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The Tool Bar

The following will explain what each icon on the toolbar stand for in order from left to right.

New - To create a new empty page, click on this button on the Tool Bar.
Open - To open an existing web or web page, click on this button on the Tool Bar.
Save - To save the web page you are working on, click on this button on the Tool Bar.
Publish web - this is for if you want to publish a website online (use this if you know how to ftp and want to publish the site on the web).
Folder List - to view all the folders the website is saved in.
Print - To print the web page you are working on, click on this button on the Tool Bar.
View Your New Web Page - To view your new web page on a web browser, click on this button on the Tool Bar. FrontPage will open the web browser it has been told to use, and will display the page you were working on when you clicked on the button.
Spell Check - To check the spelling on your new web page, click on this button on the Tool Bar
Cut Text -To cut text from your web page:
1. Highlight the section of text that you wish to cut, using the mouse.
2. Click on the Tool Bar button that matches the icon picture to the left. *note: The cut text is moved to the clipboard. It can be retrieved from the clipboard by performing a paste operation (see below) at any time before you do another cut or copy operation.
Copy Text - To copy text from your web page:
1. Highlight the section of text that you wish to cut, using the mouse.
2. Click on the Tool Bar button that matches the icon picture to the left. *note: The copied text is moved to the clipboard. It can be retrieved from the clipboard by performing a paste operation (see below) at any time before you do another cut or copy operation.
Paste Text - To paste text into your web page:
1. Use a cut or copy operation to put the text you want onto your clipboard.
2. Move the cursor to the exact position in your web page where you want the text to appear.
3. Click once. This will set the cursor position.
4. Click on the Tool Bar button that matches the icon picture to the left. *note: Even though you have pasted this text, it will remain on the clipboard until you do another cut or copy operation.
Format Painter - Copies formatting from the selected text or paragraph and applies it to the text you select.
Undo - To reverse whatever action you last did, click on this button on the Tool Bar.
Redo - If you undo something, then decide you really did want to do it, click on this button on the Tool Bar. This will redo the last action that was undone.
Insert Component - To insert FrontPage components (advanced).
Insert Table - To add a table to your web page:
1. Move the cursor to the exact position in your web page where you want the table to appear.
2. Click once. This will set the cursor location.
3. Click on the Tool Bar button that matches the icon picture to the left.
4. To make a table with three columns and four rows, place the cursor to the position as shown in the illustration, and click.
5. If you want to make a table larger than this, select "Insert Table" from the Table menu, and adjust the number of columns and rows accordingly. The table will appear at the cursor location.
Insert Image - To insert an image click the icon or Under the Insert menu choose Insert Clipart or Insert File.
Create or Edit 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. To insert a Hyperlink click on the icon shown to the left or from the Insert menu choose Insert hyperlink.
Refresh - To refresh the current page or to revert to the last-saved version of the page, click on this button on the Tool Bar.
Stop - To stop a network operation (such as following a hyperlink), click on this button on the Tool Bar.
Show (or Hide) Line Breaks, Outlines, and Other Guides - FrontPage assists you with editing by inserting markers for line breaks, bookmarks, tables, and forms. To hide those markers while you work on your page, click on this button on the Tool Bar. To show the markers again, click on this button on the Tool Bar again.
Help - To get help on any function in FrontPage, click on this button on the Tool Bar, and then click on the function you need help with. This will call up a help window on that particular function.

 

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