Agenda:
Goal for this lesson
After you have completed this lesson, you will know how to use FrontPage's
online help system, the Microsoft web site, and other web sites to help
you to learn FrontPage.
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"Help"ful resources
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The Help system comes with FrontPage and should be installed on your
local computer when you install FrontPage. Access this by using Help
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Office FrontPage Help or by pressing F1. Your FrontPage window will shrink to the
left portion of the screen and the Task Pane will
open to its "FrontPage Help" Pane.
- Online help is the default help source. In the
search box, type a keyword or words that describe the topic. Then
click the green arrow to the right of the box. This will open the
"Search Results" pane, with a list of possible topics and another search box
at the bottom.
- What if you don't want to search "Microsoft Office
Online" again? Use the dropdown menu in this search box to choose another
place to search. Note that there are several choices, including
"Offline Help".
- If you don't want to search online, you can use the
Task Pane dropdown menu to go directly to the "Search Results" pane, and
then change the search area as above.
- The Keyboard shortcuts help screen is especially useful.
All those little blue triangles
along the left side of the topics are called "twisties." If you click one, the
content below that topic expands, and the "twistie" points down instead of to
the right, thus:
More Help!
You'll often find great resources just using a search engine to search
for FrontPage and other words describing your problem.
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Activity:
Choose a partner. Then, choose one or more of the following questions to work
on together. Use the resources listed above.
- How do I change the background color of a page?
- How do I insert a link to an external site?
- How do I add a column to a table I've created in FrontPage?
- How do I change the background color of one cell in a FrontPage table?
- How do I center a table in FrontPage?
- What's the "layout view" and how does it differ from the "standard"
view?
- How can I find out how many seconds it will take to download the page
I'm working on?
- How can I create a Table of Contents for my web site?
- How do I change the color used for links?
- How do I make a pop-up window containing a larger version of an
image?
Open a Word document to type your "findings." Use this window
to keep notes during this activity. Be sure to list the SOURCE for any
information you find.
Use the resources listed above to find all you can about this topic.
Use Google.com to
search the web for information about your topic. Try putting 'FrontPage
2003' in the search string
along with words describing your topic.
Be ready to "report out" on your findings to the larger group,
or use the
WIT listserve to send your findings.
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