FrontPage
2000 Interface:
The Page Tabs
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by
Nathan Lindsey
These are
fairly straightforward. When in the Page view, you will see three tabs at the
bottom of the right window. They should say "Normal," "HTML,"
and "Preview."
The
Normal Tab
This is the default selection. It allows you
to work on your document in the normal WYSIWYG mode. This is where you will do
most of your work.
The HTML Tab
Selecting
this tab lets you view the actual HTML of the document that you have open. In
this mode you can edit the HTML just like you would in a text editor. Any changes
that you make to your document in this tab will take effect when the Normal tab
is again selected. If you don't know HTML, then you don't need to use this feature,
but it can add an element of extra customizability for the experienced designer.
The
Preview Tab
Selecting this tab will show you what your
document will look like in Internet Explorer. There are some exceptions to this,
however. Certain FrontPage components like hover buttons and hit counters cannot
be viewed in this mode. They appear as gray boxes or bracketed text, and are only
visable when the page is published to a server. But for the most part, the Preview
tab is a quick and useful way to see how a browser will display your document.
If you want to view your document in a wider window than FrontPage will allow,
or want to see what it will look like in various other browsers, then you should
use the "Preview in Browser" option from the File menu at the top of
the page.
The
Interface
The
Views Window
The Page Tabs
Menus
The
File Menu
The
Edit Menu
View,
Insert, and Format Menus
Toolbars
The
Standard Toolbar
Formatting
and Other Toolbars
