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This months issue March 2000

Welcome to this month's edition of the FrontPage Bulletin. Be sure to visit us on the Web at:
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Hello Readers
This month we've got some excellent content for you - we really would recommend that you follow the links shown in the paragraphs below. You'll get access to some useful and interesting FrontPage information, clever bits of code to make your Web pages better than ever, and some free stuff that's well worth trying. And as if that wasn't enough, we've added in some more of the tips that are so popular - so read on!

In this issue:
~ Managing your Office 2000 Web site
~ New Web site for information on hosting FrontPage Server Extensions
~ Creating cool pop-up message boxes on your pages
~ Using the Internet Explorer 5 Edit button
~ Free Web site hosting from Yahoo! GeoCities
~ Free* trial: Meta Tag Maker for FrontPage 2000
~ FrontPage Tips and Tricks
~ Results of last month's competition!
~ Bill Gates NetShow: Business without Barriers
~ HP Digital Senders

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*** MANAGING YOUR OFFICE 2000 WEB SITE ***
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There are many administrative tasks associated with managing and maintaining a Web site; use the "Managing Your Office 2000 Web Site" collection of articles for a few simple steps to help you avoid the most common mistakes and make sure visitors will want to visit your site often.

The articles at the address above will give you information on:
- testing your Web site
- designing an effective navigation system
- finding an Internet Service Provider that's right for you
- working with keywords and Meta tags to make sure people can find your Web site
- using graphics on your Web site

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*** NEW WEB SITE FOR INFORMATION ON HOSTING FRONTPAGE SERVER EXTENSIONS ***
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If you are an Internet Service Provider or simply want to host the FrontPage and Microsoft Office Server Extensions on your own server, visit this new site that helps you implement and manage them. You may also want to use this site to link to other useful FrontPage resources such as whitepapers, technical support information and marketing materials.

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*** CREATING COOL POP-UP MESSAGE BOXES ON YOUR PAGES ***
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Find out how easily you can include very cool pop-up message boxes on pages in your own site. Using this script from Javasource, you can create links on your site that display the pop-up message whenever the user hovers over it. The message can be displayed in a number of box styles, and, since it is in a .js file, you can add the code to your site once and call it from every page of your site. See examples and check out the easy instructions for creating the .js file and cutting and pasting the script at the address above.

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*** USING THE INTERNET EXPLORER 5 EDIT BUTTON ***
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If there are Web page layouts that really catch your eye and you'd like to know how to recreate them, FrontPage and Internet Explorer 5 can point you in the right direction. If you set FrontPage as your HTML Editor in Internet Explorer (see below), you can go to almost any Web page, click on the Edit button, and that page will open in FrontPage. Here you'll be able to see any layout tricks that have been used to create that page.

To set FrontPage as your HTML editor in Internet Explorer:
- go to the Tools menu
- select Internet Options
- click on the Programs tab
- select Microsoft FrontPage as the HTML editor
 
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*** FREE WEB SITE HOSTING FROM YAHOO! GEOCITIES ***
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Yahoo! GeoCities users can now publish Office documents to the Internet quickly and easily using Office 2000. FrontPage users can use the Publish Web button to publish directly to their Yahoo! GeoCities account, and users of other Office 2000 applications simply select the Save As Web Page option. For more details and to sign up for your own account visit the address above.

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*** FREE* TRIAL: META TAG MAKER FOR FRONTPAGE 2000 ***
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You've developed a great Web site. Now it's time to get it noticed! The most important first step is to make sure that search engines favourably index your FrontPage Web site so that people can locate it. Use Meta Tag Maker 2000 to create and manage meta tags with one easy-to-use dialog box. Also use the tips provided by the Help system to create meta tags that will improve your Web site ranking. For further information and your free 14-day trial, visit the address above.

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*** FRONTPAGE TIPS AND TRICKS ***
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Our tips and tricks are continuing to prove popular and if you have a tip that you'd like to share, visit the Office hints Web site and send it to us - see the next section for more details.

This month, we have another two of our top tips for your delectation. Again, they're standard, but little-known features within the products and may be just what you have been looking for...

SPECIFYING PARAGRAPH SPACING AS A PERCENTAGE
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When you specify paragraph spacing within the Format, Paragraph dialog box, the chances are that you specify it in the default points, or even pixels (px), inches (in) or centimetres (cm). However, if you want an indent on a paragraph to always look appropriate, regardless of the window size, try specifying the spacing as a percentage: a 5% first line indent works very nicely, for example.

USING THE SUBSTITUTION COMPONENT
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Do you have a standard piece of text that is used throughout your Web site, that changes on a regular basis? It could be a special offer, "Tip of the Week", or even "Employee of the Month". When the text changes, you need to go through every page and make sure that you update the text as appropriate. Of course, you could use the Find and Replace facility, but there's an even better way to keep this text up to date.

Use the Substitution Component. You set up a named parameter for the text that will change and supply the initial value for that parameter - this week's special offer, for example. You then use the Substitution Component to refer to that parameter wherever you need to, throughout your Web. When the text comes to change, you simply update the parameter settings and every
reference to it throughout the whole Web will be automatically updated. Sounds magic?! Well read on for instructions!

To set up the parameter, go to the Tools menu and choose the Web Settings option. Click on the Parameters tab and then the Add button. Supply a name for the parameter and then type in the initial value. Use the Modify button in this dialog box to later change the parameter, as required.

To insert the text of the parameter into a Web page, go to the Insert menu and choose the Component option. Select the Substitution option and choose your parameter name from the "Substitute with" list.

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*** RESULTS OF LAST MONTH'S COMPETITION ***
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Last month we offered you the opportunity to submit your favourite Office tips and tricks in return for a copy of Office 2000 Premium Edition. Well, many of you rose to the challenge and will be receiving your prizes shortly. As for the tips and tricks that we received, keep an eye on the Office hints site as we'll be publishing some of the best ones in the very near future.

Congratulations to our competition winners;
SIMON COTTERELL, IDLEIAN (Talk21), DAVE.CARR, DENISE.CARR, CHRISTOPHER_LATHAM, TERRY.PROTHEROE, MATTHEW (MATTANDSARAH), PSYKES (Walker), SUREN_JINASENA, GREG.BUFTON, D_W, EDITOR (Property Point), CMANN (Design), PAUL (Aerotek), WILLIAM.HOLMES, JEREMY.HOWELLS, GUYKEBLE, SIMON_HARRIYOTT, MARKYS, GREG.BUFTON, J.D.PAYENS, BRADLEIGHYOUNG, ANDY (XLCR), BOB FREEFLOW, SSMALLISK, WEBMASTER (121Plus),BRYAN HERBERT, "From Waitrose", RALPH, IAN (JAMESJONE), ATNE (SCWS), JONNO (POLLINGER), GRAHAM ASPDEN, SUPPORT (CPL Building Services),DAVID_GRUNDY, JAMESBUTTON, JR-F, JO.PEARSON, LP60 (CW NET), IANNTERRY,BRIAN_CHARLTON, MP64 (CWCOM), NP92 (CWCOM), NP92 (CWCOM), NRP95 (CWCOM),CRAIG.PAY, TRICIA WILLIT, JOSS_WRIGHT

And there's more good news! Keep sending us your hints and tips, and each month we'll be selecting some of the most useful tricks, publishing them on our site and sending you a prize.

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***********BILL GATES NETSHOW: BUSINESS WITHOUT BARRIERS 
*** Internet-enabling your Enterprise for the new business paradigm ***
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Bill Gates was in London this month to discuss the challenges and opportunities of doing business in a Digital Age and to help launch Windows 2000. Bill identified a number of fundamental obstacles that prevented many organisations benefiting from friction-free, digitally-based business, and then explained how the imminent release of Windows 2000 helped remove many of these barriers.

Also speaking at this event were:
Cliff Condon, Research Director from independent research firm Forrester Europe
Craig Schiffer, Managing Director of leading investment bank Nomura International
Colin Jones, Head of Technology (Debt Division), also from Nomura International

You can view the entire event via NetShow and download all the slides by visiting the address above.

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*** HP DIGITAL SENDERS ***
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HP knows all about paper. And up to a quarter of your information is on it!
Unlock it with HP Digital Senders - network-ready paper gateways that help you get what's on paper into your Business Intranet. Send colour paper documents directly to PCs or printers, or email or fax them at near-original quality. Automatically profile your documents to be received into applications based on SQL Server, Exchange Public Folders, Access etc, building applications quickly and easily.

Lower your costs, increase your productivity and give knowledge back to your organisation.  Find out more at the address above.

*Connect-time charges may apply.

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