**MICROSOFT FRONTPAGE BULLETIN**
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This months issue Sept 2000.

Welcome to this month's edition of the FrontPage Bulletin. Be sure to visit us on the Web at:
http://news.microsoft.co.uk/FP2006005125

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Hello Readers!

Welcome once again to our FrontPage newsletter. This month we've got news of some interesting events, useful Web resources, competitions to enter, and, of course, some hints and tips for you to try out - see if you've come across the ones that we've included below.

In this issue:
~ Cool Resources for Advanced FrontPage Web Developers
~ Integrate Shopping Cart Functionality into Your Site
~ FrontPage 2000 Training Courses and Resources
~ Tip: Creating and Centring a Background Image
~ Tip: Position Boxes - Have YOU Tried Them?
~ Share your FrontPage Tips and Tricks
~ FrontPage User Group Meetings
~ Free 90-Day Trial of Buystream Architect for FrontPage 2000
~ FrontPage Showcase: IDPgroup
~ Microsoft .Net Enterprise Servers Launch
~ Product Focus of the Month
~ Register for your Trial Version of Visio
~ Office Gym for Trainers - Fully Booked
~ New Pocket PC Newsletter
~ Red Letter Day Experience


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*** COOL RESOURCES FOR ADVANCED FRONTPAGE WEB DEVELOPERS ***
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http://news.microsoft.co.uk/FP1909006262

Get access to technical articles, database and ASP information, training and certification opportunities, and more - all aimed at advanced FrontPage users. Also, hear from professional Web developers about how and why they use FrontPage. Read all about it at the address above.


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*** INTEGRATE SHOPPING CART FUNCTIONALITY INTO YOUR SITE ***
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http://news.microsoft.co.uk/FP1909006263

Are you thinking about setting up an e-commerce store? An affordable way to get started right now is to add shopping cart functionality to your site with SalesCart 2.0. This new stand-alone application can be fully integrated into Microsoft FrontPage 2000 and includes a built-in FrontPage Web component and step-by-step Web wizard that allows anyone to easily add electronic commerce to their existing Web site without programming. To find out more and to download a free trial version, visit the SalesCart site at the address above.


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*** FRONTPAGE 2000 TRAINING COURSES AND RESOURCES ***
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http://news.microsoft.co.uk/FP1909006264

Visit the link above for a whole host of FrontPage 2000 resources. Whether you want to find out about official training courses, Microsoft Press books, or even to participate in an online seminar, you're sure to find something of interest.


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*** TIP: CREATING AND CENTRING A BACKGROUND IMAGE ***
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If you need a Web page background that doesn't move as you scroll the page, then there's a Watermark check box in the Page Properties dialog box to help you achieve this. However, if you use this you'll find that the image that you choose is tiled across the background. What if you want a single image beautifully positioned on your background that doesn't move?  Well, help is at hand - read on!

Select the page that should have this background added, right click on it and choose Page Properties. Select the General tab and then click on the Style button. Click on the Format button, select the Border option and then click on the Shading tab. Click on the Browse button and then select the image you want as the watermark and click OK. Choose Center from both the Vertical Position list box and the Horizontal Position list box. Choose No-repeat from the Repeat list box and choose Fixed from the Attachment list box. Click OK three times and save the page. Try previewing the page in the browser and when you scroll down you'll see that the image will stay centred as your background.


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*** TIP: POSITION BOXES - HAVE YOU TRIED THEM? ***
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Well, have you?! You can be forgiven if you haven't come across this very useful feature since it doesn't actually appear on any of the FrontPage menus... So, first things first, let's add a Position Box button to one of your toolbars. Right click on any toolbar, choose Customise and then select the Commands tab. Select the Insert category and then drag the Position Box command to any of your toolbars. Sorted.

Now, what does it do, this Position Box? Well, let's have a look. Get yourself a blank page and click on the Position Box button. A box appears on your page, selected, with its handles showing. Type some text in this box - your Company name, for example. Then insert a picture while the box is still selected and right align it. Resize the Position Box using the handles so that the picture is a bit closer to the company name. Still making sure that the Position Box is selected, go to the Format menu, choose Position and select the Absolute option. And now for the clever bit. You've now got a Position Box that you can move anywhere on the page by clicking and dragging it, and the text and graphic within it will move too, but keep their relative position to each other. Just what you've always wanted!


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*** SHARE YOUR FRONTPAGE TIPS AND TRICKS ***
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http://news.microsoft.co.uk/FP1909006265

If you have a FrontPage or other Office 2000 tip or trick you would like to share with your fellow FrontPage and Office users, send them to us; you could win a prize and be published on our Web site!


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*** FRONTPAGE USER GROUP MEETINGS ***
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http://news.microsoft.co.uk/FP1909006266
mailto:fug@gordonassociates.co.uk
01242 521212

The FrontPage User Group has some regional meetings coming up...

The first is in London on October 25th.  The speaker will be Gordon Harrison, the Chairman of the FrontPage User Group, and he will be talking about linking your FrontPage Web to an Access database.  The meeting will be held between 7pm and 9pm at The Clachan, 34 Kingly Street, London W1.  If you would like to register or you want more information, contact the FrontPage User Group using the details above.

If Birmingham is the venue for you, then contact the FrontPage User Group in the next couple of weeks to confirm details for this regional event.

And finally, the National Seminar will be held at Microsoft Campus, Reading on 6th December.  This will be an all-day event so put it in your diaries now!


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*** FREE 90-DAY TRIAL OF BUYSTREAM ARCHITECT FOR FRONTPAGE 2000
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http://news.microsoft.co.uk/FP1909006267

Looking to move your web site beyond the basics? Start by building for what your visitors can see. Buystream Architect for FrontPage 2000 reveals your visitors' screen sizes, platforms and browser types, language preferences and more, and it gives you design suggestions that will keep them coming back.

Buystream Architect installs in minutes and begins working immediately to give you easy-to-use HTML reports in real time. Sign up now and receive extensive e-mail and online support. Why guess what your visitors can see when you can know for sure? To start your free 90-day trial, use the link above.


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*** FRONTPAGE SHOWCASE: IDPgroup ***
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http://news.microsoft.co.uk/FP1909006268

This month we feature FrontPage-based Web sites from IDPgroup, a Web design firm based in Columbia, Missouri, US. IDPgroup strives to maximize the return on the Internet investments of businesses, academic institutions, and not-for-profit organizations.

The links below take you to a few sites that IDPgroup has developed using FrontPage.

University Chrysler and Subaru of Columbia
http://news.microsoft.co.uk/FP1909006269

Katy Central
http://news.microsoft.co.uk/FP1909006270


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*** MICROSOFT .NET ENTERPRISE SERVERS LAUNCH ***
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http://news.microsoft.co.uk/FP1909006271

The next generation of Microsoft .NET Enterprise Servers will be unveiled on 29th September at Olympia, London. These Servers are the first products that build towards the Microsoft .NET vision and are the fastest way to integrate, manage and Web-enable the enterprise. Hear TechNet introductory sessions structured specifically for IT Professionals and visit over 40 of Microsoft's leading industry partners showcasing their business solutions. Register online for this free of charge event at the address above.


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*** PRODUCT FOCUS OF THE MONTH ***
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http://news.microsoft.co.uk/FP1909006272

If you haven't yet checked out the Focus part of the UK Office web site, then you are missing a treat. Each month we feature a different Office product, with loads of tips, tricks, secrets, practical How-To handouts, as well as links to resources and Knowledge Base articles. We also run a competition, and this month the winner was CHRIS JOHN from Newent - well done Chris! Visio is the product focus at the moment, so if you want to learn a whole lot more about this product, check out the focus at the above address.

 
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*** REGISTER FOR YOUR TRIAL VERSION OF VISIO ***
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http://news.microsoft.co.uk/FP1909006273

Having read all about Visio in the Product Focus of the month, then naturally you'll be wanting to try it out for yourself!  Well, you can if you visit the address above and register for a trial version of Visio which will be sent to you in October.


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*** OFFICE GYM FOR TRAINERS - FULLY BOOKED ***
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http://news.microsoft.co.uk/FP1909006274

We don't want to go on if you've missed this event for Microsoft Office Trainers, because both the initial date and the overflow date are now fully booked! However, due to the popularity of this event, there may be more in the pipeline. Keep your eye on the UK Events Website at the above address for notification of other events.


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*** NEW POCKET PC NEWSLETTER ***
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http://news.microsoft.co.uk/FP1909006275

If you're a Pocket PC user, then you'll be interested to know that there is a new newsletter just for you! You'll get tips, reviews, special offers and new product announcements from the experts at Handango. Subscribe now at the address above.


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*** RED LETTER DAY EXPERIENCE ***
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http://news.microsoft.co.uk/FP1909006276

Time is running out to win a Red Letter Day! Microsoft is planning to launch a new Web site aimed at people who use Microsoft products everyday. We'd like YOU to answer a questionnaire to help us get this Web site right - and if you do, you could win a Red Letter Day Experience worth £199, or one of 30 runner-up prizes. Visit the address above before it's too late.

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