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Sections @ A GlanceFrontPage features many on-screen tools to help you createWebs and Web pages.Thischapter lets you discover thesetools and prepares you to startcreating your own Webs.

The FrontPage Screen ...........2

Mouse & Pointer.....................6

The Standard Toolbar ............8

The Views Pane ....................10

The Task Pane .......................11

Menus & Commands...........12

Dialog Boxes.........................14

Shortcut Menus ...................15

Get Help WithAnswer Wizard .....................16

Get Help WithTable Of Contents ................17

Keyboard Shortcuts.............18

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Get To Know FrontPage

Welcome to FrontPage 2002, the Web editing pro-gram that comes bundled with Microsoft Office XP.FrontPage provides the tools you need to createyour own Web site and also edit, maintain, and pub-lish your site.

If you are new to FrontPage, read this chapter to findout about the on-screen tools. You use these toolsand the skills in this chapter throughout the processof creating and editing a Web site.

If you are an experienced FrontPage user, check outthis chapter anyway.The 2002 version features a dif-ferent interface with more tools to make it eveneasier to create and manage Web sites.

After you get to know FrontPage, you can begin cre-ating and editing your own Web, with text, pictures,video, and all the other cool items you expect from asuccessful Web site.

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A title barThe title bar lists the name of the program and thecurrent open Web.The title bar also displays the nameof the current page (O). If you haven’t saved or namedthe Web, you see a generic title, such as myweb7. (Bydefault, FrontPage names each Web mywebx, where“x” is an incremental number.)

B menu barThe menu bar lists the names of the FrontPage menus.Click the menu name to display a list of commands.You can then choose the command you want to

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execute. A command followed by an arrow displays asubmenu (see Menus & Commands on page 12), and acommand followed by an ellipsis (...) displays a dialogbox. See Dialog Boxes on page 14 later in this chapterfor more information on using dialog boxes.

Most menu commands provide two differenttypes of shortcuts: toolbar buttons, which you sim-ply click, and shortcut keys. Both types of shortcutsare listed on the menu. See Keyboard Shortcuts onpage 18 for more information.

The FrontPage Screen

L page scrollbuttons

M insertionpoint

O currentpage

A title barB menu bar

D standard toolbarE formatting toolbar

F minimizeG restoreH program close

P scroll barsN mouse pointer

J views pane

K page tabs

Q view buttons R status barS taskbar T task pane

U application control

C answer wizardI document close

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C answer wizardThe answer wizard provides a quick way to get helpwithout navigating through the Help menu and itscommands. See Get Help With Answer Wizard onpage 16 for more information.

D standard toolbarThe standard toolbar displays buttons for commonlyused commands. Rather than choose the menu com-mand for a particular action, you can click the toolbarbutton. For example, with the buttons in the standardtoolbar, you can open, create, print, and preview a Webor Web pages.You can also perform common editingtasks such as cutting, copying, and pasting.

E formatting toolbarThe formatting toolbar provides fast access to fre-quently used formatting features. Some of these, likeBold, Italic, and Underline, are buttons; click the but-ton to select that option. Some, like Font and FontSize, are drop-down lists; click the arrow next to thebutton and then choose from the drop-down list thatappears.

If you aren’t sure what a button does, you can putthe mouse pointer over the button to display theScreenTip or button name.

You can set up FrontPage to display the stan-dard and formatting toolbars together in one rowor separately in two rows.To make this change,choose Tools➥Customize. Click the Options taband then check or uncheck Show Standard andFormatting toolbars on two rows, depending onyour preference. If you display the toolbars as onerow, you access all the buttons by scrollingthrough the standard toolbar (D).

F minimizeWhen you want to close the program window, butkeep the program running, you can minimize the

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program window.You might do this, for instance, sothat you can view or work in another program oraccess desktop icons such as folders.When the pro-gram window is minimized, you can click the taskbarbutton that represents the program to restore theprogram window to its full size.

G restoreWhen the program window is maximized (fills theentire screen), you see a restore button in the title bar(A). In most cases, you want to keep the window maxi-mized so that you can see as much of the screen aspossible. If you want to see a smaller version of theprogram window, click the restore button.

The window doesn’t fill the entire desktop and hasborders. Also, after you click the restore button, itchanges to a maximize button. Click the maximizebutton to maximize the window again.

When a window isn’t maximized, it has bor-ders, and you can resize the window by draggingthe window border.You can also move the windowaround on the desktop by dragging the title bar(A).You can’t move a maximized window or resizeit by dragging.

H program closeYou can click the program’s close button to exit theprogram. If you haven’t saved your work, the programprompts you to do so before closing.

I document closeIn addition to a program close button, each documenthas its own close button.You can click this button toclose the document. Again, if you haven’t saved thework on the document (in FrontPage, the pages thatmake up a Web), the program reminds you to do so.

maximize button

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J views paneThe views pane displays icons for each of the differentviews you can work in in FrontPage. Each view isappropriate for a certain task or action in the entireprocess of building a Web. For example, page view,shown here, is used when you build pages.You canchange to another view by clicking the appropriateview button. See The Views Pane on page 10 for moreinformation.

K page tabsA Web usually consists of a set of pages, each one rep-resented by a page tab. You can open and work on thevarious Web pages by clicking the page’s tab.

When you add a new page, FrontPageassigns it a generic name, but you can renamethe page with a more descriptive name. Chapter 4,Edit Web Pages, covers adding, deleting, andrenaming pages.

L page scroll buttonsIf all of the page tabs can’t be displayed at once, yousee page scroll buttons.You can click these buttonsto move to the first tab, previous tab, next tab, orlast tab.

M insertion pointWhen you need to edit, select, or add text, you start byplacing the insertion point, a blinking vertical line, nextto the text you want to work on or on the spot whereyou want to insert text.To place the insertion point,move the mouse pointer to the location and then clickthe mouse button.

N mouse pointerThe mouse pointer appears on-screen and moveswhen you move the mouse on your desktop.You usethe mouse pointer to choose menu commands, click

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buttons, select page tabs, and more.The pointerchanges shape depending on what action youperform. See Mouse & Pointer on page 6 for moreinformation.

O current pageThe current page is displayed in the main part of theprogram window. Chapter 3, Create Web Pages, tellsyou how to create Web pages and add them to yourFrontPage Web.

P scroll barsWhen a page has more contents than can be dis-played in the window at one time, scroll bars appear.You use these bars to scroll horizontally and verticallythrough the document.

Click the up arrow to scroll up, and click the downarrow to scroll down.You can also drag the scroll boxto scroll at a faster pace through the page.

To scroll horizontally, click the left arrow to scroll left,and click the right arrow to scroll right.You can alsodrag the scroll box.

Q view buttonsYou can display a Web page in several different views,including Normal, HTML, and Preview. To change toa different view, click the appropriate view button.

R status barThe status bar displays messages about currentactions.The right-most section tells you how long thepage will take to display on the modem speed listed.For example, here, the page will take 201 seconds ona 28.8 modem.

S taskbarThe taskbar displays buttons for all the documentwindows, programs, and content windows (such as afolder window) that are open.You can use the taskbar

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to switch to a different document or program.To doso, click the button for the window you want.

If you want more screen space, you canhide the taskbar. When the taskbar is hidden,you can point to the taskbar area to make thetaskbar pop up. To make this change, right-clicka blank area of the taskbar and choose Proper-ties. Check the Auto Hide checkbox and thenclick OK.

T task paneThe task pane, a new Office XP feature, lets you displaycommon tasks. In some cases, the task pane appearsautomatically when you select a certain command.For example, if you click the File menu and chooseOpen, the New Page or Web task pane may appear.Check out the sections,The New Page Or Web TaskPane, on pages 20 and 38 for more information onusing this helpful task pane.

You can hide or display the task pane by opening theview menu and checking or unchecking the task panecommand.

Other task panes include the Clipboard task pane(used to copy multiple items at a time) and the Search

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task pane, which helps you locate text and files. SeeThe Task Pane on page 11 for more information onthe task pane.

U application controlThe window controls (which include the Minimize,Maximize, Restore, and Close options) provide fastaccess for controlling your window.You can also selectthese same options from the application control but-ton, which you find located in the top left corner ofthe FrontPage window.

Click the button to display the Control menu.Thenchoose the command you want.

If a command is dimmed, it is unavailable. For exam-ple, you can’t move a maximized window, so thiscommand appears dimmed when the window ismaximized.

Customize The FrontPage ScreenYou can customize the FrontPagescreen in several ways to fit yourpersonal working style. For example,you can choose to always displaytoolbars that you use frequently sothat you can get to them quicklywhile you work.You might, forinstance, display the drawing tool-bar if you add lots of graphical ele-ments, like WordArt text and Clipartimages, to your pages.You can alsobuild your own custom toolbarswith features for buttons you use

often; doing so allows you to accessjust the features you need.

FrontPage also lets you customizethe contents of menus. Short menusdisplay only the commands you usemost frequently.You can still displayall the commands, but initially yousee just a set of the most commonlyused commands—your most com-monly used commands. Or youmight prefer to always see all thecommands. FrontPage lets youmake that choice.

In short, you can make the Front-Page screen appear as you want.Customizing FrontPage is the topicof Chapter 16, Customize YourWorkspace.Turn to that chapter tofind out how to make FrontPagemore efficient for you.

As you read this book, keep in mindthat we always show the completestandard and formatting toolbars ontwo rows. Also, the Windows taskbaris hidden to show as much of theFrontPage screen as possible. Finally,we always show full menus.

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The mouse is one of the main input devices, alongwith the keyboard.You use the mouse to choosecommands; select text; draw, resize, and moveobjects; and more.

The pointer, which follows the movements of themouse, appears on-screen.You can tell what actionyou are performing by how the pointer looks.FrontPage uses several different mouse pointers,and we explain the most often-used pointers here.

A arrowOf all the cursors, you see the arrow and the insertionpoint (R) the most.The arrow appears when youchoose a command, move the insertion point, click atoolbar button, and use the scroll bars.

B marqueeThis icon appears when you use the drawing tools todraw on-screen. For example, you see the marqueepointer when you draw a text box, a rectangle, or aframe.

C busyWhen FrontPage is busy performing some task, yousee this pointer. If you try to perform some otheraction while this pointer is on-screen, you hear a beeptelling you that you can’t perform that action untilFrontPage completes the current task.

Sometimes the busy pointer is different,depending on the theme and version of Windowsthat you have installed.You may see an hourglassor a round clock, for instance.

D I-beamTo select text, you drag this pointer across the text. It iscalled an I-beam because it kind of looks like a capital I.

E vertical resizeWhen you select an object (a table, picture, text box,and so on), selection handles appear around theobject.You can change the size by dragging theappropriate selection handle.When you resize verti-cally, the pointer looks like this.

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F horizontal resizeLike vertical resize (E), you can resize objects horizon-tally. If the pointer looks like this, you are resizing onlythe horizontal size of the object.

G diagonal resizeIf you want to resize both horizontally and vertically,you can click a selection handle in any of the cornersof the selected object.The pointer looks like this whenyou resize horizontally and vertically at the sametime.

H move objectTo move an object to a different position, you click itto select it and then drag.This pointer appears whenyou move an object.

If you want to copy an object, hold down thectrl key and drag the object.This copies and movesthe new object at the same time.

Mouse & Pointer

A arrow

B marquee

C busy

D I-beam

E vertical resize

F horizontal resize

G diagonal resize

H move object

I link select

J unavailable

K help

L pencil

M eraser

N format painter

O move text

P select dynamic effect

Q select table, column, or row

R insertion point

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I link selectWhen the pointer hovers over a hyperlink, it appearsas a hand with a pointing finger. Clicking the linktakes you to that page or Web site.You learn moreabout hyperlinks in Chapter 7.

J unavailableIf you try to do something that is not allowed, thispointer appears. For instance, if you drag an object tomove it and that placement is not allowed, you seethis pointer.

K helpYou can get help about on-screen commands or ele-ments using the help pointer.

L pencilThis pointer appears when you draw a table on a Webpage.You can select the thickness, color, and style ofthe line from the tables toolbar.Tables are covered indetail in Chapter 8.

M eraserWhen you draw a table, you can use the eraser toolto erase a line or table border.When you erase, thispointer appears.

N format painterYou can copy formatting from one selection of text orparagraph to another.When you do so, the pointer lookslike this. Copying formatting is covered in Chapter 5.

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O move textYou can move text using commands or toolbar but-tons or by dragging.When you drag text to move it,this pointer appears.

You can also copy text by dragging.To do so,hold down the ctrl key as you drag across the textthat you want to copy. A pointer should appearthat looks nearly the same as this one, only youalso see a plus sign, indicating that you are copy-ing the text rather than just moving it. After youcopy the text, you are free to place the cursor inthe text’s new location and paste away.

P select dynamic effectThis pointer appears when you select a dynamic effectadded to a page such as a page banner, hit counter, orlink bar. See Chapter 10, Apply Dynamic Effects, forinformation on adding these elements.

Q select table, column, or rowYou can select a row or column in a table to makechanges.This pointer appears when you select tableitems.

R insertion pointNext to the arrow (A), this pointer appears most often.It is the blinking vertical line in the text that showswhere new text will appear if you start typing.

Common Mouse OperationsYou can use the mouse to perform avariety of actions.The main mouseskills include the following.

Click Press the left mouse button. Click ismost commonly used to place theinsertion point and select menucommands.

Right-click Press the right mouse button. Useright-click to display a shortcut menu.

Double-click Press the left mouse button twice inrapid succession. Double-clicking isused to open an icon or file.

Key-click Press and hold down a key on thekeyboard and then click.This is indi-cated as shift+click or ctrl+click in thisbook.These actions are used forspecial purposes. Shift+clicking is

often used to select multiple items.Ctrl+clicking is used to test a hyper-link on a page.

Drag Press and hold down the mousebutton and drag the mouse. Drag-ging is used to move and resizeobjects.You also drag across textwith the I-beam pointer to selecttext.

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For fast access to frequently used commands, youcan use the buttons on the standard toolbar. Thesebuttons provide features for working with the over-all Web page and include a variety of options. If youprefer buttons over menu commands, familiarizeyourself with what each button does.

The standard and formatting toolbars are on bydefault, but they may share a row.We show themon two separate rows throughout this book.

To change how the toolbars are displayed,choose Tools➥Customize. On the Options tab,check or uncheck Show Standard and Formattingtoolbars on two rows.

A newClick this button to create a new page. Click the downarrow next to this button to create a new page,Web,folder, document library, list, survey, or task.

B openClick this button to display the Open File dialog box,which lets you open a page. Click the down arrow andchoose Open Web to open a Web.

C saveClick this button to save the current page.

D searchClick this button to display the Basic Search task paneto search for text.

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E publish webClick this button to publish your Web. Chapter 14 cov-ers this process.

F toggle paneTo display a folder list, click this button. Click it againto hide the folder list.You can also click the downarrow to display the Folder List or Navigation Pane.

G printClick this button to print the current page to yourdefault printer.

H preview in browserClick this button to preview the current page in yourdefault browser.

I check spellingTo start a spell check, click this button.

J cut, copy, paste, format painterUse this set of buttons to cut, copy, and paste text orobjects. Use Format Painter to copy formatting.

K undo and redoTo undo the last action, click Undo. To “undo” theundo, click Redo.

You can click the down arrow next to thesebuttons to select other actions (not simply the lastaction) to undo or redo.

The Standard Toolbar

P inserthyperlink

T customizetoolbar

N insert picturefrom file

H preview inbrowser

J cut, copy, paste,format painter

I check spelling K undo & redo

A new

G printB open

C saveD search F toggle pane

E publish webS help

R show all

L web componentM insert table O drawing

Q refresh & stop

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L web componentUse this button to insert Web components such ashit counters, table of contents, link bars, and otherelements.

M insert tableClick this button to insert a table onto the page.Tables are the topic of Chapter 8.

N insert picture from fileClick this button to display the Insert Picture dialogbox. From this dialog box, you can select a picture toadd to a Web page.

O drawingClick this button to display the drawing toolbar.Youcan use this toolbar to draw and add graphic ele-ments to your Web pages. Chapter 6 covers the draw-ing toolbar in detail. Click the button again to hidethe toolbar.

P insert hyperlinkClick this button to display the Insert Hyperlink dia-log box. Using the options in this dialog box, you cancreate links to other pages in your Web, to other Websites, or to an e-mail address.

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Q refresh & stopUse these buttons to refresh a page or to stop thedisplay of a page.

R show allTo show non-printing characters, such as hard returns,tabs, and spaces, click this button. Click it again to hidethese elements.

S helpClick this button to get help on FrontPage features.

T customize toolbarYou can use this drop-down arrow to add other but-tons to the toolbar or to customize the toolbar. Clickthe down arrow and then choose Add or RemoveButtons➥Customize. Any buttons that are checkedappear on the toolbar.You can check buttons to addthem or uncheck buttons to hide them. At the bottomof the menu is a down arrow; click this arrow to dis-play additional buttons to choose from.

Navigate Combined Toolbars

If you combine the standard and formatting toolbars onone row, the toolbar looks like this.To resize the toolbarto display more or fewer of the buttons, drag the resizehandle (A).To display additional buttons, click the down

arrow and then select the button you want (B). Front-Page keeps track of the buttons you use and adjuststhe default buttons that appear, replacing ones youhaven’t used with ones you have.

B down arrow

A resize handle

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FrontPage provides several views, each suitable to a

particular task.You can switch to a different view by

clicking its button in the views pane.The contents

pane (G) displays the selected view. (Here you see

page view.) We tell you about using these various

views throughout the book.

A page viewUse this view to create Web pages.You work in pageview most often when creating a Web.

B folders viewThis view shows the hierarchical structure of the vari-ous Web folders and files.This view is covered in detailin Chapter 15.

C reports viewYou can select from various reports that give youinformation about links, updated files, and a wealth ofother valuable information for managing your Web.Reports are covered in Chapter 15.

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You can also select the view from the Viewmenu. Open the View menu and then select theview you want.

D navigation viewThis view helps you see how the pages are relatedwithin your Web.You can check the navigation flowand make adjustments, as covered in Chapter 12.

E hyperlinks viewThis view displays the links from pages within theWeb and to other Web sites.

F tasks viewYou can set up a list of tasks to accomplish and moni-tor them from this view. See Chapter 15 for moreinformation.

G contents paneIn page view, you see the content of the current pagein the main pane or contents pane. In this area, youcan type text, add graphics, and basically build thecontent of your page.

The Views Pane

B folders view

A page view

C reports view

D navigation view

E hyperlinks view

F tasks view

G contents pane

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The task pane is a newfeature in all Office XPprograms, includingFrontPage.When youselect some commands,the task pane appearsautomatically. For example,if you click the Searchbutton, you see the BasicSearch task pane.You canalso manually display thetask pane by choosingView➥Task Pane.

The task pane provideslinks for common tasks andoptions for performing atask (like searching). Forexample, in the New Pageor Web Task pane, you canselect to open a page, cre-ate a new page or Web(blank or empty), create anew page or template from a template, or accessrelated links such as Microsoft FrontPage Help.

The title bar of the task pane includes features forworking with the task pane.

A back & forwardClick these buttons to navigate back to the previouspage or forward to the next page (if you have goneback).

B display other task panesTo display other task panes, click this down arrow andthen choose from the list of task panes that appears.

C closeClick this button to close the task pane.

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You can resize the task pane by draggingthe left border, making the task pane smalleror larger.

D clipboard task paneThis task pane comes in handy when you copy multi-ple items to the clipboard, or if you want to use specialpaste options. Use the Paste All button to paste allitems on the clipboard.To clear items, press Clear All.The Options button lets you choose whether to dis-play the clipboard task pane automatically, whetherto represent it on the taskbar with an icon, and otheroptions.

E basic search task paneThe Search task pane helps you find text and files. Inthis task pane, you can tell FrontPage the text tosearch for, the folders and drives to search, and the filetype.

The Task PaneA back & forward

B display other task panes

C close

D clipboard task pane E basic search task pane

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When you want to perform an action in FrontPage,you choose the appropriate menu command. Front-Page includes a set of menus which you accessthrough the menu bar.To use a menu, click its name;the menu list appears.From the menu, click the com-mand you want. In some cases, the command is exe-cuted immediately. In others, a submenu appears(indicated by an arrow); you can then choose thedesired command from the submenu. In other cases, adialog box appears (indicated with an ellipsis).A dialogbox enables you to provide additional informationabout how the command is carried out—for instance,how many copies of a page to print.

The menu itself provides other information, such asthe appropriate keyboard shortcut and toolbar buttonfor the command.

A menu nameEach menu name tells you something about the con-tents of that menu. For example, the Insert menu con-tains commands for inserting different elements suchas pictures, comments, or files.

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B menuLists the commands for that particular menu.

C commandYou find the commands for performing various actionslisted in the menu.The currently-selected commandappears highlighted; click the command to execute it.

D submenu indicator & submenuCommands followed by an arrow display a submenuwhen you select them.

E dialog box indicatorCommands followed by an ellipsis display a dialogbox when you select them.

F keyboard shortcutIf a command has a keyboard shortcut, you see theshortcut listed next to the command name.

G toolbar buttonIf the command has a toolbar button equivalent, theicon precedes the menu name.

To close a menu without making a selection,click the esc key or click outside the menu.

Menus & Commands

A menu name

B menu

C command

F keyboard shortcut

G toolbar button

D submenu indicator& submenu

E dialog boxindicator

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H file menuUse the File menu commands to open, close, and saveWebs and Web pages.You can also publish the Web;import and export data; preview, set up, and printpages; send a page as an e-mail attachment; exit theprogram, and perform other file-related tasks.

I edit menuUse the Edit menu commands to move, copy, andpaste text and objects.You can also undo and redoactions, find and replace text, and set up tasks.

If a command is dimmed, the command isunavailable. For example, if the Undo command isdimmed, you can’t undo the last action.

J view menuUse the View menu to choose from several views.You canalso select which on-screen elements, such as the taskpane and toolbars,are displayed.Items that are checkedare displayed.To turn off an item,select that commandand remove the checkmark.For more information ondifferent views, see Views on pages 32 and 33.

K insert menuThe Insert menu enables you to insert breaks, lines,the date and time, symbols, comments, navigationelements, banners, web components, pictures, files,hyperlinks, and other key elements that you use tobuild a Web page.

L format menuUse the Format menu to make formatting changesto text and other objects. Most of the formatting

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commands are covered in Chapter 5, Enhance PageDesign.

M tools menuThe Tools menu is kind of a miscellaneous grabbag of features, from spell-checking to customizingFrontPage.

N table menuThe Table menu contains commands for creating,editing, and formatting tables. See Chapter 8, InsertTables, for help on using these commands.

O frames menuYou can divide a page into frames and arrange themusing the commands in the Frames menu. Chapter11, Divide A Page Into Frames, provides informationon these commands.

P window menuUse the Window menu to move among the differentpages that are open.The current page is indicatedwith a checkmark.To select another page, click itsname.

Q help menuAccess help features from the Help menu. See GetHelp With Answer Wizard and Get Help With TableOf Contents on pages 16 and 17 in this chapter.

You can also access commands using thekeyboard. See Keyboard Shortcuts on page 18 formore information.

H file menu Q help menuP window menuI edit menu

O frames menuN table menu

J view menu

M tools menuL format menuK insert menu

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When you need to make choices about how a com-mand is performed, a dialog box appears to let youmake those choices.You then select options in thedialog box and click OK (or some other commandbutton appropriate to the dialog box) to carry outthe command. All Windows programs, includingFrontPage, share the same types of dialog boxoptions.

A list boxSelect an option from the list.You can scroll throughthe list to see all of the available options.The itemsare usually listed alphabetically.

B drop-down list boxIn this type of list box, only the first option is dis-played. Click the down arrow to display other options;then click the option you want.

C check boxesClick a checkbox to select that option (indicated witha checkmark). Click it again to remove the checkmarkand turn off that option.You can select as manycheckbox options as you want.

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D option buttonsClick an option button to select it; the button appearsdarkened.You can select only one option button in aset of option buttons.

Some dialog boxes have more than one set of optionbuttons. In this case, you can select one option foreach set.

Instead of using your mouse to move amongthe various elements in a dialog box, press the tabkey to jump from option to option.

E text boxYou can type desired options into a text box, such asthe pages to print or the file name when saving a file.

F spin boxFor some text boxes that contain values, you can typethe value or use the spin arrows to increment the value.

G command buttonsThe main command buttons are OK, which carries outthe command, or Cancel, which cancels and closes thedialog box.Some dialog boxes have additional buttons;clicking these buttons displays other dialog boxes.

Dialog Boxes

E text box F spin box

A list box

D option buttons

B drop-downlist box

G commandbuttons

C checkboxes

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In addition to the menus that you find in the menubar, FrontPage offers a number of context-sensitivecommand menus.When you right-click text or anobject, a list of appropriate commands appears in ashortcut menu. Some of the most common shortcutmenus are described here.

If you display a shortcut menu by mistake,press esc to close the shortcut menu without mak-ing a selection.

A text shortcut menuWhen you right-click a selection of text or within text,you see commands that relate to working with text.Youcan cut, copy, and paste selected text as well as chooseformatting options or make the text a hyperlink.

B picture shortcut menuRight-click a picture and you see a set of commandsfor cutting, copying, and pasting the picture, as well ascommands for setting picture and page properties.

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When you click a picture, the pictures toolbarappears by default.You can read more about work-ing with pictures in Chapter 6.

C hyperlink shortcut menuThe shortcut commands for a hyperlink enable you tofollow (display) the link, change the appearance of thelink, and change link properties.

D table shortcut menuAs you might expect, right-click within a table, andyou see commands for working with the table.Youcan insert rows or columns, split cells, set cell proper-ties, and more.

E on-screen element shortcut menuYou can also right-click most on-screen items, such asthe views pane or the toolbars, to customize themusing the shortcut menu that appears.

Shortcut MenusA text shortcut menu

C hyperlink shortcut menu

B pictureshortcutmenu

D table shortcut menu

E on-screen element shortcut menu

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It’s difficult to remember how to perform the myr-iad of tasks and use the many commands and fea-tures of any program, let alone one as powerful andcomplex as FrontPage.

To assist you, FrontPage provides online help, andthe fastest way to access that help is by using theanswer wizard textbox in the menu bar.

1 type questionThe faint type “Type a question for help” is just areminder for what answer wizard does. Just click inthe textbox and type your question. Press enter tosubmit your question.

You don’t have to type an entire question;you can type just a few keywords.Try to use thefeature name, if you know it, or describe the taskyou want to perform in as much detail as you canto get the most relevant matches.

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2 select help topicYou can click any of the listed topic links to displayhelp on that topic. If you don’t see quite the topic youthink you need, click the See more... link.

3 review help infoThe help window appears displaying the related helpinformation.

4 print help info (optional)Click the Print button to print the help information.

5 get additional help (optional)You can click any of the highlighted text to displayadditional information. If you click a term, you see adefinition. If you click a How? link, the steps expand toshow exactly how to perform the step in more detail.

6 click closeWhen you finish reviewing the information, click theclose button to close the help window.

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4 print help info

3 review help info

5 get additional help

1 type question

6 click close

2 select help topic

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FrontPage provides other methods for getting help,including browsing through the help feature’s tableof contents and using the index. Browsing is goodwhen you want to get an overall sense of the typeof topics; it’s similar to browsing the table of con-tents of a book to find information. Using the indexis helpful when you want to look up a particularfeature, and you know the exact name of thefeature.

1 open help windowChoose Help➥Microsoft FrontPage Help. As a short-cut, you can also press F1.

2 click contents tabYou see a list of topics; think of these topics as chap-ters in a book.To get to the page level, you have toopen the chapter until you find the right “page.”

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If the Office Assistant appears, you will prob-ably want to turn it off—this feature annoys mostusers. It lets you type a question and then selectfrom the matching topics, just like the answerwizard.

To hide the Office Assistant, right-click it. (Usuallythe Assistant looks like an animated paper clip, butyou can change the animation figure if you chooseto keep the Assistant around.) Then chooseOptions. On the Options tab, uncheck Use theOffice Assistant and then click OK.

3 display help pageClick the plus sign next to the topic of interest.Thelist expands to show related topics.

4 select help pageClick the topic that most closely matches what youwant to look up.When you do so, the right paneshows the help information.

In some cases when you clicka help page, you see severaloptions in the right pane thatrelate to the help topic. Clickthe help link that seems mostrelated to the help you need.

5 click closeWhen you finish reviewingthe help information, clickthe close button to close thehelp window.

To use the help fea-ture’s index, you follow thesame basic steps: Open thehelp window and then clickthe Index tab.You thentype the keywords youwant to match and clickSearch.You can then selectfrom the list of found topicsin the Choose a topic list.

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2 click contents tab

1 open help window

3 display help page

4 select help page 5 click close

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Some users, especially those who are fast typists and

don’t relish moving their hands away from the key-

board to the mouse, like to use keyboard shortcuts to

perform commands.

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For many commands, you can use either akeyboard shortcut or a key letter to performthe command from the keyboard.

A keyboard shortcutA keyboard shortcut is usually a combina-tion of keys that when pressed in order per-form a command.The keyboard shortcut fora command appears next to the name ofthe command in the menu. For example,the keyboard shortcut for the Save com-mand is ctrl+S. To use the shortcut, holddown the ctrl key and press the S key.

Some keyboard shortcuts aren’t key combi-nations, but are function keys instead. As anexample, you can press F1 to get help.

B key letter The key letter of a command or menu isunderlined.To open a menu, press alt andthen press the key letter of the menu name.For instance, to open the File menu, pressalt+F.

To choose a command, press the underlinedkey letter of that command. For example, to choosethe Save command, press S.

Dialog boxes also have key letters which youcan use to select options.

Keyboard Shortcuts

Use Keyboard ShortcutsTake command of the keyboard byusing these common keyboardshortcuts.

Command Shortcut

Save ctrl+S

Open ctrl+O

Print ctrl+P

Cut ctrl+X

Copy ctrl+C

Paste ctrl+V

Undo ctrl+Z

Select All ctrl+A

Find ctrl+F

Replace ctrl+H

Insert Hyperlink ctrl+K

Bold ctrl+B

Italic ctrl+I

Underline ctrl+U

Align Left ctrl+L

Center ctrl+E

Align Right ctrl+R

Spelling F7

Help F1

B key letterA keyboard shortcut

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