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Directions for using Microsoft Front Page Editor
Please open Microsoft Front Page by going to Start--Programs--FrontPage

 There are three "views" in FrontPage: Normal, HTML and Preview. You will use the first one to write and the last view to see how it looks on the Internet if published.

 Step 1: MAKING TABLES AND CELLS

         Go to the word Table on the top and click on it and then move to insert table.
         Write in the number 1 for row and 1 for columns.
         For width write in 100 percent
         Go to Table again.
         Go down to table properties.
         Choose a background color using custom or colors already there.  Make sure the colors are light so dark print shows up.
         Put the cursor inside this table and hit enter several times to enlarge the table.
         To make another table inside this main table, place your cursor inside the first table and repeat .
         To make a new table put your cursor under the first table.  Make the second with 3 columns and one row.
         Make the next table with two columns and 4 rows.

 Step 2: WRITING YOUR TEXT

Click on format to change the font.   Then place the cursor where you want to type inside the table.
You can also paste from a Microsoft Word file.
 

 Step 3: INSERTING PICTURES FROM THE INTERNET

        Open Internet Explorer (a browser) or Netscape Navigator
        Go to theweb site by typing in the address space THE URL- http://teachersnetwork.org/teachnet-lab/fklane/pmaslow/
        Position your arrow on the picture and click with the right side of the mouse.
        Select save picture as and send it to your 3 1/2 floppy drive or H drive folder.  Save it as any name you choose, but keep it short.
        Go back to your FrontPage program and put  the cursor in the cell where you want the image.
        Click INSERT--PICTURE--FROM FILE
        The dialog box select file appears. Select the picture file e saved on your disk.
         You can center the picture or reduce it by going to cell or table properties.
 

 Step 4. CREATING HYPERLINKS

         Highlight the words that you want to link.
        Select the button INSERT--HYPERLINK
         EDIT HYPERLINK dialog box appears. In the space URL, type the URL and  then click OK .
        Within the page you can create a hyperlink by highlighting words that you want to go to on the page.
        Select INSERT-BOOKMARK
        Name the bookmark and click okay.
        Go to the top and highlight the first words.
        Select INSERT-BOOKMARK
        Name the bookmark, and click okay.
        Highlight these words again and go to INSERT-HYPERLINK.
        Select the place where you want the link to go  and type it in also.  ( You will have to find the correct dialog box first.)
 

 Step 5: SAVING THE PAGE
 Click on the SAVE AS  and save the document on your floppy drive A. Or, save it on the H drive.  Make sure when you write a short name for the file you also put your initials such as "macbethpm."
 

Step 6: ADDING DIFFERENT FEATURES

        Go to FORMAT-THEME and select a theme. Try several themes.
        Click SAVE
        Insert HORIZONTAL LINE
        Click SAVE.
 

 Step 7: VIEWING YOUR PAGE

        Close your FrontPage program
        Go to MY COMPUTER and then to 3 1/2 floppy drive
        Select the file INDEX and double click on it
        Click on the hyperlink to see if it works.
        To edit your page again with FrontPage, open FrontPage Program again, and click on FILE--OPEN WEB.
         Select 3 1/2 floppy drive and click OK
        Wait to see the files and folders on the right side. Click on the INDEX file to open and edit your main   page.
 

 Step 8: CREATING A FEEDBACK FORM

        You should be in FrontPage, normal view
        Go to FILE-NEW-PAGE
        Select Feedback form and click OK.
        You may edit the text and/or different questions
        Save the page
        Create the link from your index page to your feedback form
        See how the page looks by clicking on the preview or going to the floppy drive and clicking on your index page.