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The Complete FrontPage Tutorial Guide for Beginner to Pro!

TIP! When previewing changes to your website, click on the file menu, select Preview in Browser for accurate results.

The most frequently asked question:

How do I set change the menu buttons names?
How do I add or remove a menu button?
How do I add a page?
How do I remove a page?

Detailed FAQ's

Graphics, How do I?
Link_Bars, How do I?
Pages, How do I?
Publishing, How do I?
Site, How do I?
Text, How do I?
Views, How do I?

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How do I set change the menu buttons names?

Do one of the following:

When using standard FrontPage navigation ( the default setting for your template )

  1. In Navigation view, right-click the page whose label you want to change.
  2. Click Rename.
  3. Type the label of the page you want to display in the link bar.

When using a custom link bar

  1. Double-click the link bar.
  2. Under Links, double-click the page whose label you want to change.
  3. In the Text to display box, type the label of the page you want to display in the link bar.

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How do I add or remove a menu button?

When using standard FrontPage navigation ( the default setting for your template )

  1. First create your new page
  2. Switch to Navigation view
  3. Make sure the 'Folder List' is in view, and you can see your newly created page
  4. Drag the new page from the Folder List into the Navigation window
  5. Connect the page to the 'Navigation Structure' ( learn more )
  6. Type in a new name, this will be the label that appears on your menu button.

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How do I add a page?

  1. Select your page in the 'blanks' folder, or select a generic template page and open it
  2. Click on the File menu, and select 'SAVE AS'
  3. Give the page a new name
  4. Click OK, and a new page will be created.
  5. You will still have the original page
  6. TIP!!! Create your own template page, create a new page as above, then set up the menu bars, and any information or items that you want on all your pages such as copyright notices, contact info. Then use this new template page to create all you subsequent pages from.

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How do I remove a page?

  1. Right click on any pages you do not require, and select DELETE
  2. This will permanently delete the page from your web, you will not be able to undo, or locate in the Recycle bin.

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FrontPage Detailed Help:

Graphics, How do I?

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Link_Bars, How do I?

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Pages, How do I?

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Publishing, How do I?

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Site, How do I?

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Text, How do I?

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Views, How do I?

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