Creating a Hyperlink

Hyperlinks are links that allow someone reading your web page to jump from your page to:
1. Another web page (yours of someone else's)
2. Another location on the same web page.
You can attach a hyperlink to either text or an image on your page. If the link is attached to text, the text usually appears in blue and underlined when someone views your page, as "Add links" probably did on the page you used to access this one. The text might appear differently if the viewer has altered their web browser to use colors other than the ones it was originally set up with.
The following directions apply to images as well as text - just click on the image to select it instead of selecting the text which will become the link.
To add a link from text on your page to another location on the same page:
1. Using the mouse, highlight the section of text you want the viewer to click on. This can be a word, a sentence, or part of a sentence.
2. Click on the Tool Bar icon that matches the icon pictured to the left. FrontPage will present a window called "Create Hyperlink" which will allow you to select the page you wish to link to. Click on a page or a file to make it the target of the hyperlink. If you want to browse the contents of a folder, double-click it.
3. To make the target link's page appear in a frame in a frameset, select the frame in the "Target Frame" field.
4. Then click OK.
To add a link from text on your page to another web page:
1. You need to identify the location--the exact place on the page--that you want to be able to jump to. You must set a bookmark.
2. To set a bookmark, move the cursor to the exact location on your page that you want to be able to jump to.
3. Click once. This sets the location for the bookmark.
4. Then click on this Create or Edit Hyperlink button on the Tool Bar.
5. To link to a bookmark on the page you selected, type the name of the bookmark in the "Bookmark" field. You can create a hyperlink to a bookmark on an open page by selecting a page first, then choosing its bookmark from the list located in the "Create Hyperlink" window.

Inserting and Editing Images

You can insert an image from the clip art gallery as well as an image you have scanned. As long as it is a standard web image format (jpg or gif) you should not have any problems.
1. Put the cursor on the page where you want to insert the image.
2. From the Insert menu choose Insert Image or Insert Clip art.
3. Find the file you want to insert and click OK.
Resizing, Cropping and rotating an image
To resize an image:
1. Click once on the image so you see the small dots around the edges
2. Click and hold one of the corner dots and drag it to make the image larger or smaller.
3. If you click one of the dots on the side you will change the image's proportions - be careful - your image may end up looking like silly putty!
To crop an image:
1. Click once on the image so you see the small dots around the edges
2. On the bottom of your screen you should see the image toolbar

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3. Click on the appropriate rotate icon (icons circled in red).
You can also adjust the brightness and contrast (circled in blue) of an image by using the appropriate icons on the image toolbar.
1. Click on the image to select it
2. Click on the icon for what you would like to do - increase or decrease brightness or contrast .

Horizontal Lines

To add a horizontal line to you web page:
1. Move the cursor to the place on the page where you want the horizontal line to appear.
2. Click once. This sets the cursor in position.
3. From the Insert menu, select "Horizontal Line". A horizontal line will appear at the cursor location.
Changing the Look of a Horizontal Line
You can make a horizontal line shorter or longer, wider or thinner, or change its color. To change the look of a horizontal line:
1. Point the cursor to the horizontal line.
2. Right-click directly on the horizontal line.
3. Left-click on "Horizontal Line Properties".
4. Change the width, height, alignment, and color as desired.
5. Click OK.
As long as your browser can support them, the changes you requested will appear.

Adding Special Characters

The symbols feature allows you to add percent signs, copyright symbols, or characters from different languages.
To insert a special character onto your web page:
1. Move the cursor to the place on the page where you want the character to appear and click once (this sets the cursor location).
2. Select "Symbol" from the Insert menu.
3. When the window appears, move the cursor to the character you want.
4. Click once and the character you selected will appear in the box next to "Insert".
5. Then click "Insert". The character you selected will be placed on the web page at the cursor location.

Page Properties

Changing the Background Color
FrontPage makes it easy to change colors of various aspects of your web page, such as the background, text, and hyperlinks.
To work with your web page's background:
1. Select "Properties" from the File menu.
2. To work with your page's background, click once on the Background tab. (1)
3. To select a background color, click on the arrow to the right side of the box labeled "Background". (2)
4. A list of colors will appear. Select the color you want.
5. Click OK. Your page will be redisplayed, using the background color you have just selected.
Changing the Default Text Color
FrontPage normally displays text in black. If you change the background color, black text might not be readable. To change the default color for text on the page you are currently working on:
1. Click once on the Background tab, using the illustration from above. (1)
2. To select a background color, click on the arrow to the right side of the box labeled "Text". (3)
3. A list of colors will appear. Select the color you want.
4. Click OK.
Changing Hyperlink Colors
Again, using the illustration above, you can change the colors in which hyperlinks appear on your web page (4). However, this is generally not a good idea, as people are familiar with the standard colors and changing them might confuse your users.