Absolute Beginner's Guide to Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003

by Kettell, Jennifer Ackerman; Chase, Kate J.

• ISBN13: 9780789729668
• ISBN10: 0789729660
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-12-12
• Publisher: Que Pub

Summary

Absolute Beginner's Guide to Microsoft FrontPageis written for beginning users of the software. The book assumes the reader has no prior knowledge, and teaches the reader everything from planning a site to working with text to adding graphics. By the end of this book, the reader has the confidence and knowledge to create, edit, and publish Web sites of their own.

Author Biography

Jennifer Ackerman Kettell has written and contributed to more than a dozen books on Web design, digital photography, and software applications. Her books for Que include Special Edition Using Dreamweaver MX, written with Molly E. Holzschlag. For more than 10 years, Jenn was a part of developing and managing some of the most prominent online communities of their time on services such as MSN, Delphi, and Genie. In addition, she has designed Web sites for a wide range of professional, commercial, and nonprofit entities. You can visit Jenn at her Web site, http://www.gilajenn.com.

Kate J. Chase is the author, co-author, or editor of more than a dozen books on Web design, PC hardware, operating systems, and Windows-based applications. A FrontPage user almost since the product's debut, Kate employs the program to create content and to manage her own professional site at http://www.kchase.com. Besides writing, Kate has managed thriving technical online and Web communities for such giants as America Online, MSN, and ZD-Net, in addition to consulting on office automation and issues in telecommuting.

Table of Contents

Introduction

How This Book Is Organized

Conventions Used in This Book

Getting Started

Getting Started with FrontPage 2003

Becoming Familiar with the FrontPage Environment

The Main Window

Working in the Page Views

Accessing Other Views

Setting Up Other Editors

Finding Help

Creating Sites and Pages

Planning a FrontPage Site

Creating Empty Sites

Importing Files and Folders

Opening and Closing Existing Sites

Setting Page Options

Creating Pages

Page Formatting

Saving Pages and Sites

Deleting Web Sites

Using Wizards, Templates, and Themes

Using Templates

Modifying and Creating Templates

FrontPage Themes

Dynamic Web Templates

Designing Webs And Pages

Adding Text

Working with Text

Changing Fonts

Formatting Paragraphs

Making Lists

Adding Comments to a Page

Using Borders and Shading Around Text

Using Find and Replace

Creating Links

Links: The Key to Getting Around the Internet

Linking with Pictures

Dressing Up Your Links

Maintaining Links with the Hyperlinks View

Creating and Modifying Graphics

Understanding Graphics Formats

The Rules of Adding Images

Sources of Images

Inserting Other Images

Moving an Image

Modifying a Graphic in FrontPage

Setting Picture Properties

Adding Text Descriptions to a Graphic

Organizing Pictures with Thumbnails

Working with Photo Galleries

Adding Shapes, WordArt, and Other Special Graphics

Creating a Drawing

Adding Text to Drawings

Creating Shapes

Creating WordArt. Moving and Resizing Drawings, Text, Shapes, and WordArt. Converting Vector Images to GIF or JPG

Image Maps

Adding Multimedia

Defining Multimedia

Working with Sound Files

Working with Video

Working with Flash

Using Tables

Table Anatomy

Creating Tables

Table and Cell Properties

Merging and Splitting Cells and Tables

Using Tables for Layout

Using Frames

Frames Versus Tables

Frame-based Layout Components

Using a Frames Template

Modifying Frames Pages

Modifying Target Frames

Using Code in FrontPage

Using the Code view

Customizing Code Options

Line Numbers

Other Issues to Consider

Copying, Cutting, and Pasting Code

Creating Code Snippets to Reuse Code

Review Your Additions and Changes

Designing Dynamically And Interactively

Creating a Navigation Structure

Using the Navigation View

Adding Pages to the Navigation Structure

Renaming and Rearranging Pages in the Navigation Structure

Adding Link Bars

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Styles Versus Inline Formatting

Understanding Cascading Style Sheets

Applying Styles

Creating Styles

Modifying Styles

Creating an External Style Sheet

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