Faster Smarter Microsoft Office System -- 2003 Edition

Start Microsoft FrontPage by clicking Start, choosing All Programs, Microsoft Office, and selecting Microsoft FrontPage 2003. The FrontPage window opens (see Figure 19-1). You ll recognize the familiar Office menu bar and toolbars , as well as the Getting Started task pane.

Figure 19-1: The FrontPage 2003 window has the familiar Office menu and toolbars, but includes special features related to Web work.

FrontPage Views

FrontPage 2003 has made viewing and working with your site ”and individual pages ”easier than ever. When you re working in the Web Site tab, six different site views are available:

• Folders view Shows the folders and files of the open Web page.

• Remote Web site Enables you to compare local and remote sites, and publish and synchronize files.

• Reports view Allows you to check the status of various elements in your site.

• Navigation view Shows you the navigation structure users will follow as they use your site.

• Hyperlinks view Displays all the links among pages in your site.

• Tasks view Lists the various tasks that still need to be completed, and shows their current status.

When you are working on an individual page, a different set of view controls appears that enables you to choose the way you want to see a specific page:

• Design view Displays the page, showing text boundaries and placeholder items.

• Split view Shows a two-panel window with both Code and Design views.

• Code view Displays the HTML and XML code for your Web page.

• Preview view A read-only view that shows you how the page will look on the Web.

Although you may do most of your work in Design view, the new Split view makes it easy to switch back and forth between Design view and Code view. That means you can make a change in the HTML code for your page, and immediately see it reflected in the Design portion of the Split window.

Before you create a Web page, think about where it will appear. You ll need to have a hosting location for the site ”an account with an Internet service provider, or ISP.There are many national and local ISPs who can set you up with a Web account and give you a Universal Resource Locator, or URL (often known as a Web address). The URL is the piece of information you need to tell FrontPage where your finished Web site will appear.