.
• Under Alignment, specify the alignment of the line on the page.
• In the Color box, select a color for the line if you do not want a shaded line.
• Select the Solid Line check box if you want the line to appear solid. Clear the check box if you want the line to appear shaded. If you select a color, the line will be solid, and you cannot apply shading.

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Add a time stamp to a page

Add a time stamp to a page to display the time and/or date the page was last changed. For example, a time stamp lets site visitors know whether the information on your site has changed since their last visit.

1. In Page view, position the insertion point where you want to place a time stamp.
2. On the Insert menu, click Date and Time.
3. Specify the type of time stamp to display.
4. Specify a format for the date and for the time.

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Create a hyperlink to a page or file in a web

You can create a hyperlink to a destination such as a page or file in a web. When a site visitor clicks the hyperlink, the destination is displayed in the Web browser. For example, you can create hyperlinks from your home page to the other pages in the web. Or, create a hyperlink to a GIF picture.

1. In Page view, type the text you want to use as a hyperlink and then select it. For example, type and select "My Interests" to link to a page that describes your hobbies.

Or, if you want to use the title of the destination page (for example, Home Page) or location of the file (for example, http://localhost/filename) as the hyperlink text, position the insertion point where you want to insert the hyperlink.

2. Click Hyperlink .
3. Navigate to the web in which the destination page or file is located, and then select the page or file.

Tip   If the destination page or file is in the current web, click the page or file in the Folder List, and then drag it to the open page where you want the hyperlink

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Create a hyperlink to a page or file on the World Wide Web

You can create a hyperlink to a page or file on the World Wide Web. When a site visitor clicks the hyperlink, the destination page or file is displayed. For example, you can create a hyperlink to a page or picture on another Web site.

1. In Page view, type the text you want to use as a hyperlink and then select it. For example, type and select "Microsoft's Home Page."

Or, if you want to use the title of the destination page (such as "Welcome to Microsoft's Homepage") or the location of the file (such as http://www.microsoft.com/filename) as as the hyperlink text, position the insertion point where you want to insert the hyperlink.

2. Click Hyperlink .
3. Click World Wide Web .
4. In your Web browser, browse to the page that you want, and then press ALT+TAB to switch back to Microsoft FrontPage. The location of the page you visited will be displayed in the URL box.

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Create a bookmark

A bookmark is a location or selected text on a page that you have marked.

You can use bookmarks as a destination for a hyperlink. For example, if you want to display a certain section of a page to the site visitor, add a hyperlink with the bookmark as its destination. When the site visitor clicks the hyperlink, the relevant part of the page is displayed, rather than the top of the page.

You can also use one or more bookmarks to find locations on a page. For example, add a bookmark to each main heading on a page. When you are editing the page, you can quickly find each section by going to the corresponding bookmark.

If a location (rather than text) is bookmarked, the bookmark is indicated by . If text is bookmarked, the text is displayed with a dashed underline.

1. In Page view, position the insertion point where you want to create a bookmark, or select the text to which you want to assign the bookmark.
2. On the Insert menu, click Bookmark.
3. In the Bookmark name box, type the name of the bookmark (spaces are allowed.)

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Create a hyperlink to a bookmark

A bookmark is a location or selected text on a page that you have marked. You can create a hyperlink to a bookmark when you want to display a certain section of a page to the site visitor. When the site visitor clicks the hyperlink, the relevant part of the page is displayed, rather than the top of the page.

For example, you can use bookmarks to navigate a long page that contains five headings. Create a bookmark at each heading, and at the top of the page add a table of contents that lists these headings. Each entry in the table of contents is a hyperlink that uses a bookmarked heading as a destination.

A hyperlink to a bookmark, also called an anchor, is indicated by a pound sign (#), which precedes the destination URL.

1. In Page view, type the text you want to use as a hyperlink, and then select it.

Or, if you want to use the name of a bookmark as the hyperlink text, position the insertion point where you want to insert the hyperlink.

2. Click Hyperlink .
3. Select the page that contains the bookmark.
4. In the Bookmark box, click the bookmark you want to use as the destination.

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Create a hyperlink to send an e-mail message

You can create a hyperlink that opens and addresses an e-mail message to the address you specify. For example, if you want site visitors to send you feedback, you can create a hyperlink that creates an e-mail message addressed to your e-mail alias.

Note Not all Web browsers support hyperlinks to e-mail addresses.

1. In Page view, type the text you want to use as a hyperlink and then select it, for example type and select "Send me an e-mail message."

Or, if you want to use mailto:address as the hyperlink text, position the insertion point where you want to insert the hyperlink.

2. Click the Hyperlink button .
3. Click the E-Mail button .
4. Type the e-mail address to which you want the message sent.

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