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For use by W2xx 1234 students only

Choosing a Tool

Web pages are written in a presentation language called 

HTML 

or 

HyperText 

Markup Language.

 Web browsers read the HTML in a Web document and 

display it as a viewable Web page. 

There are several different ways to create a Web page. One method involves 

using a 

text editor

 to type code, which requires familiarity with HTML. 

Another method is a 

WYSIWYG

 or 

What You See Is What You Get 

editor. 

This type of program allows users to format a Web page in the same way they 

would format a document in a word processing program. As the document is 

formatted, WYSIWYG editors generate the required code in the background. 

FrontPage brings together elements of text and WYSIWYG editors. It allows 

the user to work with a graphical interface while still having access to the 

HTML source code. A beginner can use FrontPage to create a basic Web page 

without any knowledge of HTML while an advanced user can use FrontPage 

to create elaborate and highly sophisticated Web pages.

Today's Project

Today we'll use FrontPage 2003 to create a simple Web site. We'll learn 

about a FrontPage Web site and see how to format text using several methods. 

We'll insert and format a table and work with images. We'll see how to create 

several different types of hyperlinks and a footer. We will also learn about 

navigation structure. Finally, we'll see how to update and publish the site we 

create.

First let's open FrontPage and learn about the interface.

1.

Open FrontPage using the Start menu or another shortcut.

FrontPage opens in a new window and you see a blank document. 

Depending on your computer's settings, you may also see the Task Pane, 

which is new to Office XP applications. We won't use it until later in this 

workshop so, for now, let's close it.

2.

To close the Task Pane, on the Menu bar,

  View,   Task Pane

The Task Pane closes.

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