Hidden Tips for Microsoft FrontPage - Page 4

Troy Dreier

09/27/02

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Tip 11: Web Building with Style: Creating Style Sheets
Many users aren't aware that FrontPage includes templates for style sheets that can be used as-is or modified to suit the user's needs.

To apply a style sheet template, select New from the File menu, click Page or Web, then click Page Templates. The Page Templates dialog opens. Click the Style Sheets tab, and then click on one of the choices. Click OK to create the style sheet. When you are finished editing the style sheet, save it. After it is saved you can apply it to any page you like. The relevant screens are shown in Figure 10.

Figure 10.

Tip 12: Working in Style: Apply a Style Sheet to a Page
Once you've created a style sheet, it's easy to apply it to a page. First, open a page and click Style Sheet Links on the Format menu. The Link Style Sheet dialog opens. Click the Add button. Browse to the style sheet you want to use, and click OK. Click OK again to complete the job. The style sheet is applied to your page.

Tip 13: You've Got the Look: Copying Formatting
It' can be frustrating to try to guess what formatting is used in a page so that you can apply it to another block of text. The Format Painter takes the guesswork out of copying formats from one place to another.

Simply highlight the text with the formatting you want to copy, click the Format Painter icon on the Standard toolbar, and then click the text you want to format. The Format Painter not only copies the style, the font, and the font size, but also copies Dynamic HTML Effects.

Tip 14: Important Information: Adding Meta Tags
You don't have to work with raw HTML to add meta tags to your pages. Instead, open a page, right-click on it, then select Page Properties. Click Add to add a meta tag, and then supply the Name and Value to use. Click OK twice to complete the job. You can see an example of this in Figure 11.

Figure 11.

Tip 15: Switching Shortcut: Using Multiple Open Pages
One timesaver in FrontPage 2002 is that you can have multiple pages open for editing at the same time. While most people switch between open pages by either going to the Window menu and then selecting the page they want, or by clicking on the page name on the page tabs, there's a keyboard shortcut that can save you time and let you avoid using the mouse. Type CTRL+Tab to quickly toggle between open pages.

Tip 16: Switching Shortcut II: Normal, HTML and Preview Views
While you probably spend most of your time in the Normal or WYSIWYG View of FrontPage, the HTML code view and Preview views are both essential when fine-tuning code. The fastest way to switch between Views is to type CTRL+Page Up or CTRL+Page Down.

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